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* Dip in brainpower may follow drop in real power: Researchers say low status seems to erode mental function -- with complicated implications for society. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080510_power * Designer isotopes push the frontiers: Creating rare variants of chemical elements may be the next big thing in nuclear physics. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080509_isotopes * Brain molecules may tell of child abuse: A study has found distinct chemical markings on the DNA of people who took their own lives after suffering maltreatment. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080506_abuse * Study: galactic goings-on were dinos' undoing, and maybe ours: Our movement through the galaxy may cause mass extinctions, researchers claim. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080503_galaxy * Probe to reach near sun: An unmanned NASA craft would plunge into an inferno more than hot enough to melt stone. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080501_solarprobe * "Nanotrees" might help miniaturize gadgetry: Beautiful and possibly useful, tiny structures shed light on strange aspects of crystal growth, scientists say. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080501_nanotrees **************************************************** World Science homepage Don't forget to visit our homepage for Science In Images; links to top science news from other publi- cations; and other recent World Science stories! http://www.world-science.net World Science archives To new readers especially: you need not miss our ex- citing past stories, though they won't appear in future newsletters. See archives for any year by typing that year after the homepage address: for example, http://www.world-science.net/2007 Invite friends to join World Science! Click here to open an invitation email you can send friends and colleagues so they can join you in sub- scribing to World Science at no charge. Feel free to change the email text (although you might want to leave the subscription instructions unchanged.) More information This is the World Science newsletter. To cancel your subscription, please reply to this email address with "cancel" in the subject line. To subscribe, write to this email address with "subscribe" in the subject line. To change the address where you receive the newsletter, simply subscribe the new address and cancel the old one. Any World Science article may be reproduced on another website, on condition that it is reproduced along with a link to the World Science homepage, http://www.world-science.net. Linking to the page of the original article is optional. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.11 - Release Date: 5/8/2008 12:00 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
