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Rare ‘Green Rust’ Offers Glimpse of Ancient Seas
By the Editor on June 28, 2012
A rare and highly reactive iron mineral called green rust appears to have played an important role in ancient...
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Scientists Recreate Matter Flooding Universe Moments After Big Bang
By the Editor on June 27, 2012
Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have carried out an experiment that has recreated a form of matter that...
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You Owe Your Life to Rock
By the Editor on June 16, 2012
Thank goodness for granite. If not for the formation and subsequent erosion of large quantities of metal-rich granite on...
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Triple-Bonded Boron Opens New Chemical World
By the Editor on June 15, 2012
In a vacuum-sealed flask on a lab bench in Germany sits an emerald-green crystal that will cause some jaws...
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CERN Scientists Excruciatingly Close to Discovering Higgs Boson
By the Editor on June 12, 2012
Physicists investigating the make-up of the universe are closing in on the Higgs boson, an elusive particle thought to...
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Organic Molecules Do Have Martian Origins
By the Editor on May 24, 2012
Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal...
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Happy Birthday, Electron
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
Electrons rule our world, but not so long ago they were only an idea. May marks the 120th anniversary...
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Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Finally Found
By the Editor on May 21, 2012
After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex...
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Ancient Volcanic Blast Provides More Evidence of Water on Early Mars
By the Editor on May 5, 2012
The atmosphere of Mars is less than 1% the density of Earth’s. It’s one of the reasons liquid water...
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A Quixotic Quest to Mine Asteroids
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
A new company backed by two Google Inc. billionaires, film director James Cameron and other space exploration proponents is...
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