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E-Blast Thursday 10.24.13 Breaking Story Study finds natural compound can be used for 3-D printing of medical implants Today's Video Electrifying wastewater: Using microbial fuel cells to generate electricity Picture of the Day Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Douglas Kenrick discusses the evolutionary basis of human thinking Latest News Device stores electricity on silicon chips A team of materials scientists has created the first supercapacitor that is made out of silicon so that it can be built into a silicon chip along with the microelectronic circuitry it powers. Baby's innate number sense predicts future math skill Babies who are good at telling the difference between large and small groups of items are more likely to do better with numbers in the future. Researchers advance scheme to design seamless integrated circuits etched on graphene Researchers have introduced and modeled an integrated circuit design scheme in which transistors and interconnects are monolithically patterned seamlessly on a sheet of graphene. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: Dolphin sonar inspires coin-sized bomb detector SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Search escalates for key to why matter exists PHYSICS: Boomerangs diffuse differently than spheres POPULAR MECHANICS: Cosmic concept: Laser-powered space travel PLOS: Coevolution and the effects of climate change on interacting species What the Blogs Are Saying Today ANTHROPOLOGY IN PRACTICE - What differentiates a Twitter Mob from a Twitter Mob? DEEP-SEA NEWS - How big is a colossal squid really? LAELAPS - Getting to know Joe, an adorable little dinosaur QUEST - Restoring oyster reefs SCILOGS - The sun-centered solar system and other baloney Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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