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Tricking algae’s biological clock to remain in its daytime setting can dramatically boost the amount of valuable compounds that these simple marine plants can produce when they are grown in constant light.
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Reducing trans fat intake could prevent thousands of heart attacks and deaths.
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Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a compact atomic clock design that relies on cold rubidium atoms instead of the usual hot atoms, a switch that promises improved precision and stability.
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Berkeley study provides unprecedented details on ultrafast processes in diamond nitrogen vacancy centers.
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Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have developed a new method of using nanotubes to detect molecules at extremely low concentrations enabling trace detection of biological threats, explosives and drugs.
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Pilot-scale, mobile catalytic pyrolysis technology turns one ton of wood residue, other biomass into bio-oil.
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In a study led by Duke researchers, monkeys have learned to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity.
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Leslie Rosenberg and his colleagues are about to go hunting. Their quarry: A theorized-but-never-seen elementary particle called an axion.
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Aislinn Rowan ’14 has always had an intense interest in science. Lehigh has provided her many opportunities to convert her passion into a career, and Rowan has not failed to capitalize.
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Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.
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Reusing the major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial plants — rather than releasing its warming potential into the environment — is on the verge of becoming a commercial reality.
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Infused with reflections and light, two new buildings on campus are helping to expand Princeton University's study into the recesses of the mind.
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