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All rights reservedMon, 15 Jul 2013 17:13:29 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/science/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/astronomer-finds-moon-orbiting-neptune-211329016.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hqDwfCxWTQvA_4ZQiiLqiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T211329Z_1_CBRE96E1N1500_RTROPTP_2_SPACE-NEPTUNE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The location of a newly discovered moon orbiting Neptune is seen in this composite Hubble Space Telescope handout image" align="left" title="The location of a newly discovered moon orbiting Neptune is seen in this composite Hubble Space Telescope handout image" border="0" /></a>By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday. Estimated to be about 12 miles in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles from Neptune. Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a broader part of the sky. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/astronomer-finds-moon-orbiting-neptune-211329016.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 17:13:29 -0400Reutersastronomer-finds-moon-orbiting-neptune-211329016<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/astronomer-finds-moon-orbiting-neptune-211329016.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hqDwfCxWTQvA_4ZQiiLqiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T211329Z_1_CBRE96E1N1500_RTROPTP_2_SPACE-NEPTUNE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The location of a newly discovered moon orbiting Neptune is seen in this composite Hubble Space Telescope handout image" align="left" title="The location of a newly discovered moon orbiting Neptune is seen in this composite Hubble Space Telescope handout image" border="0" /></a>By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday. Estimated to be about 12 miles in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles from Neptune. Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a broader part of the sky. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-raises-concern-earthquakes-fracking-fluids-073025383.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nOS83_nwTjbaaO4wYN5tTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-11T205639Z_3_CBRE96A1G8D00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-FRACKING-EARTHQUAKES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Filmmaker Josh Fox joins a protest against fracking in California in this file photo" align="left" title="Filmmaker Josh Fox joins a protest against fracking in California in this file photo" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Powerful earthquakes thousands of miles away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, scientists reported on Thursday, sometimes followed months later by quakes big enough to destroy buildings. The discovery, published in the journal Science by one of the world&#039;s leading seismology labs, threatens to make hydraulic fracturing, or &quot;fracking,&quot; which involves injecting fluid deep underground, even more controversial. It comes as the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/study-raises-concern-earthquakes-fracking-fluids-073025383.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 03:30:25 -0400Reutersstudy-raises-concern-earthquakes-fracking-fluids-073025383<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-raises-concern-earthquakes-fracking-fluids-073025383.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nOS83_nwTjbaaO4wYN5tTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-11T205639Z_3_CBRE96A1G8D00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-FRACKING-EARTHQUAKES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Filmmaker Josh Fox joins a protest against fracking in California in this file photo" align="left" title="Filmmaker Josh Fox joins a protest against fracking in California in this file photo" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Powerful earthquakes thousands of miles away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, scientists reported on Thursday, sometimes followed months later by quakes big enough to destroy buildings. The discovery, published in the journal Science by one of the world&#039;s leading seismology labs, threatens to make hydraulic fracturing, or &quot;fracking,&quot; which involves injecting fluid deep underground, even more controversial. It comes as the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-obesity-gene-makes-people-fat-160050035.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jeVsgLvIwwPLuyxd8rMoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T184811Z_1_CBRE96E1G8E00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man sits on a bench in central London" align="left" title="A man sits on a bench in central London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a gene long associated with obesity makes people fat by triggering increased hunger, opening up potential new ways to fight a growing global health problem. A common variation in the FTO gene affects one in six of the population, making them 70 percent more likely to become obese - but until now experts did not know why. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-obesity-gene-makes-people-fat-160050035.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 14:49:20 -0400Reutersscientists-obesity-gene-makes-people-fat-160050035<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-obesity-gene-makes-people-fat-160050035.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jeVsgLvIwwPLuyxd8rMoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T184811Z_1_CBRE96E1G8E00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man sits on a bench in central London" align="left" title="A man sits on a bench in central London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a gene long associated with obesity makes people fat by triggering increased hunger, opening up potential new ways to fight a growing global health problem. A common variation in the FTO gene affects one in six of the population, making them 70 percent more likely to become obese - but until now experts did not know why. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/solar-plane-lands-york-completing-u-journey-034919100.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H4bqSVUHM5_aTQW733DCnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-07T063646Z_1_CBRE9660IDD00_RTROPTP_2_SOLAR-PLANE-USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pilots and founders Piccard and Borschberg wave to crowd after Solar Impulse lands at JFK airport in New York" align="left" title="Pilots and founders Piccard and Borschberg wave to crowd after Solar Impulse lands at JFK airport in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago. The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/solar-plane-lands-york-completing-u-journey-034919100.htmlSun, 07 Jul 2013 02:36:46 -0400Reuterssolar-plane-lands-york-completing-u-journey-034919100<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/solar-plane-lands-york-completing-u-journey-034919100.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H4bqSVUHM5_aTQW733DCnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-07T063646Z_1_CBRE9660IDD00_RTROPTP_2_SOLAR-PLANE-USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pilots and founders Piccard and Borschberg wave to crowd after Solar Impulse lands at JFK airport in New York" align="left" title="Pilots and founders Piccard and Borschberg wave to crowd after Solar Impulse lands at JFK airport in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago. The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/next-mars-mission-search-past-microbial-life-science-234929160.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZwCh4J.GK3mJRA9NOj2wrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T151110Z_1_CBRE96B166R00_RTROPTP_2_NASA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA handout image shows Mars rover Curiosity" align="left" title="NASA handout image shows Mars rover Curiosity" border="0" /></a>By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA&#039;s next mission to Mars should look for past microbial life and collect samples to eventually bring back to Earth, a science advisory group said on Tuesday. The U.S. space agency expects to spend about $1.5 billion, plus launch costs, on a mission to follow the ongoing Mars rover Curiosity, which is scouting an ancient impact crater for habitats that could have supported microbial life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/next-mars-mission-search-past-microbial-life-science-234929160.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 19:49:29 -0400Reutersnext-mars-mission-search-past-microbial-life-science-234929160<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/next-mars-mission-search-past-microbial-life-science-234929160.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZwCh4J.GK3mJRA9NOj2wrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T151110Z_1_CBRE96B166R00_RTROPTP_2_NASA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA handout image shows Mars rover Curiosity" align="left" title="NASA handout image shows Mars rover Curiosity" border="0" /></a>By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA&#039;s next mission to Mars should look for past microbial life and collect samples to eventually bring back to Earth, a science advisory group said on Tuesday. The U.S. space agency expects to spend about $1.5 billion, plus launch costs, on a mission to follow the ongoing Mars rover Curiosity, which is scouting an ancient impact crater for habitats that could have supported microbial life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Deborah Bailin The Equation Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insightshttp://news.yahoo.com/fracking-confusing-vocabulary-hydraulic-fracturing-op-ed-211327117.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 17:13:27 -0400LiveScience.comfracking-confusing-vocabulary-hydraulic-fracturing-op-ed-211327117The Beacon Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insightshttp://news.yahoo.com/offshore-wind-energy-coming-sea-change-op-ed-211213775.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 17:12:13 -0400LiveScience.comoffshore-wind-energy-coming-sea-change-op-ed-211213775An unusual mammal in Madagascar has gobs of a special type of fat called brown fat packed around its sex organs, according to a new study.http://news.yahoo.com/unusual-mammal-keeps-sex-organs-warm-brown-fat-203034382.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 16:30:34 -0400LiveScience.comunusual-mammal-keeps-sex-organs-warm-brown-fat-203034382<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-investigating-mysterious-spacewalk-ending-water-leak-221201660.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8m_sYiVTR6iVq37iIJFDJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/NASA_Investigating_Mysterious_Spacewalk-Ending_Water-f3b293f84bbd87dd497ba5ff49f194ff" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Investigating Mysterious Spacewalk-Ending Water Leak" align="left" title="NASA Investigating Mysterious Spacewalk-Ending Water Leak" border="0" /></a>NASA officials aren&#039;t sure what triggered a leak of water into a spacewalking astronaut&#039;s suit, causing mission controllers to abort a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk after only one hour and 32 minutes Tuesday (July 16).</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-investigating-mysterious-spacewalk-ending-water-leak-221201660.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 18:12:01 -0400SPACE.comnasa-investigating-mysterious-spacewalk-ending-water-leak-221201660<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-investigating-mysterious-spacewalk-ending-water-leak-221201660.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8m_sYiVTR6iVq37iIJFDJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/NASA_Investigating_Mysterious_Spacewalk-Ending_Water-f3b293f84bbd87dd497ba5ff49f194ff" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Investigating Mysterious Spacewalk-Ending Water Leak" align="left" title="NASA Investigating Mysterious Spacewalk-Ending Water Leak" border="0" /></a>NASA officials aren&#039;t sure what triggered a leak of water into a spacewalking astronaut&#039;s suit, causing mission controllers to abort a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk after only one hour and 32 minutes Tuesday (July 16).</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/two-nasa-droids-set-military-robotics-challenge-181540683.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZDDfI4sWWaHoca6xBYGTHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Two_NASA_Droids_Set_for-db856c31e6400aadc531984e16925735" width="130" height="86" alt="Two NASA Droids Set for Military Robotics Challenge" align="left" title="Two NASA Droids Set for Military Robotics Challenge" border="0" /></a>Two NASA-built robots ? one of them ape-inspired ? have been selected to compete against other droids in a grueling challenge later this year.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/two-nasa-droids-set-military-robotics-challenge-181540683.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:15:40 -0400SPACE.comtwo-nasa-droids-set-military-robotics-challenge-181540683<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/two-nasa-droids-set-military-robotics-challenge-181540683.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZDDfI4sWWaHoca6xBYGTHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Two_NASA_Droids_Set_for-db856c31e6400aadc531984e16925735" width="130" height="86" alt="Two NASA Droids Set for Military Robotics Challenge" align="left" title="Two NASA Droids Set for Military Robotics Challenge" border="0" /></a>Two NASA-built robots ? one of them ape-inspired ? have been selected to compete against other droids in a grueling challenge later this year.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/john-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AGTqo8db1kehXMXBeXBD0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/John_Llewellyn,_NASA_Scientist-Astronaut_Who-0a3b86681581579272f27860e42c9e83" width="130" height="86" alt="John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80" align="left" title="John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80" border="0" /></a>John Llewellyn, a chemist who in 1967 was selected to be a NASA astronaut but whose inability to pilot a jet led to him resigning from the space program a year later, died July 2. He was 80.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/john-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 07:27:56 -0400SPACE.comjohn-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/john-llewellyn-nasa-scientist-astronaut-never-flew-dies-112756908.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AGTqo8db1kehXMXBeXBD0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/John_Llewellyn,_NASA_Scientist-Astronaut_Who-0a3b86681581579272f27860e42c9e83" width="130" height="86" alt="John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80" align="left" title="John Llewellyn, NASA Scientist-Astronaut Who Never Flew, Dies at 80" border="0" /></a>John Llewellyn, a chemist who in 1967 was selected to be a NASA astronaut but whose inability to pilot a jet led to him resigning from the space program a year later, died July 2. He was 80.</p><br clear="all"/>By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - National Cancer Institute scientists have released the largest-ever database of cancer-related genetic variations, providing researchers the most comprehensive way so far to figure out how to target treatments for the disease. Open access worldwide to the new database, based on genome studies, is expected to help researchers accelerate development of new drugs and better match patients with therapies, NCI said in a statement on Monday. "Most anti-cancer drugs that are used today are used based on their empirical activity," Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/largest-cancer-gene-database-made-public-232153763.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 19:21:53 -0400Reuterslargest-cancer-gene-database-made-public-232153763The average American man's penis is 5.6 inches (14.2 centimeters) long when erect, a new survey of 1,661 men finds.http://news.yahoo.com/big-average-penis-science-finds-103431957.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 06:34:31 -0400LiveScience.combig-average-penis-science-finds-103431957<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sci-fi-film-europa-report-uses-science-show-213702900.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Hh79jTQ06Ap6WfWxnjGQQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Sci-Fi_Film_%27Europa_Report%27_Uses-8db94c6c2934433eee672247d6602068" width="130" height="86" alt="Sci-Fi Film &#039;Europa Report&#039; Uses Science to Show Space Travel Perils" align="left" title="Sci-Fi Film &#039;Europa Report&#039; Uses Science to Show Space Travel Perils" border="0" /></a>The new science fiction movie &quot;Europa Report&quot; is billed by some admirers as one of the most accurate depictions of human spaceflight ever put on film, and that realism is no accident.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sci-fi-film-europa-report-uses-science-show-213702900.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:37:02 -0400SPACE.comsci-fi-film-europa-report-uses-science-show-213702900<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sci-fi-film-europa-report-uses-science-show-213702900.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Hh79jTQ06Ap6WfWxnjGQQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Sci-Fi_Film_%27Europa_Report%27_Uses-8db94c6c2934433eee672247d6602068" width="130" height="86" alt="Sci-Fi Film &#039;Europa Report&#039; Uses Science to Show Space Travel Perils" align="left" title="Sci-Fi Film &#039;Europa Report&#039; Uses Science to Show Space Travel Perils" border="0" /></a>The new science fiction movie &quot;Europa Report&quot; is billed by some admirers as one of the most accurate depictions of human spaceflight ever put on film, and that realism is no accident.</p><br clear="all"/>Union of Concerned Scientists, a veteran science journalist and author of six books. This article will appear in Shulman's column 'Got Science?'. Shulman contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insightshttp://news.yahoo.com/got-science-pushing-back-against-corporate-counterfeit-science-203330743.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 16:33:30 -0400LiveScience.comgot-science-pushing-back-against-corporate-counterfeit-science-203330743<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/space-time-loops-may-explain-black-holes-193032310.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ecn7MVzk0Daf.Vmu5BRr4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Space-Time_Loops_May_Explain_Black-ab89b23796a06162a7bbb663f67e0d49" width="130" height="86" alt="Space-Time Loops May Explain Black Holes" align="left" title="Space-Time Loops May Explain Black Holes" border="0" /></a>Physics cannot describe what happens inside a black hole. There, current theories break down, and general relativity collides with quantum mechanics, creating what&#039;s called a singularity, or a point at whichthe equations spit out infinities.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/space-time-loops-may-explain-black-holes-193032310.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 15:30:32 -0400SPACE.comspace-time-loops-may-explain-black-holes-193032310<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/space-time-loops-may-explain-black-holes-193032310.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ecn7MVzk0Daf.Vmu5BRr4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Space-Time_Loops_May_Explain_Black-ab89b23796a06162a7bbb663f67e0d49" width="130" height="86" alt="Space-Time Loops May Explain Black Holes" align="left" title="Space-Time Loops May Explain Black Holes" border="0" /></a>Physics cannot describe what happens inside a black hole. There, current theories break down, and general relativity collides with quantum mechanics, creating what&#039;s called a singularity, or a point at whichthe equations spit out infinities.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/artists-scientists-more-alike-different-105900031.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t46fteyj5.HkR64ONxKzDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/STEAMtoSTEAM-GraphicalAnalysis-3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Artists and Scientists: More Alike Than Different" align="left" title="Artists and Scientists: More Alike Than Different" border="0" /></a>Artists and Scientists: More Alike Than Different</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/artists-scientists-more-alike-different-105900031.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 06:59:00 -0400Scientific Americanartists-scientists-more-alike-different-105900031<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/artists-scientists-more-alike-different-105900031.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t46fteyj5.HkR64ONxKzDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/STEAMtoSTEAM-GraphicalAnalysis-3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Artists and Scientists: More Alike Than Different" align="left" title="Artists and Scientists: More Alike Than Different" border="0" /></a>Artists and Scientists: More Alike Than Different</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dont-know-im-scientist-problem-archetypes-115800255.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zeRC5t0InX9RpW7Q7MtSyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/fig11.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="&quot;I Don&#039;t Know If I&#039;m a Scientist&quot;: The Problem with Archetypes" align="left" title="&quot;I Don&#039;t Know If I&#039;m a Scientist&quot;: The Problem with Archetypes" border="0" /></a>&quot;I Don&#039;t Know If I&#039;m a Scientist&quot;: The Problem with Archetypes</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dont-know-im-scientist-problem-archetypes-115800255.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 07:58:00 -0400Scientific Americandont-know-im-scientist-problem-archetypes-115800255<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dont-know-im-scientist-problem-archetypes-115800255.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zeRC5t0InX9RpW7Q7MtSyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/fig11.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="&quot;I Don&#039;t Know If I&#039;m a Scientist&quot;: The Problem with Archetypes" align="left" title="&quot;I Don&#039;t Know If I&#039;m a Scientist&quot;: The Problem with Archetypes" border="0" /></a>&quot;I Don&#039;t Know If I&#039;m a Scientist&quot;: The Problem with Archetypes</p><br clear="all"/>Summer means lots of out-of-doors time. Whether at beaches, barbeques, hanging out in the park or at the pool, most people catch more sun rays this season than other times of the year. In the process, some will get a suntan while others, unfortunately, will experience the painful redness, peeling and blistering that can occur with a bad sunburn.http://news.yahoo.com/science-summer-causes-sunburns-115310814.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 07:53:10 -0400LiveScience.comscience-summer-causes-sunburns-115310814When Pope John Paul II died eight years ago, supporters chanted "Santo subito," or "Sainthood now!"http://news.yahoo.com/science-miracles-vatican-decides-191224029.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 15:12:24 -0400LiveScience.comscience-miracles-vatican-decides-191224029<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/citizen-scientists-enlisted-map-ancient-hillforts-131331202.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8I43AfgEEkcp8igwiFGUQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/hill-fort.jpg1373317577" width="130" height="86" alt="Citizen Scientists Enlisted to Map Ancient Hillforts" align="left" title="Citizen Scientists Enlisted to Map Ancient Hillforts" border="0" /></a>British researchers are soliciting help from citizen scientists to gather information on some 5,000 Iron Age hillforts that dot the United Kingdom and Ireland.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/citizen-scientists-enlisted-map-ancient-hillforts-131331202.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 09:13:31 -0400LiveScience.comcitizen-scientists-enlisted-map-ancient-hillforts-131331202<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/citizen-scientists-enlisted-map-ancient-hillforts-131331202.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8I43AfgEEkcp8igwiFGUQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/hill-fort.jpg1373317577" width="130" height="86" alt="Citizen Scientists Enlisted to Map Ancient Hillforts" align="left" title="Citizen Scientists Enlisted to Map Ancient Hillforts" border="0" /></a>British researchers are soliciting help from citizen scientists to gather information on some 5,000 Iron Age hillforts that dot the United Kingdom and Ireland.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-deep-space-explosions-baffle-scientists-113445102.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q1JV5d17CNFVsz.DYsldJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Mysterious_Deep-Space_Explosions_Baffle_Scientists-931792a77bf2542ed771fbe35cb64b7c" width="130" height="86" alt="Mysterious Deep-Space Explosions Baffle Scientists" align="left" title="Mysterious Deep-Space Explosions Baffle Scientists" border="0" /></a>Powerful and puzzling radio blasts in other galaxies constantly explode across the night sky, a new study suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-deep-space-explosions-baffle-scientists-113445102.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 07:34:45 -0400SPACE.commysterious-deep-space-explosions-baffle-scientists-113445102<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-deep-space-explosions-baffle-scientists-113445102.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q1JV5d17CNFVsz.DYsldJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Mysterious_Deep-Space_Explosions_Baffle_Scientists-931792a77bf2542ed771fbe35cb64b7c" width="130" height="86" alt="Mysterious Deep-Space Explosions Baffle Scientists" align="left" title="Mysterious Deep-Space Explosions Baffle Scientists" border="0" /></a>Powerful and puzzling radio blasts in other galaxies constantly explode across the night sky, a new study suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - The first test-tube baby to come from an embryo screened for genetic defects using a new, low-cost technique that could improve in-vitro fertilization success rates was born last month and is a healthy boy. The birth in June was announced on Monday as part of a study that scientists said validated the concept of next-generation genome screening, although more clinical tests are needed before the system is used widely. ...http://news.yahoo.com/first-test-tube-baby-born-cheaper-genome-screening-231250965.htmlSun, 07 Jul 2013 19:12:50 -0400Reutersfirst-test-tube-baby-born-cheaper-genome-screening-231250965<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serbia-protest-against-dire-financial-situation-140600130.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8oPfTszF2OUp1xHj44JdHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Save-the-Science-protest-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists in Serbia Protest against Dire Financial Situation" align="left" title="Scientists in Serbia Protest against Dire Financial Situation" border="0" /></a>Scientists in Serbia Protest against Dire Financial Situation</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serbia-protest-against-dire-financial-situation-140600130.htmlSun, 07 Jul 2013 10:06:00 -0400Scientific Americanscientists-serbia-protest-against-dire-financial-situation-140600130<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-serbia-protest-against-dire-financial-situation-140600130.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8oPfTszF2OUp1xHj44JdHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Save-the-Science-protest-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists in Serbia Protest against Dire Financial Situation" align="left" title="Scientists in Serbia Protest against Dire Financial Situation" border="0" /></a>Scientists in Serbia Protest against Dire Financial Situation</p><br clear="all"/>Political Standoff Causes Concern over Future of Science in Russiahttp://news.yahoo.com/political-standoff-causes-concern-over-future-science-russia-212000000.htmlFri, 05 Jul 2013 17:20:00 -0400Scientific Americanpolitical-standoff-causes-concern-over-future-science-russia-212000000Political Standoff Causes Concern over the Future of Science in Russiahttp://news.yahoo.com/political-standoff-causes-concern-over-future-science-russia-212000931.htmlFri, 05 Jul 2013 17:20:00 -0400Scientific Americanpolitical-standoff-causes-concern-over-future-science-russia-212000931<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bring-science-health-journalism-ona13-143600348.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a17Ek8bBU.OuPeczKDHB5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/copy-cropped-cropped-full-color-rgb-web.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bring science and health journalism to #ONA13" align="left" title="Bring science and health journalism to #ONA13" border="0" /></a>Bring science and health journalism to #ONA13</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bring-science-health-journalism-ona13-143600348.htmlFri, 05 Jul 2013 10:36:00 -0400Scientific Americanbring-science-health-journalism-ona13-143600348<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bring-science-health-journalism-ona13-143600348.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a17Ek8bBU.OuPeczKDHB5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/copy-cropped-cropped-full-color-rgb-web.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bring science and health journalism to #ONA13" align="left" title="Bring science and health journalism to #ONA13" border="0" /></a>Bring science and health journalism to #ONA13</p><br clear="all"/>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood and say their success points to a future where much-needed livers and other transplant organs could be made in a laboratory. While it may take another 10 years before lab-grown livers could be used to treat patients, the Japanese scientists say they now have important proof of concept that paves the way for more ambitious organ-growing experiments. ...http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-create-human-liver-stem-cells-062216992.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 02:22:16 -0400Reutersscientists-create-human-liver-stem-cells-062216992<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chimp-genetic-history-stranger-humans-171904230.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nBezizoJLYW1NLxOsuA7iA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/great-ape-genomes.jpg1372870685" width="130" height="86" alt="Chimp Genetic History Stranger Than Humans&#039;" align="left" title="Chimp Genetic History Stranger Than Humans&#039;" border="0" /></a>The most comprehensive catalog of great-ape genome diversity to date offers insight into primate evolution, revealing chimpanzees have a much more complex genetic history than humans.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chimp-genetic-history-stranger-humans-171904230.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 13:19:04 -0400LiveScience.comchimp-genetic-history-stranger-humans-171904230<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chimp-genetic-history-stranger-humans-171904230.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nBezizoJLYW1NLxOsuA7iA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/great-ape-genomes.jpg1372870685" width="130" height="86" alt="Chimp Genetic History Stranger Than Humans&#039;" align="left" title="Chimp Genetic History Stranger Than Humans&#039;" border="0" /></a>The most comprehensive catalog of great-ape genome diversity to date offers insight into primate evolution, revealing chimpanzees have a much more complex genetic history than humans.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-pluto-could-really-happen-scientists-154937077.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YwKmjlLS4CvsIv3Q1XginA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/%27Star_Trek%27_on_Pluto?_It-3d0b4770c91b31221e501ee9ed87ff92" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Star Trek&#039; on Pluto? It Could Really Happen, Scientists Say" align="left" title="&#039;Star Trek&#039; on Pluto? It Could Really Happen, Scientists Say" border="0" /></a>While the naming gods have swatted away an attempt to christen one of Pluto&#039;s newfound moons &quot;Vulcan,&quot; the &quot;Star Trek&quot; universe may still leave its mark on the dwarf planet soon enough.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-pluto-could-really-happen-scientists-154937077.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 11:49:37 -0400SPACE.comstar-trek-pluto-could-really-happen-scientists-154937077<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-pluto-could-really-happen-scientists-154937077.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YwKmjlLS4CvsIv3Q1XginA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/%27Star_Trek%27_on_Pluto?_It-3d0b4770c91b31221e501ee9ed87ff92" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Star Trek&#039; on Pluto? It Could Really Happen, Scientists Say" align="left" title="&#039;Star Trek&#039; on Pluto? It Could Really Happen, Scientists Say" border="0" /></a>While the naming gods have swatted away an attempt to christen one of Pluto&#039;s newfound moons &quot;Vulcan,&quot; the &quot;Star Trek&quot; universe may still leave its mark on the dwarf planet soon enough.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/strange-eats-scientists-snack-research-125943362.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HpjYK2e.Z5GrEGhYFjlkRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/mammoth.jpg1363357631" width="130" height="86" alt="Strange Eats: Scientists Who Snack on Their Research" align="left" title="Strange Eats: Scientists Who Snack on Their Research" border="0" /></a>A tube of saggy, bacteria-filled flesh, the deep-sea tubeworm displays a uniquely unappetizing appearance. But marine biologist Peter Girguis and his colleagues tried a morsel anyway.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/strange-eats-scientists-snack-research-125943362.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 08:59:43 -0400LiveScience.comstrange-eats-scientists-snack-research-125943362<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/strange-eats-scientists-snack-research-125943362.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HpjYK2e.Z5GrEGhYFjlkRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/mammoth.jpg1363357631" width="130" height="86" alt="Strange Eats: Scientists Who Snack on Their Research" align="left" title="Strange Eats: Scientists Who Snack on Their Research" border="0" /></a>A tube of saggy, bacteria-filled flesh, the deep-sea tubeworm displays a uniquely unappetizing appearance. But marine biologist Peter Girguis and his colleagues tried a morsel anyway.</p><br clear="all"/>Vote for the Best Summer Books on Sciencehttp://news.yahoo.com/vote-best-summer-books-science-184000762.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 14:40:00 -0400Scientific Americanvote-best-summer-books-science-184000762<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-protect-earths-power-grids-extreme-solar-storms-173148353.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yHu9cKkhSfax.DcrkHn_GQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Scientists_Work_to_Protect_Earth%27s-547f9b28d0b2893e92b9652c70f206ac" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists Work to Protect Earth&#039;s Power Grids from Extreme Solar Storms" align="left" title="Scientists Work to Protect Earth&#039;s Power Grids from Extreme Solar Storms" border="0" /></a>Tools on the ground are helping scientists learn more about the threat solar eruptions on the sun pose to life as we know it on Earth.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-protect-earths-power-grids-extreme-solar-storms-173148353.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 13:31:48 -0400SPACE.comscientists-protect-earths-power-grids-extreme-solar-storms-173148353<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-protect-earths-power-grids-extreme-solar-storms-173148353.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yHu9cKkhSfax.DcrkHn_GQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Scientists_Work_to_Protect_Earth%27s-547f9b28d0b2893e92b9652c70f206ac" width="130" height="86" alt="Scientists Work to Protect Earth&#039;s Power Grids from Extreme Solar Storms" align="left" title="Scientists Work to Protect Earth&#039;s Power Grids from Extreme Solar Storms" border="0" /></a>Tools on the ground are helping scientists learn more about the threat solar eruptions on the sun pose to life as we know it on Earth.</p><br clear="all"/>About halfway between the comparatively sedate Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays, you can't miss the pyrotechnical gloriousness that is Fourth of July. Come nightfall, thousands of fireworks displays will boom brightly across the country, celebrating America's birthday.http://news.yahoo.com/science-summer-fireworks-145608909.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:56:08 -0400LiveScience.comscience-summer-fireworks-145608909The stereotype of pot smokers as lackadaisical loafers is supported by new research: People who smoke marijuana regularly over long periods of time tend to produce less of a chemical in the brain that is linked to motivation, a new study finds.http://news.yahoo.com/marijuana-science-why-pot-heads-slackers-104756017.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 06:47:56 -0400LiveScience.commarijuana-science-why-pot-heads-slackers-104756017<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chemistry-physics-one-needs-other-194600209.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/55bcUmQdN2y4n5VrHVxsWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Haroche.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chemistry and physics: one needs the other" align="left" title="Chemistry and physics: one needs the other" border="0" /></a>Chemistry and physics: one needs the other</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chemistry-physics-one-needs-other-194600209.htmlMon, 01 Jul 2013 15:46:00 -0400Scientific Americanchemistry-physics-one-needs-other-194600209<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chemistry-physics-one-needs-other-194600209.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/55bcUmQdN2y4n5VrHVxsWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Haroche.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chemistry and physics: one needs the other" align="left" title="Chemistry and physics: one needs the other" border="0" /></a>Chemistry and physics: one needs the other</p><br clear="all"/>By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ...http://news.yahoo.com/leading-light-science-italys-lady-stars-hack-dies-181845780.htmlSat, 29 Jun 2013 14:18:45 -0400Reutersleading-light-science-italys-lady-stars-hack-dies-181845780<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nanoparticles-help-scientists-tell-left-194645919.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Pt0rE4h4z7MRe0tzPse3Bw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/cotletgang.jpg1372437179" width="130" height="86" alt="Nanoparticles Help Scientists Tell Left From Right" align="left" title="Nanoparticles Help Scientists Tell Left From Right" border="0" /></a>Have trouble telling left from right? Believe it not, so do molecular scientists. But a new method that amplifies the difference between right-handed and left-handed molecules could make things easier for scientists and lead to the development of new nanomaterials, optical sensors and pharmaceutical drugs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nanoparticles-help-scientists-tell-left-194645919.htmlFri, 28 Jun 2013 15:46:45 -0400LiveScience.comnanoparticles-help-scientists-tell-left-194645919<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nanoparticles-help-scientists-tell-left-194645919.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Pt0rE4h4z7MRe0tzPse3Bw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/cotletgang.jpg1372437179" width="130" height="86" alt="Nanoparticles Help Scientists Tell Left From Right" align="left" title="Nanoparticles Help Scientists Tell Left From Right" border="0" /></a>Have trouble telling left from right? Believe it not, so do molecular scientists. But a new method that amplifies the difference between right-handed and left-handed molecules could make things easier for scientists and lead to the development of new nanomaterials, optical sensors and pharmaceutical drugs.</p><br clear="all"/>

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