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  1. Physics

    Vortex gets tied in knots

    Physicists use 3-D printing and tiny bubbles to capture twisted-up water.

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  2. Tech

    Trick of light makes microwave imaging simple

    Metamaterials and math combine to produce a quick, cheap system.

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  3. Physics

    New clock revolves around an atom’s mass

    A controversial new study claims that time can be measured by precisely determining a single particle's heft.

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  4. Physics

    Heart of the Matter

    Neutrinos’ shifty behavior might help explain why the universe has so much stuff in it.

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  5. Chemistry

    Hottest temperature ever measured is a negative one

    Ultracold gas sets record on the kelvin scale.

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  6. Physics

    SN Online

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  7. Physics

    Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter

    Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.

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  8. Physics

    Science Past from the issue of December 15, 1962

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  9. Particle Physics

    The Particle at the End of the Universe

    How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World, by Sean Carroll.

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  10. Physics

    Underwater avalanches go with the flow

    Lubricating fluid changes how grains collapse.

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  11. Physics

    Physicists’ theories, biology’s brains work best when they’re models of efficiency

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  12. Chemistry

    Hydrogen fuel edges a step closer

    A new chemical setup creates clean-burning gas by mimicking plant photosynthesis.

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