Science 360 News Update from NSF

E-Blast Tuesday 01.07.14 Breaking Story Pulsar in a stellar triple system makes unique gravitational laboratory Today's Video Preventing slips, trips and falls Picture of the Day Supernova's dust factory imaged with ALMA New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Shankar Sastry discusses security concerns for our computerized infrastructure Latest News Suburban sprawl cancels carbon-footprint savings of dense urban cores Study finds that population-dense cities contribute less greenhouse gas emissions per person than other areas of the country, but these cities' extensive suburbs essentially wipe out the climate benefits. New compounds discovered that are hundreds of times more mutagenic Researchers have discovered novel compounds produced by certain types of chemical reactions that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent compounds, which are known carcinogens. RAMBO, a small but powerful magnet A team of scientists has pioneered a tabletop magnetic pulse generator that does the work of a room-sized machine – and more. New in the Journals & Magazines POPULAR SCIENCE: Study finds no time travelers on the Internet SCIENCE NEWS: Deadly influenza could strike aboriginal groups hardest PLOS: Notes from the cell cycle world: Less is more NATURE: Supervolcanoes erupt by their own rules SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Dark matter near Earth peaks every March, study suggests What the Blogs Are Saying Today LAELAPS - Paleontologists discover a hidden dinosaur THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - How Google cracked house number identification in street view THE CRUX - How a new type of astronomy investigates the most mysterious objects in the universe LAB RAT - Evolving proteins - no DNA required THE WHY FILES - Does concussion accelerate Alzheimer's? Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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