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The winners of a contest that encourages scientists and students across the globe to explore fundamental, big questions in astronomy and cosmology will present their proposals and essays in a joint conference Oct. 12-13 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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MABEL bipedal robot, a novel ultralight metal, and an "around-the-corner" camera are NSF-supported technologies.
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Findings challenge current models of long-term carbon storage in lakes and rivers.
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Biologists from New York University have uncovered new ways our biological clock’s neurons use electrical activity to help keep behavioral rhythms in order.
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Rapid, accurate genetic sequencing soon may be within reach of every doctor's office if recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science can be commercialized effectively.
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Prescription drugs that today help patients fight severe fungal infections might tomorrow be even more effective.
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One of the unsolved mysteries of contemporary science is how highly organized structures can emerge from the random motion of particles.
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Bioinformatics breakthrough has clinical & environmental applications
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GuLF STUDY makes final call for study participants
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A current focus in global health research is to make medical tests that are not just cheap, but virtually free. One such strategy starts with paper.
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Today’s life scientists are producing genomes galore. But there’s a problem: The latest DNA sequencing instruments are burying researchers in trillions of bytes of data and overwhelming existing tools in biological computing.
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Engineers at The University of Texas at Dallas have used advanced techniques to make the material graphene small enough to read DNA.
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