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  1. Death Waits for No One: Deferred demises take a couple of hits

    Two new reports challenge the idea that elderly people suffering from serious physical illnesses can prolong their lives just long enough to experience a personally meaningful event.

    By Bruce Bower

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    The article on nanotubes as light sources was frustratingly sketchy. Any photometric laboratory with a wattmeter could compare the nanotube unit to another light source in a few minutes. It is tempting to think that the heating effect, which must be close to that from a blackbody radiator, and the “electronic effect,” which is undoubtedly […]

    By Science News
  3. Tech

    Tiny Tubes Brighten Bulbs: Nanotubes beat tungsten in lightbulb test—maybe

    Experiments suggest that lightbulbs with filaments made from carbon nanotubes outshine conventional bulbs.