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  Space-Time Is Not the Same for Everyone

  July 9, 2013 — Before the Big Bang, space-time as we know it did not exist. So how was it born? The process of creating normal space-time from an earlier state dominated by quantum gravity has been studied for ... > full story
• Petroleum
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  Nanomaterial to Help Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

  July 9, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new nanomaterial that could help reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power ... > full story
• Graphene
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  Not-Weak Knots Bolster Carbon Fiber

  July 8, 2013 — Scientists have created carbon fiber from graphene oxide flakes. The surprising strength of knots in the fiber should make it suitable for advanced ... > full story
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  Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry: Using the Sun to Illuminate a Basic Mystery of Matter

  July 8, 2013 — Antimatter has been detected in solar flares via microwave and magnetic-field data, according to researchers. The finding sheds light on the puzzling strong asymmetry between matter and antimatter by ... > full story
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  Cosmic Dust Belts Without Dust

  July 8, 2013 — Planets and asteroids, red giants and brown dwarfs – there are all kinds of objects in our Universe. Debris disks are among them. These are belts consisting of countless dust particles and ... > full story
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  Detection of Single Photons Via Quantum Entanglement

  July 8, 2013 — Almost 200 years ago, Bavarian physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer discovered dark lines in the sun's spectrum. It was later discovered that these spectral lines can be used to infer the chemical ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Variation Between Hot Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres Revealed

  July 5, 2013 — First results from the analysis of eight 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets suggest that winds and clouds play an important role in the atmospheric make up of these exotic ... > full story
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  Cosmic Radio Bursts Point to Cataclysmic Origins

  July 5, 2013 — Mysterious bursts of radio waves originating from billions of light years away have left the scientists who detected them speculating about their origins. The burst energetics indicate that they ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Feeding Galaxy Caught in Distant Searchlight

  July 5, 2013 — Astronomers have spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas. Gas is seen to fall inwards towards the galaxy, creating a flow that both fuels star formation and drives the galaxy's ... > full story
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  Solar Prominences Put on Strange and Beautiful Show in the Sun's Sky

  July 5, 2013 — Cloud spotting seems to be growing in popularity as a hobby here on Earth. Now scientists studying the solar atmosphere are building their own collection of fascinating moving features that ... > full story

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