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  1. Physics

    Magnets, not magic, make gas bulbs bad

    Once as baffling as black magic, the random failures of glass bulbs used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) now appear to stem from unexpected magnetization of the glass.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Physics

    Path to new elements now looks steeper

    Making novel, superheavy elements is harder than was previously expected, according to a new experiment, but the findings may also help physicists better choose which atoms to smash into which.

    By Peter Weiss
  3. Tech

    Microjaws chomp cells to change them

    A tiny, new biomedical device operates on such a small scale that it can grab individual red blood corpuscles in its jaws.