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ALL SPUN UP  Molecules hit with a laser have reached record spin speeds of 600 trillion revolutions per minute.

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When plants make food, they absorb energy from light. Excitons move that energy to places in plants where it can be stored in its chemical form. Observing excitons in motion may help scientists better understand the process of photosynthesis.

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DRINK UP  Astronauts drink water made from recycled urine and other wastewater aboard the International Space Station. A new system would turn pee into drinking water and produce energy, a step toward long-term space travel.

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    Meet Big Bird, highest-energy neutrino ever detected

    Big Bird, the neutrino, struck the Antarctic ice with a record 2 million billion electron volts of energy.

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  • Chemistry

    
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    How urine will get us to Mars

    A new recycling system turns pee into drinking water and energy, a small step toward really long-term space travel.

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    This is what happens when you pee in the pool

    Swimming pools are basically chemical toilets, but here’s why I’ll keep swimming.

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  • Materials

    
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    Oyster shells could inspire improved armor

    Making tiny indentations in windowpane oyster shells has revealed some processes that could inspire better armor.

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  • Quantum Physics

    
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    Shor’s code-breaking algorithm inspired reflections on quantum information

    Twenty years ago, physicists met in Santa Fe to explore the ramifications of quantum information.

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    Excitons' motions captured in images

    Scientists have observed how quasiparticles called excitons move.

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