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E-Blast Wednesday 01.02.13 Breaking Story As Climate Warms, Bark Beetles March on High-Elevation Forests Today's Video Robert Langer: A Founding Father Of Tissue Engineering And Controlled Drug Release Picture of the Day California Sea Hare New Today on Science360 Radio 'Painful Math Anxiety,' With NSF-Funded Sian Beilock, University Of Chicago Latest News Slice Stack And Roll: A New Way To Build Collagen Scaffolds Researchers have developed a technique that creates collagen structures from thin sheets of decellularized tendon stacked with alternating fiber directions. 'Molecular Levers' May Make Materials Better In a forced game of molecular tug-of-war, some strings of atoms can act like a lever, accelerating reactions 1000 times faster than other molecules. Why Some Grasses Got Better Photosynthesis A team of biologists have explained why the majority of species in one group of grasses evolved a more efficient means of photosynthesis than species in another group of grasses. New in the Journals & Magazines PHYSICS: Proposed Device Would Shape Magnetic Fields SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Finless Porpoises In Peril PLOS: The Human Brain Online: An Open Resource For Advancing Brain Research NATURE: Severe Drought Has Lasting Effects On Amazon SCIENCE NEWS: Antarctic Subglacial Drilling Effort Suspended What the Blogs Are Saying Today EARTHSKY - Why Are Some Foods Considered Lucky For New Year's? DISCOBLOG - Regifting: Resourceful And Thrifty Or Rude And Distasteful? QUEST - Weighing In With Gravity SCILOGS - Information Glut NOBEL INTENT - Single-Molecule Motor Sits On A Single-Atom Ball Bearing Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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