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Tiny wireless device might help in combating obesity

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Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration

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Managing salt pollution to protect drinking water resources and freshwater ecosystems

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Applying compost to landfills could have environmental benefits

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Sensor can detect scarred or fatty liver tissue

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Tire-related chemical is largely responsible for adult coho salmon deaths in urban streams

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Blue whirl flame structure revealed with supercomputers

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Researchers engineer tiny, shape-changing machines that deliver medicine to the GI tract

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Bridges with limb-inspired architecture can withstand earthquakes, cutting repair costs

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New technology tracks role of macrophages in cancer spread

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Cicada-inspired waterproof surfaces closer to reality, researchers report

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Innovation spins spider web architecture into 3D imaging technology

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'Like a fishing net,' nanonet collapses to trap drug molecules

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

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Generating renewable hydrogen fuel from the sea

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Conversation quickly spreads droplets inside buildings

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Velcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination

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How do stone forests get their spikes? New research offers pointed answer

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Shekhar Bhansali to lead NSF Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems

Human/mechanical powered plasma: Researchers help create the future

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Dynamic kirigami shoe-grip is designed to reduce risks of slips and falls

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Researchers identify structure of 'blue whirls'

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NSF renews investment in National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure

Flipping a metabolic switch to slow tumor growth

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Highly sensitive dopamine detector uses 2D materials

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Nanocrystals from waste of recycled wood make carbon-fiber composites tougher

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Tree cover increased in Southeast Michigan over the past 30 years

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Better wastewater treatment? It's a wrap

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Physicists count sound particles with quantum microphone

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