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Social bacteria build shelters using the physics of fingerprints

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Model could improve design of vaccines, immunotherapies

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NSF selects Sean Jones to head Mathematical and Physical Sciences directorate

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Human/mechanical powered plasma: Researchers help create the future

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A 'bang' in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational wave source yet

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Plasma guides maintain focus of lasers

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New view of nature's oldest light adds fresh twist to debate over universe's age

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System's ability to boost laser precision at room temperature increases its usability

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LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"

Scientists develop numerical capability of laser-driven X-ray imaging

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LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in gap between neutron stars and black holes

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

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Tiny optical cavities could make quantum networks possible

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Physicists test coronavirus particles against temperature, humidity

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Beating the heat in the living wings of butterflies

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Surprising beauty found in bacterial cultures

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Observing 'black hole symphony' using gravitational wave astronomy

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Study reveals how collapse of protein processes is driver of aging and death

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Virtual 'UniverseMachine' sheds light on galaxy evolution

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Reverse-engineering the fireworks of life

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Stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet created in laboratory

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Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases

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LIGO and Virgo detect neutron star smash-ups

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Upgraded LIGO to search for universe's most extreme events

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Expert panel to discuss next generation gravitational wave detector

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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LIGO: Einstein Was Right

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8 ways the National Science Foundation supports our troops

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After the lecture: Physicist Anthony Leggett

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