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Direct observation of base-pair stepping by RNA polymerase
Elio A. Abbondanzieri, William J. Greenleaf, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Robert Landick and Steven M. Block
Nature advance online publication; published online 13 November 2005 | doi:10.1038/nature04268

Real-Time Observation of Molecular Motion on a Surface
Ellen H. G. Backus, Andreas Eichler, Aart W. Kleyn, and Mischa Bonn
Science Published online 10 November 2005 |
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120693

Direct Visualization of the Formation of Single-Molecule Conjugated Copolymers
Hiroshi Sakaguchi, Hisashi Matsumura, Hui Gong, Abdelkarim M. Abouelwafa
Science, Vol 310, Issue 5750, 1002-1006 , 11 November 2005

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Unusual hollow microducts of tunsten oxide grown from a tungsten film in an rf H₂/Ar plasma under certain specific conditions.
[Restructuring tungsten thin films into nanowires and hollow square cross-section microducts, P. M. Parthangal, M. R. Zachariah, R. E. Cavicchi, C. B. Montgomery, S. Turner, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 20, No. 11 (2005) 2889]

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Arthur R. von Hippel, In Memoriam (1898–2003):
A Tribute to the Interdisciplinary Materials Research He Spawned
M.S. Dresselhaus and P. Chaudhari, Guest Editors
MRS Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 11 (PDF)

Historical Note: Minerals, Meteorites, and Metallography
T. Palucka
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Posterminaries: The Scientific Elite and the Oppression of Pessimists
A. King
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Ab initio simulations in extreme conditions
François Gygi and Giulia Galli
Materials Today, November 2005

Synthesis of Superhard Materials
Vladimir L. Solozhenko and Eugene Gregoryanz
Materials Today, November 2005

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