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  1. Better living through plasmonics

    Mixing light with nanotechnology could help treat cancer and build faster computers.

    By Jenny Lauren Lee

  2. All kinds of tired

    Donkeys sleep about three out of each 24 hours. Certain reef fish spend the night moving their fins as if swimming in their sleep. Some biologists argue that all animals sleep in some form or another. But identifying sleep can get complicated. Insects have brain architecture so different from humans’, for example, that electrophysiological recordings […]

    By Susan Milius
  3. Space

    Windows on the Universe

    Astronomy’s multiwavelength revolution paints a more complete picture of the cosmos

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Life

    Enter the Virosphere

    As evidence of the influence of viruses escalates, appreciation of these master manipulators grows.