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• Research Paper Illuminates How Light Pushes Atoms

  Fri Aug 18, 2006
  • I suppose this is an explanation for the optical tweezer phenomenon/technique. Scientists have been pulling on DNA molecules for a decade now using optical tweezers to manipulate on the molecular level.

• It’s Not Hard to Use Fluids to Cause an Explosion on a Plane, Chemists Say

  Fri Aug 11, 2006
  • Thanks for the link! And here I was, just thinking that the technology was undeveloped or something. This is a travesty, really...

• The New Vinopedia tag

  Mon Aug 7, 2006
  • My new article was inspired by your suggestion of this tag. The best part of "vinopedia" is that it encourages people to write about their field and gives the rest of newsvine special insight into a particular subject. This is a good idea on several levels.

• In Science, Don't Take Anything for Granted - Protein Folding

  Thu Aug 10, 2006
  • Your take home message statement is pretty much on target for what Munoz has found. Most proteins, however, have been found (to our best estimate/experiments) to be two-state and fairly cooperative.

• In Science, Don't Take Anything for Granted - Protein Folding

  Thu Aug 10, 2006
  • I meant to say in my comment that, "I basically said [in my article] the converse of how you've interpreted my statement."

• In Science, Don't Take Anything for Granted - Protein Folding

  Thu Aug 10, 2006
  • I think you misunderstood me, although your comment is very insightful. I basically said that converse of your statement as being true. Two-state systems are necessarily cooperative, but things can be cooperative without being two-state. You are correct.

• Gould vs Dawkins: On Evolution

  Mon Aug 7, 2006
  • Let's thank praetor605 as well. Thanks to both of you. Well-written article. I always wondered what the different "flavors" of evolution were all about. I'll probably go back to this article everytime I encounter one or both of these theories.

• Ten Things to Remember About Evolution and Creationism

  Mon Jul 31, 2006
  • Tell you what, you write it, and I'll let you use my name :-)That sounds like a great.... Hey, wait a doggone minute! :)

• Israel vs. Hezbollah Solution: Something Missing on Newsvine?

  Tue Aug 8, 2006
  • My take is similar, but one of current statements rather than history (nothing wrong with either). If one were to distill this problem down to its roots, then you get this:

• why Republicans will burn in Hell

  Tue Jul 18, 2006
  • I admit, it was a bit tongue-in-cheek. My point is that the government does have access to alot of money and that access is not dependent on profits or stock price.