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1. New silent, microchip-sized computer “fan” has no moving parts

   By freeztar, March 18, 2008
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   • April 11, 2008

2. Lawsuit: Huge Atom Smasher Could Destroy World

   By Michaelangelica, March 29, 2008
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   • Tormod
   • March 29, 2008

3. Astronomers Detect First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet

   By C1ay, March 20, 2008
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   • goku
   • March 23, 2008

4. NASA Baffled by Unexplained Force

   By C1ay, March 2, 2008
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   • HydrogenBond
   • March 19, 2008

5. The Vanishing Rings of Saturn

   By C1ay, March 19, 2008
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   • March 19, 2008

6. Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow

   By freeztar, March 18, 2008
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   • March 18, 2008

7. Wheat killer detected in Iran

   By C1ay, March 17, 2008
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   • March 17, 2008

8. Glimpses of a new (mathematical) world

   By C1ay, March 14, 2008
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   • March 14, 2008

9. Using Abstract Mathematics to Solve Real-World Problems

   By C1ay, March 13, 2008
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   • March 13, 2008

10. NRL To Design Telescope to See Into the Dark Ages

    By C1ay, March 12, 2008
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    • coldcreation
    • March 13, 2008

11. Cassini Spacecraft to Dive Into Water Plume of Saturn Moon

    By C1ay, March 11, 2008
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    • March 11, 2008

12. Last Large Piece of ATLAS Detector Lowered Underground

    By C1ay, March 10, 2008
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    • March 10, 2008

13. NIST 'Quantum Logic Clock' Rivals Mercury Ion as World's Most Accurate Clock

    By C1ay, March 7, 2008
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    • March 7, 2008

14. Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

    By C1ay, March 5, 2008
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    • erich
    • March 7, 2008

15. Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water

    By freeztar, February 28, 2008
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    • Michaelangelica
    • March 7, 2008

16. Saturn's Moon Rhea Also May Have Rings

    By C1ay, March 6, 2008
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    • March 6, 2008

17. Spacecraft at Mars Prepare to Welcome New Kid on the Block

    By C1ay, March 4, 2008
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    • March 4, 2008

18. Sandia weighs in on new definition for kilogram

    By C1ay, March 3, 2008
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    • March 3, 2008

19. Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything

    By Michaelangelica, February 29, 2008
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    • Turtle
    • February 29, 2008

20. Fractals through time

    By Tormod, February 29, 2008
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    • February 29, 2008

21. Kite to pull ship across Atlantic

    By Michaelangelica, January 22, 2008
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    • February 28, 2008

22. Masters of disguise

    By C1ay, February 26, 2008
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    • February 26, 2008

23. Electron filmed for first time ever

    By freeztar, February 23, 2008
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    • February 23, 2008

24. Ulysses mission coming to a natural end

    By freeztar, February 22, 2008
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    • freeztar
    • February 22, 2008

25. Exascale computing envisioned by Sandia and Oak Ridge researchers

    By C1ay, February 22, 2008
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    • C1ay
    • February 22, 2008