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E-Blast Friday 12.07.12 Breaking Story Moths Wired Two Ways To Take Advantage Of Floral Potluck Today's Video Nanoscience Center Strengthens Research Picture of the Day Hydrogen Atom With Spin New Today on Science360 Radio 'Screening Newborns For Genetic Disorders,' With Past NSF-Funded Scientist Stephen Kingsmore At Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital Latest News Sensor Network To Protect The Elderly Researchers have developed a sensor network that can remotely monitor changes in peoples' activity patterns and health conditions and alert health professionals to early signs of illness. Astronomers Discover And 'Weigh' Infant Solar System Astronomers have found the youngest still-forming solar system yet seen, an infant star surrounded by a swirling disk of dust and gas more than 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible Researchers have developed a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE: NSF Graduate Fellows Get Chance To Work Overseas SCIENCE NEWS: LHC Sees Odd Behavior In Superhot Particle Soup POPULAR SCIENCE: How Scientists Turn The Ocean Into A Controlled Laboratory SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Heart Cells Can Be Coaxed To Regenerate At Low Rates NEW SCIENTIST: Human Eye Proteins Detects Red Beyond Red What the Blogs Are Saying Today PLOS BLOGS - The HOW Of Science And Art NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - The Catfish That Strands Itself To Kill Pigeons SCIENTIST AT WORK - Re-Entry After The 'Worst Winter In The World' THE THOUGHTFUL ANIMAL - Koalas And Bison Use The Same Rules For Choosing Mates SOUTHERN FRIED SCIENCE - Meet WormCam Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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