National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Catalyst renders nerve agents harmless

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Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessor

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Project Sidewalk helps users map accessibility around Seattle and other cities

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Scientists identify almost 2 million previously 'hidden' earthquakes

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Cell-killing proteins suppress listeria without killing cells

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Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors

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Astronomers discover third planet in the Kepler-47 circumbinary system

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Smart antioxidant-containing polymer responds to body chemistry, environment

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Peeling back the darkness of M87

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Sizing up a starry night

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To protect stem cells, plants have diverse genetic backup plans

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The discrete-time physics hiding inside our continuous-time world

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Engineering 'hairpins' increases CRISPR accuracy

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Research helps farmers pinpoint high-and low-yield fields, leads to better use of fertilizer

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Electric vehicle adoption improves air quality and climate outlook

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Largest, fastest array of microscopic 'traffic cops' for optical communications

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Predicting heat waves? Look half a world away

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Artificial intelligence singles out neurons faster than a human can

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We now know how insects and bacteria control ice

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Bacteria surrounding coral reefs change in synchrony, even across great distance

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Dance of the microbes: Bacteria living near coral reefs change in synchrony across distances

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Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future

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Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates

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Rutgers scientists discover new role for sensory signals in the brain

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Biologists uncover new rules for cellular decision-making in genetics

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The trouble with thaw

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Tiny light-up barcodes identify molecules by their twinkling

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New imaging technique reveals 'burst' of activity before cell death

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UO team makes artificial atoms that work at room temp

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Astronaut has no lingering, major epigenetic differences from earthbound twin brother

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