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Mucus and the coronavirus: what is its role in spread of the virus?

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Tiny optical cavities could make quantum networks possible

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Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier Named Acting National Science Foundation Director

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Physicists test coronavirus particles against temperature, humidity

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Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune

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Graphene underpins a new platform to selectively ID deadly strains of bacteria

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Sustainable adhesives of the future won't stick around

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Dimming Betelgeuse likely isn't cold, just dusty, new study shows

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Unraveling turbulence

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How Newborn Stars Prepare for the Birth of Planets

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Job Opportunity: Astronomer (Program Director) - Closes: 03/04/2020

'Atomic dance' gives insights into 2D materials

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Scientists develop safer lead-based perovskite solar cells

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Chemistry technique acts as 'warp drive' for creating better synthetic molecules for medicine

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National Science Foundation presents FY 2021 budget request

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Beating the heat in the living wings of butterflies

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NSF selects 7 winners from its first-ever NSF 2026 Idea Machine prize competition

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Solar Science: Exploring the power of our closest star

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Researchers find collaborative flood modeling process effective

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Twitter leading to new way of tracking and predicting virus outbreaks

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Researchers create nanoscale sensors to better see how high pressure affects materials

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Surprising beauty found in bacterial cultures

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Researchers identify starting point for drugs that cure Clostridium difficile

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NSF-supported observatory renamed for astronomer Vera C. Rubin

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Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals

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Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo

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Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to

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Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab

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ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight

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