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Quantum bell rings to electron beat

A new nanoscale transistor that parcels out electrons with metronome-like regularity has the potential to lead to designs for electronic noses and tiny devices inside of cell phones.

Tech

Crystal listens for telltale sounds of virus

Scientists have built a device that can hear the movement of viral particles in fluids.

Health & Medicine

Hindering glutamate slows rat brain cancer

Compounds that inhibit the amino acid glutamate impede a form of brain cancer called glioma in rats.

Animals

It’s a snake! No, a fish. An octopus?

An as-yet-unnamed species of octopus seems to be protecting itself by impersonating venomous animals from sea snakes to flatfish.