Physics
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Health & Medicine
Hearing bolsters case for U.S. moly-making
Congress today addressed the need to wean America off of reliance on foreign sources of a feedstock of the most widely used isotope in medical imaging.
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Materials Science
Velcro on steroids
Researchers have designed a steel analog of a well-known fastener.
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Earth
Sun is setting on incandescent era
After more than a century, Edison's light bulbs stand poised to go extinct.
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Earth
Cash for clunkers II: Appliances
States could soon roll out programs that help consumers replace energy hogging home appliances.
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Chemistry
Styrofoam degrades in seawater
Study suggests besides the visible plastic, smaller bits are fouling the waters
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Health & Medicine
Worm-inspired superglue
Researchers create a material that may one day be used to paste together bones in the body.
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Physics
Casper the Quantum Ghost
Researchers find that a strange kind of imaging relies on quantum mechanics.
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Tech
Scientists propose lab-grade black holes
Creating tiny, artificial black holes could help uncover what happens to particles on the edge of full-sized black holes.
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Physics
Putting the pressure on light
Changing pressure helps scientists gauge the speed of light in composite materials.
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Ecosystems
Churning the numbers
Some of the ocean’s small swimmers may be having a big impact on ocean mixing.