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How leeches are able to swell tenfold, plus not-so-super solids, new natural toxins and more in this week's news

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

Not so super after all? A team of researchers is challenging the claim that scientists have spotted a new state of matter. First reported in 2004, “supersolidity” would occur in solid helium at extremely low temperatures, allowing atoms to slide through one another ( SN: 9/11/10, p.