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E-Blast Tuesday 11.26.13 Breaking Story Nanotubes can solder themselves, markedly improving device performance Today's Video Material keeps pilots safe from lasers Picture of the Day Silver nanoparticles in water New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Nina Kraus comments on how playing a musical instrument affects hearing later in life Latest News Researchers use nanoscale 'patches' to sensitize targeted cell receptors Researchers have developed nanoscale "patches" that are embedded with tiny protein fragments that can sensitize a specific cell receptor, which make the cell more responsive to signals that control its activity. Greenland's shrunken ice sheet: We've been here before Clues in the Arctic fossil record suggest that 3,000 to 5,000 years ago the ice sheet was the smallest it has been in the past 10,000 years. Scientists identify new catalyst for cleanup of nitrates Chemical engineers have found a catalyst that can rapidly break down nitrites, a common and harmful contaminant in drinking water that often results from overuse of agricultural fertilizers. New in the Journals & Magazines NATURE: Mexican observatory pushes the limits of γ-ray astronomy POPULAR SCIENCE: How scientists are learning to shape our memory POPULAR MECHANICS: Inspiration Mars: How the two-person voyage will work PHYSICS: Clearing up the mysteries of glassy dynamics SCIENCE NEWS: Old drug, new tricks What the Blogs Are Saying Today THE WHY FILES - First neutrinos from outer space LAELAPS - Truth of the pelagornis pseudotooth SCILOGS - The rainbow connection GENE EXPRESSION - The long First Age of mankind PLOS BLOGS - Robofish: How color and tail wagging helped bring a robot fish to 'life' Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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