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World’s tiniest fridge

Staying cool, even in the quantum world.

Chemistry

The memory of a material

A popular polymer can remember what shape it was in.

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Charged cars that would charge

Electric vehicles could give power to the grid.

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The science of disappearing

Invisibility cloaks and other new materials that play with light are in the works.

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Supersonic Splash

Coming soon to a pond near you: air moving faster than the speed of sound.

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A light delay

New kind of trap can hold light for 1.5 seconds.

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Letting molecules do the work

Why go to the trouble of carefully building electric circuits when the circuits can build themselves?

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Batteries built by viruses

Scientists use microbes to create tiny power supplies.

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Are cell phones safe?

About 4 billion people use cell phones, but are they safe?

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New eyes to scan the skies

Two new telescopes will watch for asteroids, map the galaxy.

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Silk’s superpowers

Scientists are studying the strong and stretchy material in spiders, insects and even goats.

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Supergoo to the rescue

The absorbent stuff in diapers may help clean up after a terrorist attack.