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  Exploring the Mysteries of the Ocean Floor

  Emily Beal travels to the seafloor to learn how deep sea organisms use the sun-less chemical environment to thrive.

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  High School Student Develops Chemical-Detecting Robot

  Autonomous robot finds and responds to chemical spills, potentially saving human lives.

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  Online Labs Aim to Revolutionize High School Science

  A researcher brings online laboratories to high schools

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  Predicting Extraterrestrial Weather

  Model developed to help track weather on other planets.

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  Engineering Students Build Underwater 'Bot

  College students build underwater robots designed to save mock submarines.

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  Microbe Metabolism Harnessed to Produce Fuel

  Genetic engineering used to manipulate microbes to produce biofuels.

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  Better Prediction Sought for Devastating Floods

  Weather radar and laser mapping could help warn of impending floods.

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  Robotic Systems Help People with Disabilities

  Robotic mobility and manipulation devices are being crated to assist people with disabilities

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  Secret to Cicada's Abundance: Bacteria

  Researchers learn that cicadas survive on meager nutrition thanks to bacteria inside their cells.

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  Permafrost Could Be Climate's Ticking Time Bomb

  A professor extracts Arctic soil and water samples in search of clues to the melting of permafrost, which could be key to global warming.

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  How Penguins & Seals Survive Deep Dives

  Jessica Meir goes to extreme environments to learn how mammals and birds thrive in conditions that humans cannot tolerate.

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  Molecules Made into Motors

  A chemist is fascinated with seeing atoms and molecules move on a computer screen and using technology to move them himself.

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  Bugs: The Forgotten Victims of Climate Change

  Researchers consider the impact of relocating species to new environments to save them from the effects of global warming.

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  Nanoparticles Explored for Preventing Cell Damage

  Engineers explore using nanoparticles both as a preventative and a treatment for disease.

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  How Jellybeans Can Reveal Neuroscience to the Public

  Student scientists get creative in presenting brain science to non-scientists.

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  Plasma Waves Studied for New Electronics

  Bill Stillman leaves a long career as an engineer to go back to school and learn a new field.

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  Algae: A New Way to Make Biodiesel

  Catalyst expert Ben Wen has helped develop a new way to convert algae into biodiesel.

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  Scientists Tackle Climate Model Mystery

  Input: more leafy vegetation. Output: less rainfall.

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  Libraries, Food Banks Benefit from Transportation Modeling

  Instead of helping companies improve manufacturing, Karen Smilowitz uses her experience as an industrial engineer to help non-profits be more effective.

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  The Search for Drinking Water in Nicaragua

  I have done work with satellite images to improve groundwater exploration and siting of wells in Nicaragua.

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  How to Listen to One Brain Cell at a Time

  A researcher studying how our brains work reveals the visceral environment of a lab.