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Novel experiment validates widely speculated mechanism behind the formation of stars

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Broke your shoe? What if it could repair itself

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The vibrating universe: Making astronomy accessible to the deaf

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Nano-infused ceramic could report on its own health

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UC Riverside physicists create exotic electron liquid

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NW Forest Plan 25 years later: Wildfire losses up, bird populations down

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A reconfigurable soft actuator

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West Antarctica ocean drilling expedition will reveal climate history in region with significant ice loss

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Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics

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A water quality mystery, solved in Antarctica

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Novel hypothesis goes underground to predict future of Greenland ice sheet

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Palm oil not the only driver of forest loss in Indonesia

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Waters west of Europe drive ocean overturning circulation, key for regulating climate

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Earth's largest extinction event likely took plants first

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Psychologists solve mystery of songbird learning

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Graphene crinkles can be used as 'molecular zippers'

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Cooking chemistry minus heat equals new nontoxic adhesive

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Maximizing the potential of MXenes

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Study of brine discharge from desalination plant finds good news and bad news

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How the fruit fly got its stripes: Researchers explore precision of embryonic development

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Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

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Waters west of Europe drive ocean overturning, key for regulating climate

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Media call: NSF post-shutdown Q&A

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MIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga

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Tulane study says seas may be rising faster than thought

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The lamprey regenerates its spinal cord not just once -- but twice

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Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month

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Once-abundant sea stars imperiled by disease along West Coast

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Female manakins use male mating call when implanted with male hormones

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Antireflection coating makes plastic invisible

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