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  1. Physics

    Seeing the smallest atom

    Electron microscopes can now image single atoms of hydrogen.

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  2. Materials Science

    Solar panels to dye for

    Scientists show that cheap chemical dyes may one day help with the efficient capture of the sun's energy

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  3. Physics

    Large Hadron Collider

    When the Large Hadron Collider powers up this fall, protons moving at almost the speed of light will collide with energies high enough, physicists hope, to solve matter’s biggest mysteries.

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  4. Physics

    Layers in a Stradivarius

    Slight differences in the wood from which violins are made might be what distinguishes a mellow-toned Stradivarius from an ordinary instrument.

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  5. Physics

    Left in the cold

    An optical trap lets atoms in but not out, and it can be used to study matter at ultracold temperatures.

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  6. Physics

    Galaxy Zoo’s blue mystery (part I)

    A Dutch science teacher found a novel celestial object that had eluded the notice of astronomers.

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  7. Materials Science

    Family Snaps in Peril

    Digital photography appears to be far more ephemeral than camera sales people have led us to believe.

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  8. Physics

    Life’s code in soap

    The mathematics of soapy water yields some clues to the origin of the genetic code.

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  9. Physics

    Suction hunters

    Scientists reveal new details on how extendable jaws help fish capture prey.

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  10. Climate

    Science academies call for climate action

    Thirteen national academies of science today called on world leaders to “to limit the threat of climate change.” Read more in the current Science & the Public blog by Janet Raloff.

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  11. Chemistry

    Small, But Super

    These 'atoms' can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they have special powers.

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  12. Agriculture

    Green Living, Chinese-Style

    Chinese is developing eco-cities to take their citizens straight from the agricultural to the ecological age.

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