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LETTING THE SPIN LOOSE, July 12
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has recently demonstrated conclusively that, in very specific circumstances, spin can become separated from charge and progress independently down a wire.

Two properties of an electron - its spin and its charge - are generally thought to be inseparable, intrinsic characteristics, no more given to sudden changes or going off on their own than say, the fur on a cat or the paint on a bicycle. But a team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has recently demonstrated conclusively that, in very specific circumstances, spin can become separated from charge and progress independently down a wire. Their findings appeared in a recent issue of Science.

Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news5107.html

METALS TAKE A WALK, July 12
Scientists in the Organic Chemistry Department of the Weizmann Institute of Science have caught a glimpse of platinum-based complexes 'walking' a path to their destinations

Do metal complexes casually stroll around certain molecules prior to chemical reactions? Scientists in the Organic Chemistry Department of the Weizmann Institute of Science have caught a glimpse of platinum-based complexes "walking" a path to their destinations.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news5106.html

MYSTERY COMPACT OBJECT PRODUCING HIGH ENERGY RADIATION, July 12
In a recent issue of Science Magazine, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) team of international astrophysicists reports the discovery of another new type of very high energy (VHE) gamma ray source.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news5115.html

X-RAY OSCILLATIONS FROM BIGGEST STAR QUAKE IN UNIVERSE PROVIDE CLUES TO MYSTERIOUS INTERIOR OF NEUTRON STARS, July 12
A gigantic explosion on a neutron star halfway across the Milky Way galaxy, the largest such explosion ever recorded in the universe, should allow astronomers for the first time to probe the interiors of these mysterious stellar objects.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news5114.html

SLOAN 2 WILL MAP THE UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY AND DARK ENERGY, July 12
Dr. Richard Kron, director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, announced a new undertaking that will complete the largest survey of the universe. This survey will add new partners and undertake new research missions, and will run through summer 2008.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news5094.html

SUPERCOMPUTER INSTALLED AT RIT AMONG THE WORLD'S FASTEST, July 12
One of the fastest supercomputers in the world and the first ever designed specifically to study the evolution of star clusters and galaxies is now in operation at Rochester Institute of Technology.
The new computer, built by David Merritt, professor of physics in RIT's College of Science, uses a novel architecture to reach speeds much higher than that of standard supercomputers of comparable size.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news5118.html