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Heavier hydrogen on the atomic scale reduces friction

Scientists may be one step closer to understanding the atomic forces that cause friction, thanks to a recently published study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
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Physicists see similarities in stream of sand grains, exotic plasma at birth of...

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Science news // 06 November, 2007 11:11:10
 Streams of granular particles bouncing off a target in a simple tabletop experiment produce liquid-like behavior also witnessed in a massive research apparatus that simulates the birth of the universe. A team led by the University of Chicagos Sidney Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger report this surprising finding in the Oct. 27-Nov. 2 issue of Physical Review Letters.

Scientists alter sexual orientation in worms

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Science news // 30 October, 2007 07:10:04
 University of Utah biologists genetically manipulated nematode worms so the animals were attracted to worms of the same sex - part of a study that shows sexual orientation is wired in the creatures' brains.

Scientist brings 50 million year old spider 'back to life'

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Science news // 28 October, 2007 11:10:40
 A 50-million-year-old fossilised spider has been brought back to life in stunning 3D by a scientist at The University of Manchester.

Study reveals lakes a major source of prehistoric methane

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Science news // 25 October, 2007 11:10:10
 A team of scientists led by a researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has identified a new likely source of a spike in atmospheric methane coming out of the North during the end of the last ice age.

UCSB Researchers Discover The Dawn of Animal Vision

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Science news // 24 October, 2007 07:10:01
 By peering deep into evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered the origins of photosensitivity in animals.

Space sensors shed new light on air quality

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Science news // 21 October, 2007 07:10:53
 Air pollution is becoming one of the biggest dangers for the future of the planet, causing premature deaths of humans and damaging flora and fauna. With their vantage point from space, satellites are the only way to carry out effective global measurements of air-polluting emissions and their transboundary movement.

Poplar plants could disarm toxic pollutants

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Science news // 15 October, 2007 07:10:47
 Scientists since the early '90s have seen the potential for cleaning up contaminated sites by growing plants able to take up nasty groundwater pollutants through their roots. Then the plants break certain kinds of pollutants into harmless byproducts that the plants either incorporate into their roots, stems and leaves or release into the air.

Giant Atmospheric Waves Over Iowa

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Science news // 11 October, 2007 07:10:15
 Pop quiz: define undular bore.

U-M research: New plastic is strong as steel, transparent

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Science news // 07 October, 2007 07:10:16
 By mimicking a brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells, University of Michigan researchers created a composite plastic that's as strong as steel but lighter and transparent.

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