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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Single atom transistor gets precise position on chip
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The basic unit of matter could become the basic unit of computing. A lone atom of phosphorus embedded in a sheet of silicon has been m...
How fresco-wrecking salty towers build themselves
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CORAL-like formations of salt sometimes sprout up on walls, damaging frescoes and other artwork, and now researchers know why. Experiments ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Uncharted waters: Probing aquifers to head off war
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The water's edge (Image: George Steinmetz/Corbis) Nearly all our fresh water comes from obscure underground deposits – now...
The internet shows the messy truth about knowledge
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Our old idea of knowledge shaped itself around the strengths and limitations of its old medium, paper (Image: Fahid Chowdhury/Flick...
Latest US drug shortage hits children with leukaemia
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Stocks of a vital cancer drug are running low in the US, which could affect children with leukaemia within weeks. ...
The insect survival guide
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Rowan Hooper, news editor INSECTS make up 75 per cent of all known animal species. That's about 900,000 of them, with at least 3 mill...
Eat rich or die trying: just desserts
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Helen Thomson, biomedical news editor I can’t quite describe what’s in my mouth. It’s sort of savoury, but with a hint of sour, a bi...
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