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E-Blast Monday 04.01.13 Breaking Story Light May Recast Copper As Chemical Industry 'Holy Grail' Today's Video Science Behind the News: Predictive Policing Picture of the Day Rams New Today on Science360 Radio 'Spintronics & Quantum Processing' - David Awschalom, UC Santa Barbara Latest News Opposites Attract: How Cells And Cell Fragments Move In Electric Fields Like tiny, crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields — but in opposite directions, scientists have found. Gene Discovery May Yield Lettuce That Will Sprout In Hot Weather Researchers have identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather -- a discovery that could lead to lettuces that can sprout year-round, even at high temperatures. Climate Change Likely To Worsen Public Health Threat Of Diarrheal Disease In Botswana And Other Arid African Countries Professor finds that climate drives a large part of diarrheal disease and increases the threat of climate change for vulnerable communities. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: Sea Hares Use Sticky Weapon To Cripple Predators SCIENCE NEWS : Sound Cloaks Enter The Third Dimension SCIENCE: 'Fairy Circle' Mystery Solved? SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Root Fungus Stores A Surprising Amount Of The Carbon Sequestered In Soil NATURE: Taking The Crystals Out Of X-Ray Crystallography What the Blogs Are Saying Today SCILOGS - Sounds Of Spring ICY SEAS - Melting Mountain Glaciers: Changing Planet Video THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - How Strong Social Ties Hinder The Spread Of Rumors NOBEL INTENT - Peculiar Explosions Could Be A New Type Of Supernova BAD ASTRONOMY - New Gullies Found In A Young(ish) Crater On Mars Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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