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Atoms & Forces

Self-cleaning clothes

Simply a few hours of sunshine cleans specially treated cotton fabrics

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Spaghetti
Atoms & Forces

Plant-powered plastics

Scientists are using green materials to create more Earth-friendly plastics

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Battery Capsles
Atoms & Forces

Battery powered to heal

With its own first-aid kit, this battery can really keep going

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Image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer. Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Atoms & Forces

Small but WISE

A new telescope will scan the entire sky and see (infra)red

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Hold on to your stars, ladies and gentlemen
Atoms & Forces

Hold on to your stars, ladies and gentlemen

Our galaxy is heavier and spinning much faster than scientists thought

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Chemistry
Light & Radiation
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