Name: Scientists Hold Atoms With 'Laser Tweezers'
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Description: For the first time, scientists were able to hold atoms in place long enough to see them merge together.

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Scientists Hold Atoms With 'Laser Tweezers'

For the first time, scientists were able to hold atoms in place long enough to see them merge together.

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Cosmic Jekyll and Hyde: Double Star System Flips Between Two Alter Egos

The International Center for Radio Astronomy Research-led team found a stellar duo is switching between identities every few years, a rare example of a star system changing its behavior.

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Striking 'Airglow' Turns One of Earth's Darkest Night Skies Technicolor

You may have heard 'all the colors of the wind,' but what about all the colors of the atmosphere?

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The World's Deadliest Tree Creates 'Toxic Rain'

In Central and South America, there's a tree with apples that can be lethal, and sap so toxic it creates poisonous rain.

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Incredible Neuron-Like Activity Seen in Skin Cells for First Time

Scientists have discovered skin cells 'talk' to each other in a similar way to how neurons relay info in the brain. The study shows skin cell communication is a lot more complex than previously thought.

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Tiny Star's Enormous 'Super Flare' Has Scientists Stunned

A star about 8% of our sun's mass unleashed over 10 times more energy than our sun's most intense flares, and scientists aren't sure how it's possible. 'We just don't know, nobody knows,' says Beate Stelzer, a researcher on the study.

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Rare Look at Jupiter's Halo Captured in Chilean Desert Sky

The European Southern Observatory shared a unique image of Jupiter surrounded by a halo of light, an optical phenomenon captured by Petr Horálek.

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Computer scientist who invented cut, copy and paste, dies at 74

We all have Larry Tesler to thank for making our lives a lot easier.

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NASA Spots Valuable Resource on Mars for Future Settlers

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the exciting image.

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Robot Snake Advances High-Tech Search and Rescue

Is this snake the future of search and rescue?

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Why Can't We Harness Energy From Lightning?

Relying on lightning bolts for power: dubious proposition or untapped resource?

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New Findings on Jupiter's Water Mystery Revealed after 25 Years

Nearly 25 years after the Galileo mission suggested the gas giant might be drier than the sun, NASA's Juno mission is revealing something different.

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Ring doorbell cameras make two-factor verification mandatory

The decision will help prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to the account, even if they have the username and password.

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Chemists May Have Solved a Forensic Mystery, How to Date Fingerprints

Determining the age of fingerprints at a crime scene has been a challenge for forensic scientists. But Iowa State University researchers may have found a way and received a $516,800 grant from the National Institute of Justice to do more research.

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'Throat of Fire' Volcano Showing Early Warning Signs of Collapse

Ecuador's ancient, active Tungurahua volcano is rumbling and researchers say what could be coming may be worse than an eruption.

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Molecular Oxygen Found Outside the Milky Way for First Time Ever

Molecular oxygen has just been detected for the first time ever outside of our galaxy.

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