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NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants

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Chemists make playdough/Lego-like hybrid to create tiny building blocks

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Generation Nano Challenge

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New insights into nanocrystal growth in liquid

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Physicists offer explanation for diverse galaxy rotations

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In step toward 'controlling chemistry,' physicists create a new type of molecule, atom by atom

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27 new NSF INCLUDES awards aim to enhance U.S. science and engineering enterprise

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A bioactive molecule may protect against congestive heart failure after heart attacks

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Researchers challenge status quo of battery commercialization

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Was the primordial soup a hearty pre-protein stew?

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Insect eyes inspire new solar cell design from Stanford

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New mini tool has massive implications

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New device could turn heat energy into a viable fuel source

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Motorized molecules drill through cells

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UConn chemist synthesizes pure graphene

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Why does rubbing a balloon on your hair make it stick?

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VLA reveals distant galaxy's magnetic field

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Single-nucleus RNA sequencing, droplet by droplet

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Conformal metasurface coating eliminates crosstalk and shrinks waveguides

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New NSF awards will bring together cross-disciplinary science communities to develop foundations of data science

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NSF issues first Convergence awards, addressing societal challenges through scientific collaboration

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Metal simplifies synthesis of antibody drugs

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UChicago scientists detect first X-rays from mystery supernovas

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Chemists get step closer to replicating nature with assembly of new 3-D structures

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OU astrophysicist predicts detached, eclipsing white dwarfs to merge into exotic star

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Spray-on electric rainbows: Making safer electrochromic inks

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Fizzy soda water could be key to clean manufacture of flat wonder material: graphene

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Engineering team images tiny quasicrystals as they form

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Cosmic magnifying lens reveals inner jets of black holes

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