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Submission + - Space rock found in Russian lake

Submitted by MancunianMaskMan on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @09:07AM

MancunianMaskMan writes: The BBC has this story about the meteorite that fell from the sky 8 months ago:
Divers working at a Russian lake have recovered what may be a 570kg chunk of the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year.

The object is thought to have plunged into Lake Chebarkul in central Russia leaving a 6m-wide hole in the ice.

Submission + - Biological lasers (nature.com)

Submitted by MancunianMaskMan on Monday June 13, 2011 @08:51AM

MancunianMaskMan writes: Sharks in the seas all around the world are interested in this Nature article, the less scientifically-minded will read the summary on the beeb web site onLaser light produced by a living cell. The technique starts by engineering a cell that can produce a light-emitting protein that was first obtained from glowing jellyfish.

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