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  1. Tech

    Smashing the Microscope: Tiny crashes harnessed for nanoconstruction

    A new technique supplies loose atoms for nanoscale experiments by using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to gouge out craters from a surface.

    By David Shiga

  2. 19480

    I’m no fan of cell phones, but this seems to be an article about a solution looking for a problem. Presumably, cell phones would be disposed of in landfills and, therefore, not exactly “released” into the environment, as the article states. In any case, the 312,000 pounds of lead in all cell phones owned in […]

    By Science News
  3. Materials Science

    Electronics Detox: Leadfree material for ecofriendly gadgetry

    Responding to growing concern over the disposal of electronic devices, scientists in Japan have created a lead-free piezoceramic that could replace the toxic components in many of these gadgets.