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- Earth
Ice drilling nets shrimpy surprise
Underwater camera captures an Antarctic crustacean, as a serendipitous part of a larger ice shelf study.
- Physics
Body heat may draw particles into breathing range
Computer simulations suggest thermal plumes may trap microbes, pollen and dust near a person’s head.
- Life
Who reined the dogs in
New genetic data reveals that Fido likely originated in the Middle East.
- Materials Science
Physicists observe quantum properties in the world of objects
A demonstration marries the world of the very small with the everyday, opening new realms for quantum computing and other applications.
- Space
This exoplanet is so cool
A satellite has found the first temperate planet outside the solar system that can be studied in detail.
- Science & Society
Intel Science Talent Search spotlights America’s whiz kids
Top winner of the enduring high school science competition takes 2010 prize for work on a space navigation system.
- Math
Big or small, financial bubbles burst alike
New data from the Frankfurt stock exchange show that fleeting financial bubbles behave according to the same mathematical rules as history-making ones.
- Health & Medicine
Experimental blood pressure drug takes natural approach
Dual-action compound tests well in large group of people with mild to moderate hypertension
- Chemistry
Methane-making microbes thrive under the ice
Antarctica’s ice sheets could hide vast quantities of the greenhouse gas, churned out by a buried ecosystem.
- Space
Spacecraft takes express tour of Martian moon
New images and gravity data reveal details about the origin and composition of Phobos.
- Life
To catch a thief, follow his filthy hands
Bacteria from a person’s hands may provide a new type of fingerprint.
- Ecosystems
Iron fertilization in ocean nourishes toxic algae
Efforts to prevent global warming by fertilizing the oceans with iron could trigger harmful algal blooms.
