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Home / News / July 14th, 2007; Vol.172 #2 / Pulling Strings: Stretching proteins can reveal how they foldUnfolding a single protein by pulling on its ends reveals the molecular forces that make it fold up. (p. 22)Published: July 14th, 2007; Vol.172 #2Found in: Physics -
Home / News / July 7th, 2007; Vol.172 #1 / Dropping the Ball: Air pressure helps objects sink into sandA ball plunges deeper into sand under atmospheric pressure than under a vacuum, because the presence of air allows sand to flow like a liquid. (p. 5)Published: July 7th, 2007; Vol.172 #1Found in: Physics -
The smallest, most efficient laser yet represents a step toward speedier information transfer within computers. (p. 14)Published: July 7th, 2007; Vol.172 #1Found in: Physics -
Physicists have discovered the first particle containing one member of each of the three families of quarks. (p. 13)Published: July 7th, 2007; Vol.172 #1Found in: Physics
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A genetically engineered virus not only kills bacteria but makes an enzyme that breaks up the biofilm in which the bacteria live. (p. 404)Published: June 30th, 2007; Vol.171 #26Found in: Technology -
Saturn's moon Titan may be the best rock concert venue in the solar system, according to computer simulations of sound propagation on other worlds. (p. 414)Published: June 30th, 2007; Vol.171 #26Found in: Planetary Science
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Three-dimensional imaging of a classic violin's vibrations explains the instrument's superior ability to direct sound to the audience. (p. 414)Published: June 30th, 2007; Vol.171 #26Found in: Physics
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Home / News / June 23rd, 2007; Vol.171 #25 / Beyond Ethanol: Synthetic fuel offers promising alternativeA faster, simpler manufacturing technique could make a synthetic biofuel into an even stronger competitor to ethanol. (p. 389)Published: June 23rd, 2007; Vol.171 #25Found in: Chemistry
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Home / News / June 16th, 2007; Vol.171 #24 / Improbability Drive: Focus on rare actions speeds chemical simulationsA new algorithm speeds simulations of chemical reactions by focusing on rare but crucial molecular motions. (p. 372)Published: June 16th, 2007; Vol.171 #24Found in: Technology
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Creating large-scale, regular arrays of nanoscale components is now almost as easy as blowing bubbles. (p. 356)Published: June 9th, 2007; Vol.171 #23Found in: Technology -
Home / News / June 2nd, 2007; Vol.171 #22 / Magnetic Logic: Electron spins could do cool calculationsNovel circuits use electrons as tiny bar magnets to process information. (p. 342)Published: June 2nd, 2007; Vol.171 #22Found in: Physics
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An X-ray experiment has yielded the most conclusive evidence to date that carbon can be magnetic. (p. 350)Published: June 2nd, 2007; Vol.171 #22Found in: Physics
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The pigment melanin may enable certain fungi to convert dangerous radiation into usable energy. (p. 325)Published: May 26th, 2007; Vol.171 #21Found in: Biology -
Physicists have used a novel measuring technique to track the motions of electron spins in a tiny magnet as its polarity flips, with north and south poles changing places. (p. 334)Published: May 26th, 2007; Vol.171 #21Found in: Physics
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Home / News / May 19th, 2007; Vol.171 #20 / Cleaning Treasures: Safer solvents for restoring frescoesSolvents in nanoscale droplets can be used to clean centuries-old frescoes, saving them from the unintended consequences of previous restorations. (p. 310)Published: May 19th, 2007; Vol.171 #20Found in: Chemistry
