National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

3.8-million-year-old fossil cranium unveils more about human ancestry

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Blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing

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Promising new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production

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Technique uses magnets, light to control and reconfigure soft robots

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New tools minimize risks in shared, augmented-reality environments

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New way for bridges to withstand earthquakes: support column design

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Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave

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Environmental change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands

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Virtual 'UniverseMachine' sheds light on galaxy evolution

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Study reveals changing patterns in globally important algae

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When human expertise improves the work of machines

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Genetic redundancy aids competition among symbiotic bacteria in squid

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Facial recognition technique could improve hail forecasts

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Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought

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Scientists discover key factors in how some algae harness solar energy

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Data assimilation method offers improved hurricane forecasting

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Scent brings songbirds to the yard

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Smartphone apps may connect to vulnerable backend cloud servers

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Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency

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A torque on conventional magnetic wisdom

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Reverse-engineering the fireworks of life

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Depleted seamounts near Hawaii recovering after decades of protection

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Blue sharks use ocean eddies as fast-tracks to food

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Mega-cloud from Canadian wildfires will help model impacts of nuclear war

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More than 100 years of Arctic sea ice volume reconstructed from ships' logbooks

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Despite temperature shifts, treehoppers manage to mate

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Mercury levels in fish are on the rise

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Researchers study birds to improve how robots land

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Pre-life building blocks spontaneously align in evolutionary experiment

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Guacamole lovers, rejoice! The avocado genome has been sequenced

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