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• Cooperative Catalysis
  2 catalysts are better than 1: New catalytic process could be used to create pharmaceuticals with less chemical waste.
• Pinning Transition from a Luttinger-liquid to an insulated phase Mott-insulator

  Pinning Transition from a Luttinger-liquid to an insulated phase Mott-insulator Pinning atoms into order: Scientists have experimentally observed a quantum phenomenon, where an arbitrarily weak perturbation causes atoms to build an organized structure from an initially unorganized one. Image: Physicists can observe quantum mechanical phase transitions using ultracold atoms (yellow) in optical lattices (white surface). [Credit: University of Innsbruck]

• Two-dimensional Wetting

  Two-dimensional Wetting Artificially controlling water condensation leads to 'room-temperature ice'.   Image: Atomic force microscopy image of ice-like water patches on a BaF2 (111) surface at 25�C. [Credit: Image courtesy of American Institute of Physics]

• Researchers Discover How Key Enzyme Repairs Sun-damaged DNA
  Researchers have long known that humans lack a key enzyme - one possessed by most of the animal kingdom and even plants - that reverses severe sun damage. For the first time, researchers have witnessed how this enzyme works at the atomic level to repair sun-damaged DNA.
• Wanted: Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron

  Wanted: Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron Researchers seeking the 4th property of electrons: Electric dipole moment would explain the creation of the universe in the form that we know it. Image: Juelich researchers want to demonstrate the electric dipole moment of the electron in cooperation with colleagues in the USA and the Czech Republic. Many physical theories presume its existence - for example, some theories concerning the creation of the universe. [Credit: Forschungszentrum Juelich]