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Fast anställda inom vård och omsorg i värmländska Forshaga få jobba heltid om de vill.

En halv miljard kronor väntas hamnsaneringen i Oskarshamn kosta.

thomst writes "Tim Wogan reports that chemical engineer Zhenan Bao of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and her team have increased the conductivity of a self-healing polymer by incorporating nickel atoms. The polymer they have produced is sensitive to applied forces like pressure and torsion (twisting) because such forces alter the distance between the nickel atoms, changing the electrical resistance of the polymer. Their work is published online in the November 1 issue of Nature Nanotechnology (abstract here, full article paywalled). Now Bao and her team are working on making the polymer more flexible."

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New submitter thn writes "John McAfee, who started the antivirus software giant named after him, has been accused of murder in Belize and is wanted. McAfee had taken to 'posting on a drug-focused Russian message board...about his attempts to purify the psychoactive compounds colloquially known as "bath salts,"' Gizmodo wrote. The scariest aspect of this story may be the fact that an entire lab was constructed for John McAfee's research purposes. Because of his efforts to extract chemicals from natural chemical plans McAfee was able to justify his experiments in a country that is largely unregulated."

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At least $2 million worth of precious oil paintings stolen in daring daylight robbery in South African capital.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad members continue firing rockets but propose mutual cessation of hostilities, after six deaths.

En funktionshindrad man i Jämtland glömdes i september bort på toaletten på eftermiddagen och hittades av personalen liggande på golvet dagen efter.