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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed the magnetic mirror by placing nanoscale antennas at or very near the mirror’s surface, thereby allowing the researchers to harness IR radiation. At optical frequencies, the magnetic properties required for strong interaction can be achieved only by using artificially tailored materials, the researchers wrote in the study.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has targeted some new objects for the New Horizons spacecraft to investigate after it flies by Pluto in July 2015. NASA scientists have taken a closer look at three Kuiper Belt objects to see whether they’ll make good targets for the Pluto mission.

Shoeboxes are now available for Operation Christmas Child – a popular program to support underprivileged youth around the world. Donors will pick up a shoebox from the Estevan Alliance Church, or supply a box of their own. They will mark whether the container is for a boy or a girl, and the age group of the recipient.

The magnitude of the 2011 Tohoku quake (M 9.0) caught many seismologists by surprise, prompting some to revisit the question of calculating the maximum magnitude earthquake possible for a particular fault. New research offers an alternate view that uses the concept of probable maximum magnitude events over a given period, providing the magnitude and the recurrence rate of extreme events …

Canada ranks fourth in the world when it comes to the size of the warnings on its cigarette packs, but the Canadian Cancer Society wants the government to go even further to discourage the habit.

Grapefruit juice may help combat the negative effects of a high-fat diet, say researchers from The University of California-Berkeley, but the exact compound responsible for this remains a mystery.

The emerald ash borer, which is destroying ash trees in a large swath of the nation, has apparently spread to a different tree, a researcher at Wright State University suspects. Biology professor Don Cipollini, Ph.D., director of the Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program, has found that the invasive green beetle has apparently begun to attack white fringetree.

It turns out that ocean warming in the Southern Hemisphere may have been underestimated. After using satellite observations and a suite of climate models, researchers have discovered that ocean temperatures may be rising far higher than expected.

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Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders in children could be a result of a mother contracting a viral infection during pregnancy.

Scientists from the University of Southern Denmark have synthesized crystalline materials that can bind and store oxygen in high concentrations. The stored oxygen can be released again when and where it is needed.