Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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Tree Physics Limits Height And Leaf Size, Study Shows
Leaf size and tree height are rooted in the physics of the tree's plumbing, or the branching vascular system that nourishes the tree from leaf to trunk.

Researchers Create Flexible, Nanoscale 'Bed Of Nails' For Possible Drug Delivery
Researchers have devised a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibers in an elastic membrane, creating a flexible "bed of nails" on the nanoscale that opens the door to development of new drug-delivery systems.

Scientists Find 'Bipolar' Marine Bacteria, Refuting 'Everything Is Everywhere' Idea
In a blow to the "Everything is Everywhere" tenet of bacterial distribution in the ocean, scientists have found "bipolar" species of bacteria that occur in the Arctic and Antarctic, but nowhere else.

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