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Garbage Truck 2.0
Part refinery, part generator, a new portable machine eats trash and makes fuel.
Better Off Bumpy
At one atom thick, graphene is as thin as it gets, but it's not flat.
Just One Word
There may indeed be a great future in plastics. A researcher is working on a recipe for a plastic that dissolves in seawater.
Crystal Ball
Researchers have grown a crystal that bends in light. Under the right rays, the crystal can even catapult a gold ball ninety times heavier than itself.
Liquid Mirror Lunar Telescope
Using liquid for the telescope's mirror could let scientists see deeper into the Universe than ever before.
Taste Before You Buy
A new marketing firm uses flavor science to create edible strips of the products they are pedaling.
Ira recently spoke with Nobel-winning neurobiologist Eric Kandel at the New School in New York City. See the archived webcast. (details)
On June 9, 2009, @scifri asked on Twitter for suggestions for "light but informative, science-y summer reading - geek beach books. any recommendations?" Here's what our followers came up with. Thanks for all the suggestions!
On April 3 we broadcast live from Tempe, Arizona as part of ASU's Origins event. See a web stream of the Origins Symposium here.
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Science Friday is now on twitter! Check us out at twitter.com/scifri for mini science updates from SciFri staff. To get in on the conversation "tweet" us @scifri.
Toxic Sponge
Researchers invented a new material that sucks mercury and other heavy metals out of polluted water. (2007-08-07)
Designing for the Stars
What will the next generation of space suits look like? (2007-08-21)
A Natural Attraction
Scientists making new adhesives are looking to nature for recipes. (2007-10-19)
3D, Without the Glasses
One step closer to glasses-free 3D movies. (2008-02-08)
A Window into the Heart ... and Everything Else
A transparent fish reveals the inner-workings of the body. (2008-02-29)
Color from Nature
Clothing could get their color—and germ-fighting properties—from a strain of marine bacteria (2008-06-27)
Drive The Lunar Rover Yourself -- Cool new website allows you to drive a lunar rover around on the moon. (more) 
