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Coral-inspired biomaterials could lead to efficient biofuel production

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Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater can flow in winter, too

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World's most complex microparticle: A synthetic that outdoes nature's intricacy

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Wallflowers could lead to new drugs

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Supercomputing future wind power rise

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Ancient teeth from Peru hint that now-extinct monkeys crossed the Atlantic from Africa

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Long-lived tropical trees play outsized role in carbon storage

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New 'refrigerator' super-cools molecules to nano-Kelvin temperatures

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Where in the brain does creativity come from? Evidence from jazz musicians

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Diet diversity: Hawkfish species coexist on coral reefs thanks to differing food preferences

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Modern humans, Neanderthals share a tangled genetic history, study affirms

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Researchers uncover importance of aligning biological clocks with day-night cycles

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New app for personal tracking of social distancing in the Memphis area

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Freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to Arctic Ocean

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Scientists use underwater microphones to study calving Arctic glacier

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Elephants reverse the cattle-caused depletion of soil carbon and nutrient pools

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Stream pollution from mountaintop mining doesn’t stay put in the water

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Zoom media briefing: The Event Horizon Telescope, a year after capturing the image of a black hole

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Coastal pollution reduces genetic diversity of corals, reef resilience

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Deep-sea worms and bacteria team up to harvest methane

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Social distancing only the first step toward stopping coronavirus

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College using 3D printers to make face shields for regional hospital

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Mucus and the coronavirus: What is its role in spread of the virus?

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Researchers track interactions with surfaces likely to carry COVID-19

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Interactive model explores how different interventions affect COVID-19 spread

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How at-risk are you of getting a virus on an airplane?

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AI as mediator: 'Smart' replies help humans communicate during pandemic

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Tiny optical cavities could make quantum networks possible

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Coronavirus simulations completed on supercomputer

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