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Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

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This Ancient Fish Gave the Whole Ocean the Stiff Lower Lip

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North Atlantic Right Whale Found Dead Near Martha’s Vineyard

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6 Great Space Images in January

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First Bird Flu Deaths Reported in Antarctic Penguins

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In Peru, a Mission to Save the Stingless Bee

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NSF establishes 10 inaugural Regional Innovation Engines across the country

NSF establishes 10 inaugural Regional Innovation Engines across the country The U.S. National Science Foundation today established the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines), awarding 10 teams spanning 18 states. With a potential NSF investment of nearly $1.6 billion over the next decade, NSF Engines… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF names two new Innovation Engines in North Carolina, announces $30 Million in new investments to region

NSF names two new Innovation Engines in North Carolina, announces $30 Million in new investments to region Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced two of the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) as a part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The Piedmont Triad Regenerative Medicine Engine and the North… Read more at nsf.gov

What Do You Call a Galaxy Without Stars?

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Ingenuity, the NASA Helicopter Flying Over Mars, Ends Its Mission

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The Sex-Obsessed Marsupials That Will Sleep When They’re Dead

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Saving an endangered species: New AI method counts manatee clusters in real time

Saving an endangered species: New AI method counts manatee clusters in real time Manatees are an endangered species with voracious appetites and often spend up to eight hours a day grazing for food in shallow waters, making them vulnerable to environmental changes and other risks.Accurately counting manatee clusters in a region… Read more at nsf.gov

Giant sea salt aerosols play major role in Hawaii's coastal clouds, rain

Giant sea salt aerosols play major role in Hawaii's coastal clouds, rain Despite their tiny sizes, aerosols — such as sea salt, dust and ash — play a significant role in shaping weather and climate. These particles scatter light, act as the starting point for cloud formation and can even initiate or limit rainfall.Now, a… Read more at nsf.gov

That Famous Black Hole Gets a Second Look

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Democratizing the future of AI R&D: NSF to launch National AI Research Resource pilot

Democratizing the future of AI R&D: NSF to launch National AI Research Resource pilot Alexandria, Virginia: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation and collaborating agencies launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot, a first step towards realizing the vision for a shared research infrastructure… Read more at nsf.gov

Fear the Tails, Not the Jaws, of These ‘Weirdo’ Sharks

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Blue Whale Genes Reveal Less Inbreeding, More Interbreeding Than Expected

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Remnants of Sprawling Ancient Cities Are Found in the Amazon

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Researchers invent new way to stretch diamond for better quantum bits

Researchers invent new way to stretch diamond for better quantum bits A future quantum network may become less of a stretch, thanks to researchers at the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Cambridge University.A U.S. National Science Foundation-supported team has announced a breakthrough in quantum… Read more at nsf.gov

Our Rodent Selfies, Ourselves

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Arno A. Penzias, 90, Dies; Nobel Physicist Confirmed Big Bang Theory

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A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

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What is SLIM?

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Here’s what to know about Japan’s robotic moon mission.

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The World Hasn’t Seen Cicadas Like This Since 1803

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American Company’s Moon Lander Disintegrates in Earth’s Atmosphere

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Axiom Astronaut Launch: How and When to Watch

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Combining cell types may lead to improved cardiac cell therapy following heart attack

Combining cell types may lead to improved cardiac cell therapy following heart attack Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other institutions have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle.The study, published in Circulation, addresses major challenges of using heart muscle cells… Read more at nsf.gov

How Coffee Farmers in Hawaii Fought Counterfeit Kona Beans

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An Ancient Woolly Mammoth Left a Diary in Her Tusk

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A.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics

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The Ancient Back Story of the Slimiest Animal in the Sea

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Forming ice: There's a fungal protein for that

Forming ice: There's a fungal protein for that The way ice forms is much more interesting than expected. This basic physical process, among the most common in nature, remains somewhat mysterious despite decades of scientific scrutiny.Now, U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research by… Read more at nsf.gov

'Plug-and-play' nanoparticles could make it easier to tackle various biological targets

'Plug-and-play' nanoparticles could make it easier to tackle various biological targets Researchers at UC San Diego have developed modular nanoparticles that can be customized to target biological entities such as tumors, viruses or toxins. The surfaces of the nanoparticles are engineered to host biological molecules, making it possible… Read more at nsf.gov

Where Anteaters and Anacondas Roam, and Ranchers Are Now Rangers

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The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan welcomed Gintaras Valinčius, chairman of the Research Council of Lithuania and Audra Plepytė, Lithuanian ambassador to the U.S., to NSF headquarters. Discussions centered… Read more at nsf.gov

This Distant Planet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail

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This Distant Planet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail

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Scaly Fossil Is the Oldest-Known Piece of Skin

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Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet

Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet Quantum materials hold the key to a future of lightning-fast, energy-efficient information systems. However, the problem with tapping their transformative potential is that, in solids, the vast number of atoms often drowns out the exotic quantum… Read more at nsf.gov

Rare North Atlantic Right Whale Calf Is Expected to Die From Injuries

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Ancient Skeletons Give Clues to Modern Medical Mysteries

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How Astronomers Are Saving Astronomy From Satellites — For Now

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‘The Trees Saved Me’

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American Company’s Spacecraft Malfunctions on Its Way to the Moon

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First Flight of the Vulcan Rocket Sends an American Lander Toward the Moon

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Vulcan Rocket Lifts Off a Moon Landing Mission

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Vulcan Rocket Prepares for First Launch With Moon Lander Mission

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The Mystery of the Coin That Shouldn’t Exist

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The Early Universe Was Bananas

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North Atlantic's marine productivity may not be declining, according to new study of older ice cores

North Atlantic's marine productivity may not be declining, according to new study of older ice cores To paraphrase author Mark Twain, reports of declining phytoplankton in the North Atlantic may have been greatly exaggerated. An earlier study used ice cores in Antarctica to suggest that marine productivity in the North Atlantic had declined by 10%… Read more at nsf.gov

Uranus and Neptune Reveal Their True Colors

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New Images of Jupiter’s Moon Io Capture Infernal Volcanic Landscape

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People are disrupting natural 'salt cycle' on a global scale, new study shows

People are disrupting natural 'salt cycle' on a global scale, new study shows The demand for salt comes at a cost to the environment and human health, according to a scientific review led by University of Maryland geologist Sujay Kaushal. Published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, the U.S. National Science… Read more at nsf.gov

Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex

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First Case of Lethal Bird Flu in Polar Bears Reported in Alaska

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NSF announces IT revitalization through consolidation in support of the 'CHIPS and Science Act of 2022'

NSF announces IT revitalization through consolidation in support of the 'CHIPS and Science Act of 2022' The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a comprehensive reorganization of its information technology functions, marked by the establishment of a new independent and consolidated Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). This… Read more at nsf.gov

Study Aims to Bring a Tinier Tyrannosaur Back From Oblivion

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Watch the First Meteor Shower of 2024 Reach Its Peak

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March 25: A penumbral eclipse will be visible across much of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

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March: NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization may launch the NISAR satellite.

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Feb. 15: Japan’s H3 rocket could attempt a successful flight to orbit.

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Feb. 15: Intuitive Machines’ robotic lunar lander may launch on a SpaceX rocket.

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