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A newly discovered magnetized neutron star could be used to test Einstein's general theory of relativity
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Nature magazine
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May 15, 2013 |
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News
| Technology
Materials that flip from insulator to conductor could make more energy-efficient transistors, although the metals are not yet close to competing with silicon
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Nature magazine
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Mar 7, 2013 |
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Physicists borrow an old tool from geology to focus "cathodoluminescence" and use it to probe the interior layers of metamaterials in lasers, light-based circuits and solar cells
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Nature magazine
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Jan 9, 2013 |
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New findings from three teams may solve a 40-year-old mystery regarding the odd electrical behavior of samarium hexaboride, which may be a topological insulator in its bulk form
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Nature magazine
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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News
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A framework that relies on college-level mathematics could describe what happens to particles in so-called spacetime rips, gravity fluctuations such as those that occur during the birth of a black hole
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Nature magazine
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Oct 30, 2012 |
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News
| Space
The first results from the GRAIL gravity-mapping mission suggest that the crust's average thickness is only 30 kilometers, not twice that as Apollo seismometers estimated
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Sep 17, 2012 |
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News
| Health
Pathology records are at the centre of a new disagreement over disgraced medic Andrew Wakefield.
By
Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Nature magazine
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Nov 9, 2011 |
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Features
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New work in forensics, biodefense and cyber security blossomed after the attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and in the skies over Pennsylvania, but increased regulations have also stymied international collaboration as well as work on some infectious diseases
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Sep 1, 2011 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Society & Policy
About $31 billion in stimulus funds will go to science. Can watchdogs keep track of those funds?
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Jun 19, 2009 |
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News
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Agencies begin tackling questions of oversight of $31 billion aimed at research
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Eugenie Samuel Reich
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May 4, 2009 |