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New Material Offers Safer Breast Implants, Integrates Cancer TreatmentBiorubbers offer unique protection.
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The Mystery of the Money Tree RevealedScientists use chemistry to learn about an ancient bronze “money tree.”
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Spray-on Powder Uses Nitric Oxide to Fight Deadly BacteriaThe powder, containing a photoactive compound, offers a treatment for the potentially lethal bacteria, A. baumannii, by simply adding sunlight.
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Exploring Logging and Road Development in the Amazon Rain ForestA team of researchers journeys to the Amazon to learn more about the logging industry and road networks that threaten rain forest sustainability.
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Paleontologist Investigates Ancestors of Crocs and BirdsA paleontologist reveals the origins of anatomy for birds, dinosaurs and crocodiles.
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Physicist Recreates Science of Darwin and Newton in ModelsFormer physicist Paul Horwitz explores how computers can be used to teach difficult concepts in science and math.
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Economist Finds Best Matches for Students and SchoolsA market designer finds the best systems for everything from organ donation to high school assignments.
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Meteorologist Aims to Predict Any Way the Wind BlowsA meteorologist aims to better predict the weather to make travel safer and boost wind energy.
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Nature Offers Template for Solar Energy MaterialsA researcher looks to plant photosynthesis as inspiration to harness the power of the sun.
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Engineer Seeks Better Control Over Wind EnergyKathryn Johnson explores how to maximize the energy of wind turbines, making them more efficient and cost-effective.
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Harnessing Microbes to Clean Water and Create EnergyAn environmental engineer harnesses microbes in fuel cells that can create clean water and sustainable energy.
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How Humans Shape Evolution of Fish PopulationsDavid Reznick studies guppy populations to answer questions about evolution and the environment.
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Unlocking the Mysteries of the San Andreas FaultA geology scientist seeks to understand how faults slip and the landscape is sculpted.
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Insects Inspire Flying RobotsItai Cohen studies all kinds of motion, from hovering flies to darting atomic particles.
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Mind Control: Learning How the Brain WorksEd Boyden studies the control mechanism behind neural circuits in order to understand how cognition and emotion arise.
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Stalking Infectious Diseases in WildlifeTony Goldberg tracks infectious diseases, including West Nile virus.
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The Psychology of ID'ing CriminalsGary Wells is an expert in scientific psychology and eyewitness memory.
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How the Public Perceives ScienceDan Kahan studies how group values shape perceptions of risks and benefits.
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Listening to Earthquake Faults 'Talk' in HaitiAndrew Freed recently returned from Haiti, where he has been studying the stresses in Earth's crust before, during and after the earthquake.
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Citizen Scientists Look for Mergers in Galaxy 'Zooniverse'Zooniverse projects studies effects of galaxy mergers with help from citizen scientists.
