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Scientists Made Color-Changing Paint Out of Gold Nanoparticles

Something unexpected happened when scientists at the University of California, Riverside, started stringing together nanoparticles of gold.

The gold wasn't golden anymore. It changed colors.

"When we see these gold particles aggregate, we find out they have very, very beautiful blue colors," chemist Yadong Yin told me. That bright blue would dissipate like a sunset—morphing into purple, then red—when scientists warped the strings, breaking apart the nanoparticles

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For the first time, scientists have sequenced the whole human genome

Scientists are optimistic that having a full image of the human genome would help them better understand human evolution and pave the path for discoveries in

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Scientists create bendable concrete to better withstand natural disasters

More flexible and better for the environment.

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To Better Resist Against Natural Disasters, Scientists Make Bendable Concrete

It is said to needed 36 percent less power to make and release up to 76 percent less carbon dioxide compared to standard bendable concrete made of concrete.

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