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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Repelling charges prevent Cooper pairs from 'island hopping' in insulating state

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New technique produces longer-lasting lithium batteries

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Through thick and thin: Neutrons track lithium ions in battery electrodes

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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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Bioengineers add cooperative molecules to their toolkit for programming signal processing

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Can science writing be automated?

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Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials

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Researchers improve method to recycle and renew used cathodes from lithium-ion batteries

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Why researchers are mapping the world's manure

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Morphing origami takes a new shape, expanding use possibilities

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Heart patch could limit muscle damage in heart attack aftermath

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Features that make lizards sexy are resilient to stress

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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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Powerful particles and tugging tides may affect extraterrestrial life

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Catfish use complex coordination to catch prey

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FIU scientists discover new arsenic-based broad-spectrum antibiotic

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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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