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November 07, 2007
 NEWS SCAN - 2007
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| A Simple Mimic |
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| November 2007 issue | ||
| Water droplets encased in fat simulate cell membranes | ||
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| Repairs without Rivets |
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| November 2007 issue | ||
| Carbon-fiber composites could lead to quick fixes for old bridges | ||
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| The Genetics of Politics | ||
| November 2007 issue | ||
| A study finds that biology strongly governs voter turnout | ||
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| Dark Riddles |
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| November 2007 issue | ||
| Behavior of galaxy cluster may shift thinking about gravity | ||
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| Rotor in Motor |
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| November 2007 issue | ||
| Replacing aluminum with copper in electric motors saves energy | ||
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| Higher Power |
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| November 2007 issue | ||
| Earth's heat keeps continents afloat and land above sea level | ||
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| Scared Off Silicone |
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| November 2007 issue | ||
| Liability fears trump science for ulcer-beating injectable silicone | ||
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| Surviving Side Effects |
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| October 2007 issue | ||
| Security fears spawn ways to treat radiotherapy's downside | ||
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| New Beginnings |
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| October 2007 issue | ||
| Ideas for a time before the big bang—which might be testable | ||
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| Liquid Zoom |
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| October 2007 issue | ||
| Adaptive lenses change magnification without moving | ||
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| Easing Hormone Anxiety |
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| October 2007 issue | ||
| For women just past menopause, hormone pills seem safe | ||
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| Oceangoing Iron |
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| October 2007 issue | ||
| A venture to profit from a CO2-eating algae bloom riles scientists | ||
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| Saving Gas and Lives | ||
| October 2007 issue | ||
| Can the U.S. improve fuel economy without sacrificing safety? | ||
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| Toxic Bulbs |
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| October 2007 issue | ||
| Recycling rules vary for mercury-containing fluorescents | ||
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| Dangling a COROT |
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| September 2007 issue | ||
| Space telescope aims to find more planets orbiting other stars | ||
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| Déjà Vu Disks |
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| September 2007 issue | ||
| For Blu-ray and HD DVD, encryption and court orders prove futileagain | ||
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| Healing Broken Nerves |
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| September 2007 issue | ||
| Combination therapy as the best approach for damaged spinal cords | ||
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| Muons for Peace |
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| September 2007 issue | ||
| New way to spot hidden nukes gets ready to debut | ||
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| Suffering a Slow Recovery | ||
| September 2007 issue | ||
| Failed rebuilding after Katrina sets off a mental health crisis in the Gulf | ||
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| Speaking in Tones |
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| September 2007 issue | ||
| Ni hao or bonjour: do genes drive preference for language type? | ||
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| A Return on Redwoods |
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| August 2007 issue | ||
| A novel deal may save forests and recoup investors | ||
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| On the Rebound |
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| August 2007 issue | ||
| Discouraging people from using more energy just because it costs less | ||
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| Laboratory Letdowns |
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| August 2007 issue | ||
| Accidental infections in biosafety labs go unreported? | ||
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| Playing It by Ear |
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| August 2007 issue | ||
| A machine-listening system that understands three speakers at once | ||
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| Protein Pretense | ||
| August 2007 issue | ||
| Cheating the standard protein tests is easy, but industry hesitates on alternatives | ||
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| Dimensional Shortcuts |
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| August 2007 issue | ||
| Is there evidence for string theory in a neutrino experiment? | ||
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| Attitude Screen |
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| August 2007 issue | ||
| Seeing if the public is ready for personal genetic information | ||
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| Treading Water |
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| July 2007 issue | ||
| The levees are patched up, but the flood risk remains high | ||
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| An Ear for Spacetime |
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| July 2007 issue | ||
| Pulsars provide an alternative way to detect gravitational waves | ||
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| All in the Family |
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| July 2007 issue | ||
| Paternity shocker: marmoset twins pass on each other's genes | ||
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| No-Pressure Diamond Scratchers |
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| July 2007 issue | ||
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| Jam Session |
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| July 2007 issue | ||
| A design to block RFID tags | ||
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| Reasonable Doubt |
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| July 2007 issue | ||
| Data secrecy clouds judgments of lethal injection | ||
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| Warming to Law | ||
| July 2007 issue | ||
| After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be? | ||
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| Fish That Go Skin-Deep |
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| June 2007 issue | ||
| Trapped fish adapt to a life of nibbling on humans | ||
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| Green Gold in a Shrub | ||
| June 2007 issue | ||
| Planting a better biodiesel | ||
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| Beam Weapons Get Real |
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| June 2007 issue | ||
| Solid-state lasers near battlefield deployment | ||
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| A Good Turn |
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| June 2007 issue | ||
| A fish-friendly hydroelectric turbine gets new life | ||
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| "Memjet" Momentum |
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| June 2007 issue | ||
| Ink-jet printing at ramjet speed | ||
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| Atomic Fingerprinting |
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| June 2007 issue | ||
| Microscope discerns an atom's chemical identity | ||
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| Silicon Smackdown |
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| June 2007 issue | ||
| New Go algorithm aims to depose humans | ||
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| Dialing In |
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| May 2007 issue | ||
| Text-free cell phones for China, Africa and India | ||
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| Escape from the Nucleus |
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| May 2007 issue | ||
| Ionization via electron tunneling observed | ||
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| Motion Pictures |
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| May 2007 issue | ||
| Live streaming mobile video | ||
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| Codon Spell Check |
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| May 2007 issue | ||
| Protein folding and "silent mutations" | ||
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| Structured Settings | ||
| May 2007 issue | ||
| Three additions to nanotech's tool kit | ||
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| Microchips with Heart |
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| May 2007 issue | ||
| Heart cells power micropumps | ||
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| The Autism Diet |
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| April 2007 issue | ||
| Are autistics affected by what they eat? | ||
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| Conservative Climate | ||
| April 2007 issue | ||
| Climate change may be worse than reported | ||
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| Chemo Control |
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| April 2007 issue | ||
| Epigenetic cancer drugs | ||
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| The Not-So-Dark Matter |
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| April 2007 issue | ||
| Dark matter two-step | ||
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| Natural Gas Rockets |
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| April 2007 issue | ||
| Rocket science's quest for a new fuel | ||
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| Sight for Sore Eyes | ||
| March 2007 issue | ||
| Stem cells to restore eyesight | ||
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| Alone at the Top |
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| March 2007 issue | ||
| The Tevatron and the single top quark | ||
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| Deadly Dialogue |
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| March 2007 issue | ||
| How tumors prepare "hot spots" for invasion | ||
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| Pole Positions | ||
| March 2007 issue | ||
| International Polar Year | ||
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| Sympathy for the Devil |
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| March 2007 issue | ||
| What bedevils the beast from Down Under | ||
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| Scoring Your Identity |
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| March 2007 issue | ||
| "Garlik" to block the identity vampires | ||
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| A Stroke for Stem Cells | ||
| February 2007 issue | ||
| Is neurological stem cell therapy ready for the clinic? | ||
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| Unsettled Scores |
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| February 2007 issue | ||
| The achievement score gap continues. Why? | ||
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| Chipping In |
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| February 2007 issue | ||
| Artificial neuron gets ready for testing | ||
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| Martian Rope Trick |
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| February 2007 issue | ||
| Coming in for a landingon Mars | ||
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| Dial "I" for Internet |
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| February 2007 issue | ||
| Next-generation voice over Internet | ||
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| The Triangular Universe |
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| February 2007 issue | ||
| Tetrahedrons vs. quantum loops | ||
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| Kim's Big Fizzle | ||
| January 2007 issue | ||
| What's the difference between a small nuke and a failed one? | ||
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| Seismic Sentries |
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| January 2007 issue | ||
| Geologic monitoring of rogue nuclear states | ||
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| Pollution in Solution |
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| January 2007 issue | ||
| Antibiotic pollution | ||
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| Seeing Stars in Iraq |
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| January 2007 issue | ||
| Restoring Iraq's great telescope | ||
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| Here Come the X-Mice |
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| January 2007 issue | ||
| Eliminating genes, one mouse at a time | ||
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| Real Stinkers Reformed |
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| January 2007 issue | ||
| Making chemistry less stinky | ||
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