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E-Blast Friday 01.18.13 Breaking Story One Click Away: Online Courseware Promotes Free Access To Math Instruction Today's Video Profiles of Scientists And Engineers: Biophysical Chemist Picture of the Day Small Erupting Hornito New Today on Science360 Radio 'Cutting Cargo Ship Emissions Up To 70 Percent,' With David Cocker At UC-Riverside Latest News Is Athleticism Linked to Brain Size? Researchers found that mice that have been bred for dozens of generations to be more exercise-loving have larger midbrains than those that have not been selectively bred this way. Researchers Create Method For More Sensitive Electrochemical Sensors New method amplifies signals in graphene oxide-based electrochemical sensors through a process called "magneto-electrochemical immunoassay." Researchers Invent New Material For Warm-White LEDs Scientists have fabricated what is thought to be the world's first LED that emits a "warm" white light using a single light-emitting material with a single emitting center for illumination. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: Bad Grammar Make Good Password, Research Say SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Feeling Threatened Makes Us Nicer PLOS: Science Incubators: Synthesis Centers And Their Role In The Research Ecosystem NATURE: Nanomaterial Rivals Hardness Of Diamond SCIENCE NEWS: Trick Of Light Makes Microwave Imaging Simple What the Blogs Are Saying Today THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Moon Illusion: New Theory Reignites Debate Over Why Moon Appears Larger Near The Horizon LAELAPS - Walking With Sea Cows THE SCEPTICAL CHYMIST - Scrutinizing Synthesis COOL GREEN SCIENCE - Farming Carbon With Fire: Helping Northern Australians Restore Natural Burn Patterns QUEST - Placing A Bet On The Surface Of Mars Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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