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Last Update: Thu Jun 18 22:57:31 2009

+ Optics - Boost for biology + Scientists examining cells to study diseases and potential cures could one day have a new tool that advances the field to a level ...

+ Opthamology - New precision tools + Surgeons treating patients with eye diseases could soon have in their arsenal three novel microfabricated surgical instruments ...

+ Research - Superconductor citations + An independent analysis of the field of high-temperature superconductors conducted by ScienceWatch.com, which tracks global trends and ...

+ Energy - Energy efficient jobs + Hundreds of new jobs are expected to result from production of a super-efficient water heater developed under an Oak Ridge National ...

+ Materials - Soft-matter spectrometer + The Spallation Neutron Source has added another instrument to its eventual suite of 25. ...

+ Transportation - Wider tires increase cargo load + Wide tires on tractor-trailers can reduce the weight of a rig, enabling additional cargo to be added without compromising fuel ...

+ Bioenergy - Nature at work + In one of the largest experiments of its kind, thousands of cottonwood cuttings planted in common gardens in British Columbia, Oregon ...

+ Fusion - Computational confirmation + Fusion energy took a small step forward with a successful simulation performed on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar ...