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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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Nuclear scientists calculate value of key property that drives neutron decay

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With supercomputing power, scientists solve a next generation physics problem

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Researchers mimic comet moth's silk fibers to make 'air-conditioned' fabric

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A bolt of insight

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Neutrons measured with unprecedented precision using a 'magneto-gravitational trap'

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The weak side of the proton

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Theory for one type of superconductor solves puzzle in another

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Stanford researchers investigate behavior in quantum systems with a toy-inspired technique

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Computer simulation helps reveal how cancer spreads

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Atoms may hum a tune from grand cosmic symphony

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Solid research leads physicists to propose new state of matter

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NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science

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Genetic material once considered junk actually could hold key to cancer drug response

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Team brings subatomic resolution to 'computational microscope'

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JILA team invents new way to 'see' the quantum world

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Dressing atoms in an ultracold soup

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UMass Amherst physicists contribute to dark matter detector success

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Physicists create new form of light

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A new way of generating ultra-short bursts of light

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Proteins' fluorescence a little less mysterious

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Three types of extreme-energy space particles may have unified origin

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MiNT protein a fresh target to attack disease

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A glowing object actually attracts atoms

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NSF statement on latest LIGO-Virgo detection of binary black hole merger

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Scientists demonstrate one of largest quantum simulators

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2017-2018 NSF Distinguished Lectures in Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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Physicists develop faster way to make Bose-Einstein condensates

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Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks

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