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Observing the motion of individual molecules trapped inside carbon nanotubes offers a direct look at the process of vision, reports a paper online this week in Nature Nanotechnology.

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Hsp90 inhibitors allow small cell lung cancer to die, What happened before the Big Bang?, A solid base for nitride semiconductors, The stress of gaining weight, Spermicide favors HPV infection, Genetic link between prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes, Male pheromone stimulates neurogenesis in the female brain.

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Solutions to the Euler equations provide a means to study a wide range of physical phenomena, including natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, Scientists create a microemulsion of two ionic liquids and more.

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include Evolution: Good genes gender specific?, Interstellar chemistry: Blowing in the wind, Optics: Nanowire light source and Geochemistry: Silicon in the Earth’s core

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include Stellar weather, Omega 3 fatty acids may prevent eye disease, Tastier GM tomatoes?, How cancer cells keep their telomeres and Seeing histone tails specifically

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