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  1. Physics

    Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows

    Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

    By Rachel Berkowitz
  2. Planetary Science

    Dwarf planet Makemake sports the most remote gas in the solar system

    The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

    By Ken Croswell
  3. Earth

    Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

    Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  4. Microbes

    Staph bacteria are bad at letting go

    Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.