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Reactive Reports November 2007 David Bradley	Organic Uranium The first ever uranium methylidyne molecule has been synthesized by US chemists despite the reactivity of the heavy, heavy metal.
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Technology Research News September 24, 2003	Teamed lasers make smaller spots Researchers from Boston University have tapped the properties of polarization in order to focus a laser beam more tightly in space. The method could be used to scan objects in finer detail and to make finer features in processes like rapid prototyping and photolithography.
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