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Northern star coral study findings could help protect tropical corals

Research News

Corn gene boosts sugar in leaves and seeds, may lead to better crops

Research News

The microenvironment of breast cancer in three dimensions

Research News

Previously unrecognized tsunami hazard identified in coastal cities

Research News

Researchers develop mathematical model to predict disease spread patterns

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Ice core chemistry study expands insights into sea ice variability in Southern Hemisphere 

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New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch

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Researchers advance DNA as a storage material

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Icebreaker's cyclone encounter reveals faster sea ice decline

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Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecules that clean the atmosphere

Research News

NSF recognizes a mathematician and a social scientist with the Alan T. Waterman Award

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NSF, AACC announce Community College Innovation Challenge finalists

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Why our brains miss opportunities to improve through subtraction

Research News

Scientists propose improvements to precision crop irrigation

Research News

Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblages?

Research News

Unlocking herbaria biodiversity using a QR code

Research News

Study ties solar variability to onset of decadal La Niña events

Research News

Engineers find ankle exoskeletons can greatly increase walking speed

Research News

Membranes unlock potential to vastly increase cell-free vaccine production

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Machine learning accelerates cosmological simulations

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Research inside hill slopes could help wildfire and drought prediction

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Extinct 'horned' crocodile gets new spot on the tree of life

Research News

Drug-resistant cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub

Research News

Scientists reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters

Research News

NSF and NCSES release 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report

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Channel migration plays leading role in river network evolution, study finds

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