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Planetary ScienceLittle Enceladus disturbs Saturn’s magnetic field
Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus is acting as a brake on the giant planet's magnetic field.
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PhysicsTiny particles baffle physicists, again
An experiment failed to confirm the existence of a new elementary particle called the sterile neutrino, but its results could still point to some new physics.
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EarthOn the rocks
New research explains why a cancer-causing form of chromium has been turning up in ground and surface waters far from industrial sources.
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PhysicsToward imaging single biomolecules
Experiments have given additional evidence that a future generation of X-ray sources called free-electron lasers may be able to image single biomolecules.