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Tsunami’s trek traced in the sky

By Stephen Ornes / July 6, 2011
The red and green glowing lights in this picture are “airglow” in the Earth’s ionosphere. (This photo was taken from a space shuttle, visible at left.) The March tsunami that wreaked havoc on Japan produced similar atmospheric, glowing ripples.

Scientists photograph atmospheric ripples that followed the March tsunami across the Pacific

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The hottest soup in New York

By Stephen Ornes / March 2, 2010

A quark-gluon plasma reaches the highest temperature ever measured in a lab.

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Big Machine Reveals Small Worlds

By Emily Sohn / October 19, 2007

A football-field–size machine is giving researchers insight into medicine, forensics, and even chocolate.

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Electricity’s Spark of Life

By Emily Sohn / September 29, 2003

Researchers are taking advantage of the vital roles that electricity plays in our bodies to advance medicine.

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