Matter & Energy

In the March 13 Issue:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Losing life’s variety: 2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity, but little has been accomplished
Hogan’s noise: A cosmologist suggests a novel way to uncover the nature of spacetime on the smallest scales

::	Matter & Energy
	Chemistry Physics

Top Stories | March 11

Polymer shifts shape with changing temperature
Common material’s ‘memory’ could be exploited for smart fabrics or other gadgets.
Aluminum superatoms may split water
Metal clusters could create hydrogen for fuel, simulations suggest.
Plasticizers kept from leaching out
‘Chemicals of concern’ may be made safer in new materials.
Chip of tooth tells radiation dose
A two-milligram dot of tooth enamel serves as a radiation dosimeter.
Shaving extra dimensions
More news from the American Physical Society meeting

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Shaving extra dimensions

More news from the American Physical Society meeting

Hogan’s noise

A cosmologist suggests a novel way to uncover the nature of spacetime on the smallest scales

Naming an atomic heavyweight

More than a decade after its debut in a German lab, element 112 is officially named copernicium.

Science & the Public: Leasing car batteries to the power company

Most people, on average, drive their cars only an hour or two a day. The rest of the time, those pricey vehicles sit parked on the street or in some garage. But if those cars had a big bank of batteries – typical of today’s gasoline hybrids or soon-to-hit-the-road plug-in hybrids – they could be earning their owners money while sitting parked. Maybe $5 to $10 a day, just by serving as a back-up energy-storage system for the electric-utility grid.

On the Scene: Higgs and his particle prove elusive

Peter Higgs and colleagues receive particle theory prize; scientists still hunting the proposed boson

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Algae use quantum trick to harvest light

A new study finds that proteins used in photosynthesis take advantage of electrons’ wavelike properties

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Blogs:

Science & the Public For a lucky few, ‘dioxins’ might be heart healthy
By Janet Raloff Mar 10th 2010

Deleted Scenes Spirit: 'The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated'
By Science News Staff Mar 3rd 2010

On the Scene The carbon footprint of industrial whaling
By Science News Staff Feb 26th 2010

Columns:

Math Trek The mutual inspiration of art and mathematics
By Julie Rehmeyer Mar 6th 2010

Comment New NOAA climate office would meet growing needs
By Jane Lubchenco Feb 26th 2010

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