National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Researchers use single-atom catalyst, convert CO to CO2

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In pursuit of pleasure, brain learns to hit the repeat button

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Bioengineering team's 'circuit' work may benefit gene therapy

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New tool tells bioengineers when to build microbial teams

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Getting sleepy? Fruit flies constantly tune into environmental temperature to time sleep

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Rutgers-led innovation could spur faster, cheaper, nano-based manufacturing

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By 2100, arid cities will suffer from more severe heat waves than temperate cities

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New machine learning algorithm uncovers time-delayed interactions in gene regulatory systems

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Using injectable self-assembled nanomaterials for sustained delivery of drugs

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Fast-spinning spheres show nanoscale systems' secrets

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Miniature 'bleeding' device eases study of clotting disorders

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Study shines new light on how Salmonella 'die' at low temperatures

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University of Minnesota study shows wetlands provide landscape-scale reduction in nitrate pollution

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Century of data shows sea-level rise shifting tides in Delaware, Chesapeake bays

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Rise in severity of hottest days outpaces global average temperature increase

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Engineers develop flexible, water-repellent graphene circuits for washable electronics

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Researchers develop a remote-controlled cancer immunotherapy system

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WPI and Stanford researchers develop sperm-sorting device that could improve IVF success

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How a tumor grows can predict response to cancer therapy

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Nanotubes go with the flow to penetrate brain tissue

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Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorods

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Designing a golden nanopill

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Richard Dickinson to lead NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

Light-scattering tool peers into pancreas to find cancer

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Cleaner water, cleaner future: Engineering new water tech

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Learning from fluids, in space

Flint water crisis: For young engineers, a lesson on the importance of listening

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After the Lecture: Lynden Archer

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Fundamental science will play a key role in finding cancer cure

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