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In the November 7 Issue:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- As the worms churn: Burrowing animals mix soil and sediments, shaping the environment and scientists’ understanding of it
- A partnership apart: DNA in hand, scientists dissect and redefine the iconic lichen mutualism
- Better living through plasmonics: Mixing light with nanotechnology could help treat cancer and build faster computers
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November 7th, 2009
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Burrowing animals mix soil and sediments, shaping the environment and scientists’ understanding of it (p. 22)
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DNA in hand, scientists dissect and redefine the iconic lichen mutualism (p. 16)
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Mixing light with nanotechnology could help treat cancer and build faster computers (p. 26)
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Acoustical study of male songs shows first evidence of the whales responding musically to each other. (p. 5)
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Researchers have found a dusty band that circles Saturn and has a radius of more than 12 million kilometers. (p. 8)
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A proposed ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa may receive about 100 times more oxygen than previously estimated. (p. 8)
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Reporting from the American Astronomical Society meeting in Puerto Rico, planetary scientists confirm, for the first time, the presence of frozen water on an asteroid. (p. 9)
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Researchers have analyzed fragments from 2008 TC3, the first asteroid ever tracked during its descent. (p. 9)
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But the two impacts still yield data that could help in search for water (p. 9)
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A new study begins to decode pheromone messages and finds that the same chemicals that attract can also maintain the species barrier. (p. 10)
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Fossil analyses hint that several species thrived during the world’s largest mass extinction. (p. 10)
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Quantum effect allows light to carry information farther for computing and encryption (p. 11)
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New work suggests that the envisioned systems would be powerful enough to quickly process even trillions of variables. (p. 11)
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Subtle gender-linked effects seen in youngsters mirror impacts witnessed earlier in rodents. (p. 12)
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A protein splits carbon dioxide to give fizz its unique flavor. (p. 12)
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An obscure pathogen shows up often in people diagnosed with the condition, scientists find. (p. 13)
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Lung inflammation and a lack of oxygen in the blood appear responsible for most fatal cases of H1N1 (swine) flu, three studies show. (p. 13)
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A new technique allows scientists to map the 3-D structure of the entire human genome. (p. 14)
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Researchers have pinpointed the protein that gives a cell’s control room its shape and also keeps it functioning. (p. 14)
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Macaque mothers and infants engage in emotional interactions similar to those of human moms and their babies, a new study suggests. (p. 15)
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Psychologists and philosophers convene to discuss the roots of shared knowledge at a meeting in Waltham, Mass. (p. 15)
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