Scientists report that a well-preserved Oort Cloud object, 2010 WG9, is drifting into our inner solar system and that since it's moving slow enough, they will be able to study it and obtain unprecedented data about the origins of our solar system. [Source in article and in comments] (universetoday.com)
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Plants re-grow after 500 years under the ice (news.mongabay.com)
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Diamonds, nanotubes find common ground in graphene (news.rice.edu)
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New wireless electronics could heal wounds and then dissolve. Nestled inside a wound, a remote-controlled device perks up and begins releasing bacteria-killing heat, a form of thermal therapy that can fell even the most drug-resistant microbes. After it does its job, the electronic heater dissolves (wired.co.uk)
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US probes antibacterial soap health risks - Americas (aljazeera.com)
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Mutant Cockroaches Have Learned to Evade Sugar Traps (science.time.com)
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