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No More Curtains! Smart Glass Blocks Light on CommandA glass made with the same stuff that makes up touch screens might draw the curtain on curtains. Here's how.
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Bizarre Liquid More Stable Than Solid Crystal -
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Atoms' Quantum Spin Controlled in Odd Chilled GasThis physics first may be a step toward spintronics.
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Spin Zone: Physicists Get 1st Look at Strange Quantum MagnetismThe finding may open the way to understanding superconductivity and other physical phenomena.
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Speed of Light May Not Be Constant, Physicists SayA varying speed of light has broad implications, from cosmology to astronomy.
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Atom Smashers Find Something Not So Charm-ingA possible new exotic particle is just one tantalizing hint of new physics at the world's atom smashers.
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Ancient Life Form Breathes Rocket Fuel IngredientThe discovery may shed light on how life evolved the ability to use oxygen.
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Spooky! Quantum Action Is 10,000 Times Faster Than LightA team of Chinese physicists has put a speed limit on quantum interactions.
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Physicists Undo Century-Old Gordian KnotA question proposed a century ago about knots and smoke rings gets answered.
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The Unparticle May Lurk in Earth's MantleThe Higgs isn’t the only particle physicists are hunting.
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The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than ThoughtHow many protons can dance on the head of a pin?
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Mega 101: Everything You Need to KnowThis time he says his new website is legal.
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Worms Turn Metal Into SemiconductorsWant to make tiny semiconductors? Feed worms metal.
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Biggest Black Hole Blast Ever Could Solve Cosmological MysteryAn eruption of matter from a quasar could show how galaxies shed weight.
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Step Taken Toward Ebola VaccineCanadian scientist finds key information to help design protection against the horrifying hemorrhagic fever.
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Spooky Quantum Entanglement Gets Extra 'Twist'
Physicists have "virtually intertwined" two particles spinning faster than ever in opposite directions.
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Could Genetic Diseases Be Cured in the Womb?A new technique for changing mitochondrial DNA could help to cure certain diseases.
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Proof of Moon's Birth in Giant Impact Found in Zinc: StudyA look at zinc isotopes in moon rocks is more evidence of the moon's cataclysmic birth.
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Speedy Star Swoops In Perilously Close to Milky Way's Giant Black HoleA star that moves at record-breaking speed could help astronomers test Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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How Alleged Arsenic Bacteria Survive Toxic LakeThe "arsenic-munching" bacteria sports proteins that filter out arsenate.
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Scientists Use Mathematical Shortcut to Create New MetalsCreating new alloys used to be a matter of trial and error, but now a technique developed at MIT could change that.
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The Anatomy of India's Power OutageWith a giant swath of India losing power in the largest blackout in history, we look at exactly how these utilities work.
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Century of Drought May Be AheadA drought that gripped western North America from 2000 to 2004 was the worst since the Middle Ages, but such extreme conditions may become normal during the next 100 years, finds a new study.
