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Electronic Life on the Edge  
Long before anyone isolated graphene, a honeycomb lattice of carbon just one atom thick, theorists predicted that narrow ribbons of graphene would display extraordinary electronic and ...

 

Leak shuts down S. California reactor  
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant remains shut down because of a leak of radioactive steam, Southern California Edison said. SAN DIEGO, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A reactor ...

 

Researchers Create First-of-its-kind Gene Map of Sulfate-reducing Bacterium  
Critical genetic secrets of a bacterium that holds potential for removing toxic and radioactive waste from the environment have been revealed in a study led by Berkeley Lab researchers....

 

Cold frame (thing)  
A cold frame is an enclosure which traps solar radiation for the purpose of growing plants in cold weather . Typically, a cold frame is a simple open-bottomed frame made from wood or other constr...

 

Students find rent a hurdle  
Record high rents are pushing some young people to cancel university studies and others to sign up for welfare grants. As the academic year dawned, Auckland's biggest student union said steep accomm...

 

The Problem With Defining Life  
The problem, in a word, is language. Carl Zimmer’s recent article Can Life Be Defined in Three Words raised just that issue. He referred to the many attempts that have been made by scientists to def...

 

Canada: Earthquake Magnitude 5.7 - Vancouver Island  
Date-Time: Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 20:05:32 UTC Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 12:05:32 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location: 48.867°N, 127.876°W Depth: 12.8 km (8....

 

The Milky Way’s Magnetic Personality  
Recently we took a look at a very unusual type of map the Faraday Sky. Now an international team of scientists, including those at the Naval Research Laboratory, have pooled their information and cre...

 

Major snowstorm barrels down on Central Plains  
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25...

 

Castaway lizards put evolution to the test  
When Hurricane Frances swept through the Caribbean in 2004, it wiped out populations of little anole lizards living on seven tiny islands in the Bahamas. Instead of mourning the loss, Harvard Uni...