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U.S. Drinking Water Widely Contaminated (source: Scientific American)
A three-year study of the nation's drinking water quality has found more than 200 unregulated chemicals in the tap water of 45 states.The Environmental Working Group analysis of 20 million tap water quality tests found a total of 316 contaminants -- incl...

Gene For Disease Has Healthy Flipside (source: Scientific American)
Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder due to a single genetic mutation. It remains in populations because the mutation has a flip side--it helps to protect against malaria. Now another mutation has been shown to afford similar protection. Deficiency in t...

Crowd Forcing: Random Movement of Bacteria Drives Gears (source: Scientific American)
The collective random motion of tiny bacteria can be harnessed to turn much larger mechanical gears in a preestablished direction, a new study demonstrates. The research, set to be published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy o...

World Changing Ideas: December's Scientific American (source: Scientific American)
Scientific American Magazine's editor-in-chief Mariette Dichristina and editor Michael Moyer talk about the World Changing Ideas feature, as well as other contents of the December issue. [More]

U.S. task force reviews Edmunds' incentive data
The U.S. auto task force, which put Chrysler and GM through government-sponsored bankruptcies earlier this year, has asked consumer auto site Edmunds.com for data showing demand and incentives on the automakersand#8217; vehicles.