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Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared

Discovery

Lifting the economy on hawks' wings

Discovery

Pollution-related disease presents global environmental challenge

Discovery

Dozens of binaries from Milky Way's globular clusters could be detectable by LISA

News From the Field

Mother’s Day Q&A: Science to help mothers in the workforce

Discovery

Statement on Artificial Intelligence for American Industry

Press Statement

How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male

News From the Field

Strain improves performance of atomically thin semiconductor material

News From the Field

Neuroscientists find first evidence animals can mentally replay past events

News From the Field

Making molecular movies

Impact

Students monitor local pollution

Impact

USAF and NSF announce partnership in science and engineering research

News Release

Statement on Teacher Appreciation Week 2018

Press Statement

Penn engineers’ liquid assembly line make drug microparticles a thousand times faster than ever before

News From the Field

The joy of neurons: A simplified 'cookbook' for engineering brain cells to study disease

News From the Field

Leafcutter ants' success due to more than crop selection

News From the Field

Stopping hackers, protecting businesses

Impact

Measuring snow persistence can help predict streamflow

News From the Field

Chemical sensing chip sniffs out cocaine within minutes

News From the Field

A gut bacterium's guide to building a microbiome

News From the Field

Bullfrogs helped a deadly fungus make the jump to the Western US

News From the Field

Gut check: Metabolites shed by intestinal microbiota keep inflammation at bay

News From the Field

A new model for communication in plant cells

News From the Field

A new giant virus found in the waters of Oahu, Hawaii

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New study sheds light (and some shade) on anole diversification

News From the Field

Untangling DNA knots

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Engineers upgrade ancient, sun-powered tech to purify water with near-perfect efficiency

News From the Field

Mining for gold with a computer

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