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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

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Tropical frogs found to coexist with deadly fungus

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More wet and dry weather extremes projected with global warming

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New 3D-printed cement paste gets stronger when it cracks -- just like structures in nature

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Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity

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HAWC: Microquasar SS 433 reveals the nature of the brightest lanterns of the universe

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Complex factors can drive the emergence and evolution of plant pathogens

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Mountaintop observatory sees gamma rays from exotic Milky Way object

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No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms

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Revolutionary ultra-thin 'meta-lens' enables full-color imaging

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

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Wildfire aerosols remain longer in atmosphere than expected

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Biologists find new genetic interdependence between mothers and their offspring

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Wild suburbia

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Single atoms break carbon's strongest bond

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NSF launches pilot for national high school engineering course

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Songbird data yields new theory for learning sensorimotor skills

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Immune cells help older muscles heal like new

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High CO2 levels cause plants to thicken their leaves, could worsen climate change effects

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Research brief: A look at 377 metros -- can local food product meet local household demand?

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CRISPR tames the wild groundcherry

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Stanford students deploy machine learning to aid environmental monitoring

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Sustainable Agriculture: Engineering a win-win solution for poultry litter

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Quantum mechanics work lets oil industry know promise of recovery experiments

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In dangerous fungal family's befriending of plants, a story of loss

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Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic

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Illinois research accurately predicts US end-of-season corn yield

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Beach sand ripples can be fingerprints for ancient weather conditions

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Purdue NSF-funded technology flips the switch on the future for sustainable smart homes

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