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NewScientist.com newsletter, 21 June 2007
Dear New Scientist Reader, welcome to the New Scientist newsletter, which this week reveals how nanospheres are seeking out and destroying tumours, how to make a backup of your immune system, and why astronomers think quark stars could reveal a fifth dimension...
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Nanospheres Home In On CancerGold-coated glass "nanoshells" can reveal the location of tumours and then destroy them minutes later in a burst of heat, according to new research. When injected into the bloodstream, the particles accumulate at the site of a tumour. The tumour sites can then be identified using low-power infrared light, and destroyed by applying a high-power infrared laser...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426096.500?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426096.500SPECIAL FEATURE
Exclusive global warming poll: The buck stops here
If our planet is to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the biggest polluter - the US - must be part of the solution. But how do the options play with ordinary Americans?
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19426091.500?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426091.500TOP STORIES
Create a back-up copy of your immune system
Storing a sample of white blood cells from a young age might offer a way of restoring immune systems after future diseases
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19426094.400?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426094.400US vaccines on trial over autism
A question mark hangs over the credentials of experts advising parents in the latest autism court case
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19426094.200?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426094.200Astronomers look to quark stars for a fifth dimension
If the universe has extra-spatial dimensions in parallel to the 3D we are used to, they might be seen in areas of extreme gravity around dense stars
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19426094.800?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426094.800Could gene therapy help alcoholics stay on the wagon?
Disrupting an enzyme involved in alcohol metabolism could help people quit drinking
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19426095.000?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426095.000Allergy alert over slippery chemical
A chemical used in non-stick surfaces could make people more susceptible to allergies
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19426095.100?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426095.100China contemplates restarting tiger trade
Despite its endangered status, the Chinese government says not using the big cat's body parts for traditional medicine is "a waste"
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19426093.400?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426093.400Males meddle with their twin sisters' love lives
Sharing the womb with a male twin decreases a girl's likelihood of later having children by 25%
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19426094.700?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426094.700Astronomers pin down mass of former 'tenth planet'
By observing the orbit of its tiny moon, astronomers have calculated the mass of the icy world Eris - it is 27% heftier than Pluto
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12069?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn12069Power-generating buoys shelter in the deep
A new kind of wave-power generator will be sited 50 metres below the surface to avoid the damaging effects of storms
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12072?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn12072Atom trap is a step towards a quantum computer
A device that can hold hundreds of atoms in a 3D array, and image each one individually, has been developed by scientists in the US
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn12082?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn12082Laughter improves breast milk's health effectBabies with eczema that were breast fed hours after the mothers were laughing had milder allergy symptoms
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426086.900?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426086.900Invention: Superconducting ships
The week's batch of patent applications includes superconducting ship motors, an audio sweet-spot that follows listeners around, and an easy-to-use child-seat for cars
http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/dn12085?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn12085AND FINALLY...
This week's Feedback reveals the teddy bear that neutralises electrical smog, a strange ingredients list for bottled water, and how to get inspiration if you're stuck for a new trade name...
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Space blog: Animation shows waters rising behind huge dam
Satellite images show China's controversial dam changing the landscape
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2007/06/animation-shows-waters-rising-behind.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=blogspaceanimation-shows-waters-risingEnvironment blog: Fred's footprint
Fred Pearce traces his kitchen cabinets back to illegally logged Asian rainforest
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/06/freds-footprint-furniture-stolen-from.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=blogenv-freds-footprintShort Sharp Science blog: The chewing stage
Pureed baby foods are condemned by childcare expert
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/shortsharpscience/2007/06/pureed-baby-foods-condemned-by-expert.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=blogsss-pureed-baby-foods-condemnedTech blog: Video interview - 3D printing for all (Video available)
A cheap 3D printer could kickstart a revolution in home fabrication
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The second quantum revolution *
To track down a theory of everything, we might have to accept that the universe only exists when we're looking at it
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19426091.600?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426091.600The scheming minds of crows *
Spying and stealing are all in a day's work for some members of the family. Could that explain why they are so clever?
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19426091.700?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426091.700Nanobacteria: the Medusa strain *
An unknown life form is hardening your arteries and turning your kidneys to stone - if it exists at all
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19426091.800?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426091.800The fight to save Earth's rocks *
Everyone knows it's important to protect wildlife, but can't rocks look after themselves?
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19426091.900?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426091.900------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Pilots "poisoned" by dirty cabin airhttp://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19426094.000?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426094.000Teams argue over particle scoop
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19426093.500?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426093.500MIT accused of race bias
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19426093.600?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426093.600FDA refuses to approve weight-loss treatment
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