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New method makes nanoscale manufacturing easier (Image 3)

01/24/2018 12:00 AM EST

University of Chicago professor Dmitri Talapin and postdoctoral researcher Yuanyuan Wang hold a "mask" used in their new technique, called DOLFIN, to build patterns at the nanoscale. [Image 3 of 4 related images. See Image 4.] More about ...

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Morehouse Men Dream to Teach K-12 Students

02/08/2018 12:00 AM EST

An innovative National Science Foundation-funded Discovery Research PreK-12 program helped these Morehouse College students fulfill a dream they had since they were high school juniors and seniors: become K-12 STEM teachers. Hear what inspired them. Their stories may inspire you!

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Spider eyes from the Cambrian Period could offer insights into gene therapies for human visual disor

02/02/2018 12:00 AM EST

With the increasing accessibility of DNA sequencing, University of Cincinnati biologists are unraveling many evolutionary mysteries behind the complex world of spider vision. To further research into gene therapies for visual disorders in humans, scientists have looked 500-million-years into the ...

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Project allows users to explore 3-D vertebrate specimens from inside out (Image 6)

02/09/2018 12:00 AM EST

A computed tomography scan of a earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis). A native of Borneo, these lizards are the only living species in their family. The scan was taken as part of a project to scan vertebrate specimens, then make the data available on an open access website. ...

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Expedition on R/V Sikuliaq to study changing climate in Arctic (Image 13)

02/02/2018 12:00 AM EST

A walrus in the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic. Researchers are studying how a changing climate may be affecting wildlife and the entire way of life in the Arctic. [Image 13 of 17 related images. See Image 14.] More about this image In Sept. ...

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There's a phantom menace bacterial pathogens caught in plastic debris adding to disease in reefs

02/12/2018 12:00 AM EST

An international research group has found that plastic trash -- ubiquitous throughout the world's oceans -- intensifies disease for coral, adding to reef peril. When plastic debris meets coral, the researchers say, the likelihood of disease increases from 4 to 89 percent -- a 20-fold change.

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There's a phantom menace bacterial pathogens caught in plastic debris adding to disease in reefs

02/12/2018 12:02 PM EST

An international research group has found that plastic trash -- ubiquitous throughout the world's oceans -- intensifies disease for coral, adding to reef peril. When plastic debris meets coral, the researchers say, the likelihood of disease increases from 4 to 89 percent -- a 20-fold change.

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A piece of the quantum puzzle (Image 5)

02/09/2018 12:02 PM EST

A superconducting qubit chip with a few qubits on it. The size of the chip is about 6 mm by 6 mm. The wafer was made by depositing 200 nanometers of aluminum on a sapphire substrate, followed by a multi-layer lithography process, to nano-fabricate various elements of the quantum processor. [Image ...

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