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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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Engineering biology through DNA’s environment

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Adaptable lizards illustrate key evolutionary process proposed a century ago

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UCI-led research identifies properties of stem cells that determine cell fate

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Researchers study how a hormone helps plants build leaves' ventilation system

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NSF awards $10 million for development, dissemination of genomic tools in diverse species

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Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

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Guiding flight: The fruit fly's celestial compass

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International team makes rare discovery of new fatty acids

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Tree swallow study: Stressful events have long-term health impacts

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Untangling the secret of spider webs' superpower

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New technology improves CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in mosquitoes, other species

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Corals and algae go back further than previously thought, all the way to Jurassic Period

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Diverse symbionts of reef corals have endured since 'age of dinosaurs'

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Genomic study ties insect evolution to the ability to detect airborne odors

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Study: In darters, male competition drives evolution of flashy fins, bodies

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Leggy lizards don't survive the storm

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Rise of the grasshoppers: New analysis redraws evolutionary tree for major insect family

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New NSF awards support the creation of bio-based semiconductors

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Chemicals associated with oxidative stress may be essential to development

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New study in electric fish reveals brain mechanisms for distinguishing self from other

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In responding to predation risk, secondhand experience can be as good as new

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Shedding light on the energy-efficiency of photosynthesis

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Moths with larger hindwings and longer tails are best at deflecting bats

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Lemurs can smell weakness in each other

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Reproducibility matters in large-scale maize study

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