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Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich?

Earth's first life may have developed between the layers of a chunk of layered mica sitting like a multilayered sandwich in the primordial soup, according to a new hypothesis.
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Student Research Makes the Pages of Top Scientific Journal

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Science news // 28 November, 2007 12:11:50
 Leslie Haydens research into deep Earth interactions has led to some important findings, particularly for someone so new to the field, and the scientific world is paying attention.

Molecular chords

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Science news // 25 November, 2007 09:11:55
 In terms of physics, there is hardly any difference between the resonance in a molecule and a musical chord. Both are created when vibrations with different frequencies overlap. In music, it is the notes that make up the chord.

Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light

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Science news // 22 November, 2007 12:11:41
 Most of us take it for granted that plants respond to light by growing, flowering and straining towards the light, and we never wonder just how plants manage to do so. But the ordinary, everyday responses of plants to light are deceptively complex, and much about them has long stumped scientists.

DOE JGI plumbs termite guts to yield novel enzymes for better biofuel production

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Science news // 21 November, 2007 03:11:20
 Termites - notorious for their voracious appetite for wood, rendering houses to dust and causing billions of dollars in damage per year -- may provide the biochemical means to a greener biofuel future. The bellies of these tiny beasts actually harbor a gold mine of microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving the conversion of wood or waste biomass to valuable biofuels.

New research suggests delay in autumn colour is caused by increased atmospheric CO2

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Science news // 19 November, 2007 11:11:33
 The delay in autumnal leaf coloration and leaf fall in trees is caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and not by increased global temperatures, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of Southampton.

New technique captures chemical reactions in a single living cell for the first time

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Science news // 18 November, 2007 04:11:45
 Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules' dynamic reactions in a single living cell.

Yellowstone Rising

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Science news // 14 November, 2007 08:11:17
 The Yellowstone "supervolcano" rose at a record rate since mid-2004, likely because a Los Angeles-sized, pancake-shaped blob of molten rock was boiled up 6 miles beneath the slumbering giant, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) report in the November 9 issue of the journal Science.

Strange Space Weather over Africa

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Science news // 13 November, 2007 10:11:25
 Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop kicked off Nov. 12th with nearly 100 scientists and students in attendance.

The World's Smallest Double Slit Experiment

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Science news // 11 November, 2007 09:11:04
 The big world of classical physics mostly seems sensible: waves are waves and particles are particles, and the moon rises whether anyone watches or not. The tiny quantum world is different: particles are waves (and vice versa), and quantum systems remain in a state of multiple possibilities until they are measured - which amounts to an intrusion by an observer from the big world - and forced to choose: the exact position or momentum of an electron, say.

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