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Sid Perkins
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Jon Cartwright
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Dan Ferber
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Kate McAlpine
Tiny, pointy particles could help fry tumors
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Kate McAlpine
Hypothesized device would shield an object from a magnetic field without distorting the field
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Kate McAlpine
Twisting laser light could improve data transmission through space
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David Grimm and Stewart Wills
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Phil Berardelli
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Sarah Reed
Researchers etch 25-nanometer-high Matterhorn in glass
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Dave Mosher
Socializing with friends gums up pedestrian traffic
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Formerly elusive type of nanotube could have impressive applications
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Phil Berardelli
Drafting could help cut wind power's land requirements
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Device could open broad technological horizons
Advance might boost the amount of energy solar cells can capture
By amplifying electronic waves instead of light waves, a novel device wriggles around the size limit for conventional lasers
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Phil Berardelli
Brighter, thinner LED displays could lead to flexible TV screens
Carbon nanofibers wrapped in a silicon shell make for lighter and more powerful rechargeables
Physicists demonstrate quantum version of famed random walk--a concept key to explaining the diffusion of liquids
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Phil Berardelli
Some raindrops fall to the ground much faster than expected
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Phil Berardelli
Approach could increase energy efficiency of traditional bulbs
Design might be scaled to work at wavelengths perceptible to the human eye
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Phil Berardelli
A lightning-fast chemical provides glare protection in a split second
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Phil Berardelli
Microscopic droplets moving through tiny channels show computational potential
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Andrew Watson
Physicists puzzle over finding that a magnetic field raises the melting point of ice
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Kim Krieger
Lens can resolve objects smaller than a wavelength
Demonstration of inverse Doppler effect ends 60-year quest