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Nambu, Kobayashi and Maskawa Win Physics Nobel
Work on so-called symmetry breaking helped to shape the Standard Model and explain why matter won out over antimatter

News 11 hours ago
Cylindrical Solar Cells Give a Whole New Meaning to Sunroof
Solyndra hopes to capture the wasted sunlight falling on roofs by making solar cells into cylinders rather than panels
News 10/6/08
Gut Microbe Strikes Again: Ulcer-Causing Bug May Also Prevent Cancer
New study shows that H. pylori may not be all bad
News 10/6/08
AIDS in 1988
In their first collaborative article 20 years ago, 2008 Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier, along with Robert Gallo, co-investigators who discovered HIV, introduced a Scientific American single-topic issue on AIDS. They recounted the breakthrough and offered prospects for vaccine, for therapy and for the epidemic
News 10/6/08
Montagnier, Barre-Sinoussi and zur Hausen Share Nobel
Physiology or medicine prize recognizes work on HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) linked to cervical cancer--but leaves out Robert Gallo

News 10/6/08
One Quarter of World's Mammals Face Extinction
Habitat loss, hunting and other threats are driving our closest animal relatives to the brink

News 10/3/08
Using Plants Instead of Petroleum to Make Jet Fuel
New aviation biofuel made from soybeans and other crops proves identical to oil-based kerosene

News 9/30/08
European Chemical Clampdown Reaches Across Atlantic
Many chemicals manufactured in the U.S. have been pronounced "dangerous" by the European Union

News 9/30/08
Twice as Nice: Combining a Wind Farm and Solar Energy in Italy
Moncada Energy wants to add solar panels to its wind farms

News 9/29/08
Liquid Lenses Promise Picture-Perfect Phone Cam Photos
Rensselaer Polytech researchers develop a new autofocus lens

News 9/26/08
The X Chromosome and the Case against Monogamy
New evidence shows that women pass along more genes to kids than men do—and that males historically fathered children with several women

News 9/26/08
Carbon Dioxide Auction Launches U.S. Effort to Combat Climate Change
Six northeastern states auction off the right to emit global warming pollution

News 9/25/08
A Switch to Turn Off Autism?
Researchers have found a way to slow overactive brain cells that may be triggering neurological disorders

News 9/25/08
A Fertilizer Good for Only Growing Things, Not Destroying Them
New nonexplosive fertilizer could eliminate a deadly weapon from terrorists' arsenals

News 9/23/08
Google and T-Mobile Launch G1 Smart Phone with Android Software
The G1 is expected to compete with the iPhone, but forget free access to the Web and G-mail

News 9/23/08
Powering Our Automotive Future with--Pond Scum
Even Bill Gates thinks the future of biofuels is not corn, or even cellulosic ethanol, but algae

News 9/23/08
Scientists Get Wind of Why Coasts Cool as the Globe Warms
Climatic conundrum may help the Los Angeles Basin and California's wine country dodge a bullet as the world warms

News 9/19/08
Seven Years Later: Electrons Unlocked Post-9/11 Anthrax Mail Mystery
A key part of the FBI's early investigation was finding whether the germ that killed five people in late 2001 was weaponized. Although they found the answer, scientists had to keep mum until the agency completed its inquiry

News 9/19/08
Trashed Tech Dumped Overseas: Does the U.S. Care?
A new report proves that the fed's environmental watchdog has knowingly allowed toxic e-waste to be shipped overseas

News 9/18/08
Too Good to Be True?: Fat That Keeps You Thin
Probably, but a hormone that controls how the body stores fats may keep diabetes and other metabolic disorders in check