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Elastic slingshot powers snipefish feeding

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UCLA engineers develop world's most efficient semiconductor material for thermal management

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Light-controlled polymers can switch between sturdy and soft

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Bacterial armor could be a new target for antibiotics

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In the ocean's twilight zone, tiny organisms may have giant effect on Earth's carbon cycle

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Metal too 'gummy' to cut? Draw on it with a Sharpie or glue stick, science says

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Atlantic circulation is not collapsing -- but as it shifts gears, warming will reaccelerate

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Studying aliens of the deep

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Neurons can carry more than one signal at a time

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NSF-supported researchers to present new results on hurricanes and other extreme events

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Variations of a single gene drive diverse pigeon feather patterns

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New NSF awards support the creation of bio-based semiconductors

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Sound waves reveal diamond cache deep in Earth's interior

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Fruit fly mating driven by a tweak in specific brain circuit

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Study of high-energy neutrinos again proves Einstein right

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Astronomers find a famous exoplanet's doppelganger

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Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale 'internet of things'

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In borophene, boundaries are no barrier

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Researchers engineer bacteria that create fertilizer out of thin air

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Rock arches are singing and scientists are listening

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Theorists publish highest-precision prediction of muon magnetic anomaly

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How looking at the big picture can lead to better decisions

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Neutrino observation points to one source of high-energy cosmic rays

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Research finds new molecular structures in boron-based nanoclusters

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Bioengineers create pathway to personalized medicine

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Chemicals associated with oxidative stress may be essential to development

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New species may arise from rapid mitochondrial evolution

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Massive genome havoc in breast cancer is revealed

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Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding?

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