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Sensor strategy a boon for synthetic biology

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How to catch a fish genome with big data

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Study reveals declining Central American frog species are bouncing back

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Scientists record brain activity of free-flying bats

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Where's the greatest risk of a mosquito bite in Baltimore? A surprising answer

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Removing the brakes on plant oil production

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Human drugs could help treat transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils

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Rats, cats, and people trade-off as main course for mosquitoes in Baltimore, Md.

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New source of global nitrogen discovered: Earth’s bedrock

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NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science

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New butterfly species discovered nearly 60 years after it was first collected

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Caltech scientists breed bacteria that make tiny high-energy carbon rings

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Researchers identify the cells that trigger flowering

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New source of global nitrogen discovered

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In zebrafish, the cholera bacterium sets off a surprising flush

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Even DNA that doesn't encode genes can drive cancer

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Hijacking plant biology to fight Ebola virus

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New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920

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Experience hands-on science and meet NSF-supported researchers at USA Science and Engineering Festival

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Virus found to adapt through newly discovered path of evolution

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Team brings subatomic resolution to 'computational microscope'

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Caribou drone study finds 'enormous variation' within herd

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Paleontologists put the bite on an ancient reptile from New England

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Team discovers a significant role for nitrate in the Arctic landscape

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Bacteria eats greenhouse gas with a side of protein

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On World Water Day, scientists study spawning salmon through a riverbed lens

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Neuroscientists develop potential tools for the study of brain function

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New genetic research shows extent of cross-breeding between wild wolves and domestic dogs

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Soot transported from elsewhere in world contributes little to melting of some Antarctic glaciers

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