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• 'Watermark ink' device identifies unknown liquids instantly
• 'Big splat' may explain the moon's mountainous far side
• Armchair science: DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical 'quantum wire'
• Novel coatings show great promise as flame retardants in polyurethane foam
• Ethanol-loving bacteria accelerate cracking of pipeline steels
• First opal-like crystals discovered in meteorite
• Is our universe inside a bubble? First observational test of the 'multiverse'
• Simulated atmosphere research to help NASA interpret data from Juno mission to Jupiter
• Ninety-six star clusters discovered hidden behind dust of Milky Way

'Watermark ink' device identifies unknown liquids instantly Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT Materials scientists and applied physicists have invented a new device that can instantly identify an unknown liquid.

'Big splat' may explain the moon's mountainous far side Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT The mountainous region on the far side of the moon, known as the lunar farside highlands, may be the solid remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon, according to a new study.

Armchair science: DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical 'quantum wire' Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:29 AM PDT Researchers have tailored single strands of DNA to purify the special "armchair" form of carbon nanotubes needed for "quantum wires."

Novel coatings show great promise as flame retardants in polyurethane foam Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:28 AM PDT Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyurethane foam of upholstered furniture chairs, and mattresses by at least 160 percent and perhaps by as much as 1,130 percent.

Ethanol-loving bacteria accelerate cracking of pipeline steels Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:28 AM PDT US production of ethanol for fuel has been rising quickly. Researchers now caution that ethanol, and especially the bacteria sometimes found in it, can dramatically degrade pipelines.

First opal-like crystals discovered in meteorite Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:28 AM PDT Scientists have found opal-like crystals in the Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell to Earth in Canada in 2000. This is the first extraterrestrial discovery of these unusual crystals, which may have formed in the primordial cloud of dust that produced the sun and planets of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.

Is our universe inside a bubble? First observational test of the 'multiverse' Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:28 AM PDT The theory that our universe is contained inside a bubble, and that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles -- making up the "multiverse" -- is, for the first time, being tested by physicists.

Simulated atmosphere research to help NASA interpret data from Juno mission to Jupiter Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:23 AM PDT In August of 2016, when NASA's Juno Mission begins sending back information about the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter, research done by engineers using a 2,400-pound pressure vessel will help scientists understand what the data means.

Ninety-six star clusters discovered hidden behind dust of Milky Way Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:36 AM PDT Astronomers have discovered 96 new open star clusters hidden by the dust in the Milky Way. These tiny and faint objects were invisible to previous surveys, but they could not escape the sensitive infrared detectors of the world's largest survey telescope, which can peer through the dust. This is the first time so many faint and small clusters have been found at once.

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