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- Better chow yields more milk: A more nutritious form of corn for dairy cows boosts farm profits, teen investigator finds
- Fuzzy future: Kids may suffer impaired vision from spending too little time outdoors, studies suggest
- Building with moon rocks: Working on the moon with lunar soil and grit could prove easier, more efficient and less costly than using earthly materials
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Munched by a manipulated microbe, ocean algae readily yield ethanol.
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- A supercomputer simulation of the Big Bang’s immediate aftermath may explain why space has three directions.
- The particles’ precursor doesn’t have enough energy to produce the speeds reported.
- Chemists synthesize a five-crossing structure centered on chloride.
- Europe’s LHC collider finds traces of what could be the Higgs boson, a theoretical entity that explains why matter has mass.
- A tough new form of the 20th century’s signature polymer could extend its usefulness and make it more recyclable.
- German scientists claim to have squeezed the gas into a liquid that could have multiple applications.
- It conducts electricity without resistance, sure; but a new material could also demonstrate the existence of a particle proposed 70 years ago.
- Auditory experts decipher the blood-curdling nature of fingernails on a chalkboard.
- A new spectroscopy technique could be used to identify gemstones mined in war zones.
- First rejected as impossible, the discovery that atoms can pack in subtly varied patterns forced revisions of fundamental concepts.
- Cutting-edge use of light might someday prove useful in gauging diabetics’ glucose levels.
- An atom steps in as a mirror, ladybug chemical weapons and more in this week's news.
- Though few physicists expect it to withstand scrutiny, confirmation of the observation would shake physics to its core.
- Chemists solve a stubborn problem by resorting to strong-arm tactics.
- Tevatron’s data may have more to say, even after the atom smasher shuts down.
- Leavening a volatile new material with good old TNT yields a substance that’s safer to handle and easily reverted into a highly potent form.
- Target narrows after LHC experiments suggest a new lower estimated mass for the elusive particle.
- Fuel from gator fat, cube-shaped neutrons and more in this week's news.
- A quantum trick to merge atomic energy levels might boost the power of semiconductor lasers and improve the efficiency of solar panels.
- Metamaterial warp drives, secrets of coffee rings and more in this week's news
- In China, new neutrino detectors may help shed light on matter-antimatter imbalance in universe.
- Wispy neutrinos could one day explain why matter dominates the universe.
- One-way light, flexible electricity and plant networks in this week's news
- Physicists have developed a device that can hide objects in visible wavelengths.
- Clear batteries, mucus busters, a 3-D invisibility cloak and more in this week's news.
- Graphene’s two dimensions offer new physics, novel electronics.
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