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E-Blast Thursday 07.11.13 Breaking Story Study Shows How Early Earth Kept Warm Enough To Support Life Today's Video Bangladesh PIRE Picture of the Day The Horsehead Nebula New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-Funded UC Berkeley Neuroscientist Jack Gallant Discusses Decoding Dreams Latest News Discovery Of The 'Plastisphere' -- A New Marine Ecological Community The masses of plastic debris that float over large areas of the world's oceans are supporting new ecological communities that scientists have dubbed the "Plastisphere." Researchers Say 'Peak Oil' Concerns Should Ease Alternatives to conventional fossil fuels will drive down the demand for oil before the supply runs out, researchers say. Nanoparticles, 'pH Phoresis' Could Improve Cancer Drug Delivery Researchers have developed a concept to potentially improve delivery of drugs for cancer treatment using nanoparticles that concentrate and expand in the presence of higher acidity found in tumor cells. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: Stutters In Earth's Spin Change Day Length NATURE : Proposed Exoplanets May Be Just Gas And Dust PLOS ONE: How Much Variation Can One Ant Species Hold? C&EN: 15th-Century Paint Recipes Discovered SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Better Geology Needed To Store Carbon Dioxide What the Blogs Are Saying Today VISUAL SCIENCE - How Animals Evolved To Live In Low-Oxygen Locales THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - What's Your Social Media Genotype? THE ABSTRACT - Wolverine's Claws And The Future Of Metal Alloys NOBEL INTENT - Lonely Lemurs Listen To, Understand Other Species' Warning Calls THE LOOM - A Living Drug Cocktail Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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