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E-Blast Wednesday 04.17.13 Breaking Story Study Reveals Seasonal Patterns Of Tropical Rainfall Changes From Global Warming Today's Video Chance Discoveries: Graphene Picture of the Day Nanomushroom New Today on Science360 Radio True Grid: Northwestern University Scientists May Get Us Closer To A Self-Healing Power Grid Latest News Building A Better Capacitor With Custom Nanorods A unique process for growing forests of manganese dioxide nanorods may lead to the next generation of high-performance capacitors. Researchers Devise X-Ray Approach To Track Surgical Devices And Minimize Radiation Exposure Tool aims to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in "minimally invasive" surgical procedures while also limiting the patient's exposure to radiation. Layered '2-D Nanocrystals' Promising Novel Semiconductor Researchers are developing a new type of semiconductor technology for future computers and electronics based on "two-dimensional nanocrystals" layered in sheets less than a nanometer thick that could replace today's transistors. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE: Could Wood Feed The World? NEW SCIENTIST: Why Your Twitter Friends Are More Interesting Than You PNAS : A Closer Look At Supercritical Water NATURE: Nano-Suit Shields Bugs In The Void SCIENCE NEWS : Bioengineered Kidney Transplanted Into Rat What the Blogs Are Saying Today KRULWICH WONDERS - Who Stands Where In A Crowded Elevator And Why? WIRED SCIENCE - Explosions At Popocatépetl And 'Smoke' Rings At Etna THE ABSTRACT - Cretaceous Cold Case No. 1: A Case With Legs THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Death Test Reveals Strength Of Social Interaction NOBEL INTENT - Is The Grand Canyon Showing Its Age? Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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