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Plants with Backbone: A Promising Mystery
Fierce competition drove prehistoric plants upward in search
of sunlight. This skyward impulse was facilitated by lignins, compounds
that reinforce cell walls and serve as the "backbone" for all upright
plants. (Photo: Horsetail Plant)
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Laboratory Plasmas Shed Light on the Sun
Laboratory research on plasmas cuts across fields
of solar physics and fusion science to provide new tools and answers for those attempting to understand the activity of plasma in fusion reactors. (Photo: Plasma
discharge in a magnetic reconnection experiment) |
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Eureka! California Discovers Plutonium...Again! This year, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory filled in the vacancy left in the chart for the long-sought plutonium-231 isotope. (Photo: Colored plutonium solutions)
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Science: Nauru99 Triangle Unlike the mysterious "Bermuda" or "Devil's" triangle, the Nauru99 triangle is intended to solve some mysteries, like the influence of the tropics on global weather events such as El Niño and La Niña. (Photo: Nauru Island) |
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