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

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Biological sex tweaks nervous system networks, plays role in shaping behavior

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U CO2 sensor network shows effects of metro growth

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Seasonal patterns in the Amazon explained

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How climate change weakens coral 'immune systems'

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Scientists should be super modelers

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NSF, NIH and USDA make new awards to combat infectious diseases

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Clear lakes disguise impaired water quality

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Panda habitat shrinking, becoming more fragmented

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Why poison frogs don't poison themselves

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Green algae could hold clues for engineering faster-growing crops

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Why it's difficult to predict evolutionary fate of a new trait

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Harnessing rich satellite data to estimate crop yield

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What it takes to recover from drought

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USF biologists find frog's future health influenced by gut microbes as tadpoles

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In frogs, preventing early-life gut microbiome disruptions leads to better health

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Ancient plankton-like microfossils span 2 continents

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Stony corals more resistant to climate change than thought, Rutgers study finds

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Researchers reveal bioelectric patterns guiding worms' regenerative body plan after injury

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Mosquito-borne viruses like Zika may be spread at lower temperatures, potentially expanding impact

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Ecology team finds leaf litter has slower decomposition rate in warm temperatures than previously estimated

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North America's freshwater lakes are getting saltier

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Machine learning lets scientists reverse-engineer cellular control networks

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Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics

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Machine learning uncovers new insight into biophysics of cancer

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Tree-bark thickness indicates fire-resistance in a hotter future

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Seasonality of bird migration responds to environmental cues, scientists show

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Scientists track nighttime bird migration using weather radar

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Peering into the secret world of life beneath winter snows

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