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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Best highlighter pens ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A quality highlighter pen will help you study by letting you mark the important passages. These are our favorite options. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nikki Johnston ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HUTfyecp3vGyZq4n7RFWWi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stressed Momma Squirrels and Their Pups (Gallery) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Squirrels are highly excitable creatures, but new research indicates that stress is actually good for their babies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:08:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EZoeQLDdyZLq5XUd99NifL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A red squirrel emits a territorial call. Pipe cleaners attached to ear tags ease identification.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Squirrel protects its territory]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Squirrel Moms' Stress Aids Pup Survival ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Research has shown that squirrels exposed to stress hormones grow larger faster, improving survival chances. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:23:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7yaw2zeCGbkG4mm5Y7RgVZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A red squirrel moves her pup from one nest to another.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Red squirrel mom and pup]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Getting the Buzz on Bees ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Because bees are big business in the U.S., collecting and sharing data about the insect is important to address the decline in bee populations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:59:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ny3DgZAuxopqTQcZgGahWG-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Noah Fram-Schwartz]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jellyfish Swarms: Bellwethers of Environmental Change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Human activities are promoting giant jellyfish swarms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:09:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MY6JRKNFXGi8BaLW2BMx96-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Monty Graham, University of Southern Mississippi ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In the Gulf of Mexico&#039;s giant jellyfish swarms, there can be more jellyfish than water. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jellyfish swarm in the Gulf of Mexico]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Seeing-Eye Robot Assists Visually Impaired, No Clean-Up Required ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This new generation walking stick combines the benefits of a whitestick with the guidance of a seeing-eye dog without the need for long, expensive trainings or the necessary clean up. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:03:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:13:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cori Beth Russell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gzHRCEfw9gjvvtQPxqUJFX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dr. Cang Ye, University of Arkansas at Little Rock]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The co-robotic cane has a rolling tip that points the cane to the desired direction of travel. It is designed to detect the user’s intent as well as 3-D objects and to build a working map for the user. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Co-robotic cane schematic ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Memory Making Linked to Gene and Protein, Research Shows ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Discovery of the Arc gene and its like-named protein is leading to breakthroughs in how memories form and are recalled as well as giving hope to developing treatments for memory disorders like Alzheimer’s. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 04:15:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:32:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ua56ZYcqjGHsPdLJyXAeM5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jean Livet, Institut de la Vision, Paris; Jeff Lichtman and Joshua Sanes, Harvard University ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A fluorescent imaging agent lights up the brain’s hippocampus. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[brain’s hippocampus with fluorescent lighting agent ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Biomaterial Mimics Functionality of Natural Cartilage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two teams, working years apart, merged their creations to develop a framework used to grow replacement cartilage — a 3-D fabric scaffold, integrated with a pliable hydrogel and then infiltrated with stem cells. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:14:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Futrell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zkbE5iC2p2YAvpuA8PrL77-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[This image appears on the cover of the Dec. 17, 2013, issue of Advanced Functional Materials. Photo courtesy of Frank Moutos and Farshid Guilak. ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These tiny interwoven fibers make up a 3-D fabric scaffold that provides stability for a lubricating hydrogel and a framework for growing artificial cartilage.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Framework for artificial cartilage ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nanolasers on Silicon to Provide Faster Data Transmission ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The need for speed drives search for hybrid communication technologies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:55:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:05:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yCTJ3PGg4ashERQKgqmuEV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Connie Chang-Hasnain, UC Berkeley ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nanolasers grown on a silicon substrate integrate easily into integrated circuits. Scale: 1 micron. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Nanolasers grown on silicon, nano needles]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Engineers Model Better Navigation Systems After Brain’s Adaptability ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The brain’s special abilities entice engineers like Silvia Ferrari to model it when creating new control and navigation systems for aircraft, robots and more. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2014 02:05:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cecile J. Gonzalez ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ci6pg2v6iCxxiWeqx92sm3-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Silvia Ferrari, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plant Detectives Dig Into How Cells Grow ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Moss offers clues in the search for how molecular signals direct cell growth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2014 06:14:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SUZeF8BBGsUcsLAxqvCAg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Magdalena Bezanilla, UMass Amherst]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One-week-old moss plants regenerated from single cells showing chlorophyll autofluorescence (the natural emission of light by the structure). A normal plant lies in the center surrounded by plants missing critical components of the cytoskeleton, or cellular “scaffolding,” made up filaments and microtubules.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[One-week-old moss plants regenerated from single cells showing chlorophyll autofluorescence ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Big Hand for Biofilms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This striking image represents the strength and prevalence of bacterial biofilms — despite our efforts to control them. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2014 03:11:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:52:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UrxvBPSqCnKZ6YhdYWHkU9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Lydia-Marie Joubert, Stanford University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This illustration, &lt;i&gt;Human Hand Controlling Bacterial Biofilms&lt;/i&gt;, won a People&#039;s Choice Award in the 2013 International Science &amp; Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored by NSF and &lt;i&gt;Science&lt;/i&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hand &amp; Biofilms illustration]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Biodiversity a Benefit for Brain Research ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Optogenetics, a new field of brain research, was born out of basic research on two unlikely microbes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 22:48:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5m3mBBicoonNZKbjWPMfpn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Johan Swanepoel | Shutterstock]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Human brain integrates signals simultaneously coming from different senses.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Human brain illustrated with interconnected small nerves - 3d render]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tiny Microchip Component Promises Big Returns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This novel nanoarray may improve energy storage and electronics performance. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LqT44KrR35YJhm6upRMjZJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the tapered waveguide array for broad spectrum light trapping and absorption engineering on a chip.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the tapered waveguide array ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deep-sea Fish Inspire Robotic Feeding Model ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Bassbot" reveals suction action used by most fish. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:04:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AHSHoD4KT2hP9YhSCKpoqL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christopher Kenaley, Harvard University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers use &quot;Bassbot&quot; to study suction feeding. This version includes latex &quot;skin.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Researchers use &quot;Bassbot&quot; to study suction feeding]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Catch the Fever … Particle Fever ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44144-higgs-boson-search-documentary-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Particle physics takes center stage in this upcoming documentary. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ivy Kupec ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SEf7vzoZ3HwKeVRggMshpQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CERN.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Construction at CERN. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cern under construction]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ With Study of Asbestos, Geologists Take on Key Health Problem ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43562-geologists-study-mesothelioma-asbestos-link-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new breed of geologists investigates the connection between living organisms and earth materials. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:43:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/biXjF2z7M38ekMdqgym6hJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Eric Taylor, Kent State University and Steven Lower, The Ohio State University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Molecular dynamic snapshot of a human lung protein (blue) binding to crocidolite asbestos (red). The binding reaction triggers a response involved in lung cancer development.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Molecular dynamic snapshot of a human lung protein ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Caught on Camera: Ice-Dwelling Sea Anemone ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42997-new-species-antarctica-video-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The underside of the Ross Ice Shelf held more than just a view of the ice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leslie Reed ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KKaQUk5JUDfDAAggWKuWbY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new species of sea anemone, &lt;i&gt;Edwardsiella andrillae&lt;/i&gt;, anchored in the ice at the underside of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica; one anemone has an unidentified organism, nicknamed the &quot;eggroll,&quot; holding on to it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[New sea anemone species lives on ice]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tiny Neighbors Keep Coral Reefs Clean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When coral reefs call, the goby fish come to the rescue. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:28:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:18:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5BZe4vW9EArjiFA3vP8yp-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Without the gobies&#039; compulsive cleaning, the algae commonly known as turtleweed, can severely damage a coral reef through bleaching.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gobies control turtleweed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Take On Coffee-Loving Pests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Genetic research from across the ocean poised to help coffee bean growers in Columbia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:49:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:32:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mGQR3URCzMgEgkphbynyMA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ricardo Acuna, Cenicafe, Colombia.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Colombian coffee plantation and borer beetle infested coffee beans.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Colombian coffee plantation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Simulating Vorticity in a Supercell Thunderstorm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers used the Longhorn supercomputer to show how wind velocity and vortex lines combine to form a vortex ring at the top of the updraft. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:57:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Greg Foss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/taFKGwGzUZoSFvP66hVVq7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Greg Foss, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An animation demonstrating how a supercell forms.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[steamwise vorticity ina supercell thunderstorm simulation still]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Musical Training Has Positive, Long-Term Effects on Brain Function ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/41607-music-positively-effects-long-term-brain-functions-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researcher Nina Kraus has found a positive impact on long-term brain functions in people with as few as four years of musical training. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:24:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uQ8ZkyoLmnHtqhawXDMzDG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nina Kraus, Northwestern University.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Subject listens to speech during monitoring of brain activity.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[even a small amount of music training benefits the brain long-term]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stir It Up: Naming of Caribbean Reef Parasite Creates Controversy ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/40687-gnathia-marleyi-controversy-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paul Sikkel and reggae star Amlak Tafari discuss the recent controversy of naming a parasite after Bob Marley. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:31:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:00:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qkAzDa3k8KYCBidGCoiULm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ueli Frey]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bob Marley’s family approved of the naming of a newly discovered species of Caribbean crustacean after Bob Marley.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a newly discovered species of Caribbean crustacean is named after Bob Marley]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Great Lakes' Strange Currents Explored with Tow-Yoing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/39531-great-lakes-currents-research-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Purdue researchers explore how currents transport marine organisms and pollutants in the Great Lakes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:50:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emil Venere ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XLE9oBCVoy3n8iMK5mJbcX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[University of Minnesota-Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory photo/Brett Groehler]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Purdue researchers spent a week near the middle of Lake Michigan aboard the Blue Heron research vessel, seen here. They tracked a fluorescent plume of dyed water to study how currents transport contaminants and aquatic life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Purdue researchers spent a week near the middle of Lake Michigan aboard the Blue Heron research vessel]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Attack of the (Not So Killer) Tomatoes ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/39258-tomato-defense-mechanisms-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for tomatoes' chemical defense response. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:26:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xtjrwkquERFYZ72MVvRyWT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jon Sullivan]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered the enzyme critical to tomatoes’ chemical defense response.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[the enzyme critical to tomatoes’ chemical defense response discovered]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sustainable Energy Breakthrough: Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/38884-sunlight-water-hydrogen-fuel-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Water splitting technique could produce hydrogen fuel. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:38:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jim Scott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D8f65XTxjpvnxk3PZKAB8m-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[University of Colorado Boulder]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s conception of a commercial hydrogen production plant that uses sunlight to split water in order to produce clean hydrogen fuel. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[conception of a commercial hydrogen production plant using sunlight to split water to produce clean hydrogen fuel]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do Bark Beetles Affect Water Quality? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/38752-bark-beetles-water-colorado-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Studies in the Rocky Mountains indicate the beetles are affecting water quality. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:37:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MSTeUJnkPzZKT3kqc2MePA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Lindsay Bearup]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bark beetle-infested trees fall and land on a river, likely affecting the health of its waters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Bark beetle-infested trees]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Device Uses Handwriting to Detect Neurological Disorders ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have built a system that records signals from hand muscles during handwriting. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:27:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:15:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bobbie Mixon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vS8AHSQfWRwdJwkiWQMxXD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Michael Linderman, Department of Neuroethics, Norconnect Inc.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[To help detect neurodegenerative diseases, researchers have built a system that records signals from hand muscles during handwriting.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[this system was designed to detect neurodegenerative diseases]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NEON: An EKG for the Environment ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The long-awaited National Ecological Observatory Network enables scientists to gauge the health of U.S. ecosystems. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JAhsLtpr55rHfDjkkTyfHh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NEON will be the world’s first observatory to listen to the pulse of a continental ecosystem over multiple decades.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NEON will be the world&#039;s first observatory to listen to the continental ecosystem.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Film Brings Science Home, Highlights Remarkable Backyard Bird ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37552-film-highlights-amazing-junco-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Watch the film, then meet its star on your way home. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:37:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:51:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dz85vV6YKbCLaMHejwhxRQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[www.juncoproject.org, Indiana University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In addition to the free downloadable film, the Ordinary Extraordinary Junco project offers educational resources for use by teachers and students and is available for screenings at non-profit events or independent theaters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Ordinary Extraordinary Junco project offers educational resources for use by teachers and students]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New System Detects Touch, Gesture on any Surface ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37212-touchscreen-gesture-technology-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New System Detects Touch, Gesture on any Surface ]]>
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                                                                                                                            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:41:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:28:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emil Venere ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                </item>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Smithsonian Digs Into Extraordinary Fossil Collection ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Unique ollection offers remarkably well -preserved specimens donated by citizen scientist. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 23:32:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oVTocgoFBztNep7kDzLTKT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy of Conrad Labandeira and Finnegan Marsh, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two fossil crane flies flank an extraordinarily preserved tree hopper.  Wing pigmentation, although not the original color, can still be seen on the tree hopper&#039;s stiff front wings.  The lines running through the membranous hind wings are veins.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two fossil crane flies flank an extraordinarily preserved tree hopper.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gulf Killifish Show Defects from Crude Oil Exposure ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Study finds defects in fish contaminated by the 2010 BP spill. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 02:01:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:55:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bv7vSSDQnwCaiLwDLs7VNS-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andrew Whitehead/UC Davis]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Killifish are an important forage species, and share similar habitats with shrimp, oysters, blue craps, redfish, and speckled trout.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gulf oil spill, killifish, ecology, pollution, disasters]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nature Aids Science to Take on Bed Bugs ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31945-bed-bugs-kidney-bean-leaves-research-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A tried and true folk remedy inspires the fight against bed bugs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:56:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:13:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N6CkTPAERJJBd8L3Qc97v5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[M. Szyndler and C. Loudon / UC Irvine]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bedbug on bean leaf (left); bedbug leg trapped by tiny, hairlike trichomes on leaf surface (right).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[bedbugs, kidney bean leaves, trichomes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Biofuel Possibility in Horse Gut Fungus ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29252-horse-gut-fungus-biofuel-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The fungus, extracted from horse feces, is a potential biofuels source. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:36:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C8SozVDt67wLH3xj9JuW7Z-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[John K. Penske]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An anaerobic gut fungus from the intestinal tract and feces of a horse.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[yeast, horse, manure, feces]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Robotic Bat Wing Mimics a 'Spectacular Flyer' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28603-bat-wings-biomimetics-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researcher Joseph Bahlman designs a robotic flapper inspired by bats. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:04:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:08:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/moR9kTK4n2RskUMhoi2WAm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Breuer and Swartz labs/Brown University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A robotic bat wing lets researchers measure forces, joint movements, and flight parameters — and learn more about how the real thing operates in nature.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[biology, engineering, flight, bat, bats, ro-bat]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Program Pointed Students to Mathematics Research ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28483-csums-program-math-careers-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Real-world research set the tone for these students' futures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:29:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:22:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alla Herman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RJpt3sVEeZwUv3QEzxVC2A-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stephen Salpukas, College of William &amp; Mary]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Allison Oldham talks out a problem with Owen Hill (center) and Gexin Yu, math professor at William &amp; Mary. Allison and Owen both participated in CSUMS, which places math students in research experiences.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[math, mathematics, biology, research, undergraduate]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exploring the Makeup of Extrasolar Planets ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28218-planet-exploration-studying-chemicals-light-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using a new technique for processing and analyzing incoming starlight, astronomers can decipher the chemistry of extrasolar planets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:59:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Josh Chamot ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mruJrhmquXdEqNm8bnjLqP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Project 1640, Ben Oppenheimer, AMNH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Oppenheimer stands with the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory at Caltech, used with the four instruments developed to capture the light from HR 8799&#039;s planets. In the subset is an image, rendered in black and white for clarity, of the distant solar system. At the central point is HR 8799 — though its light is blocked, hence the black disc — and it is surrounded by four planets marked &#039;b&#039;, &#039;c&#039;, &#039;d&#039; and &#039;e&#039;. The image is a composite of 30 separate data sets, each captured for a different light wavelength during a period of just over one hour.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[extrasolar planet, spectra, star]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Smartphone Sensors Record Timely, Accurate Air Quality ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/27992-portable-pollution-sensors-improve-data-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Portable sensors allow users to monitor exposure to pollution with smartphones. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:33:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ioana Patringenaru ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3qApnPtrb6S8Lm3rHJJJM5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Yields Its Secrets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two research studies help explain why Chang Shan may have medicinal power. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:40:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:04:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Carlson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q5ydKF7i5cAFBgiKiyG3Mi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Paul Schimmel Lab, Scripps Research Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chang Shan.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[chinese herbal medicine, root extract]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Electromagnetic Research Gets New Tools ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This tool will allow researchers and students to create, manipulate, and use a representative collection of human body meshes with organs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:04:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WUCK6GkDQ5MWGKK2KtY4NP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Source data in the form of Magnetic Resonance Images has been provided by the Visible Human Project as administered by the National Library of Medicine.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Realistic, accessible models of human body shapes and organs, for use in simulations of electromagnetic wave interactions with humans. A photo of several examples related to the human head is also included.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[bioelectromagnetics, human body, MATLAB]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plankton Pumping Iron May Impact Climate ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/27116-plankton-effect-climate-change-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ As plankton munch on the mineral, they may contribute to cooling the climate. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:33:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cat Wolner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U2Ftb6WiUA873pu2BBgYoh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Mark B. Edlund, PhD]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Diatom (phytoplankton)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[national science foundation research in action, ria, biology, plankton, climate change, global warming]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nanoporous Carbon Materials Raise Chances of Surviving Sepsis ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26894-sepsis-treatment-nanotechnology-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new materials improve filtration of the deadly cytokines that cause sepsis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yury Gogotsi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W3mo8SancqhNEd5ipZvEvJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dr. V. Presser, INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials, and Uwe Bellhäuser]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[carbon, nanomaterials, blood cleansing, cytokine]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[carbon, nanomaterials, blood cleansing, cytokine]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tracking Telomeres to the Edge ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers track the protective caps to learn more about how they function after cell division. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:49:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:13:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Carlson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rJzo4Ls2Zczf3TcYLntFbZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Laure Crabbe, Jamie Kasuboski and James Fitzpatrick, Salk Institute for Biological Studies]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[telomeres, NIH, cell, biology, gene expression, cell division]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[telomeres, NIH, cell, biology, gene expression, cell division]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Silicon Alternative Could Bring Faster, More Compact Circuits ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26240-ingaas-transistors-advance-semiconductors-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ InGaAs transistors could speed up and lighten up our technology. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:58:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:33:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Conciatore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rUrBDLrAbGxLDwVNjHEyVK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Purdue University.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The three nanowires are progressively smaller, resulting in a cross-section that is shaped like a Christmas tree. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[silicon alternative, semiconductors, ingaas]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Kiln Advances Science of Thermally Modified Wood Products ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26116-chemical-free-thermal-modification-research-kiln-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The research-sized kiln promises to further research in the new thermal modification technology. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:10:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:25:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ June Kallestad ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7QGAAQjVauBXYjMwg7cjej-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[June Kallestad, UMD-NRRI.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[research in action, nsf, wood thermal modification]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[research in action, nsf, wood thermal modification]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Different Kind of BigFoot, Free and Online ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/25834-bigfoot-healthcare-software-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This software works with a scanner to help diagnose and manage various medical conditions, including diabetes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:49:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:57 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Conspiracies &amp; Paranormal]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Human Behavior]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aydogan Ozcan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SPT4qS496CZqjN2bTqpufC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Aydogan Ozcan.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The BigFoot software package can be easily downloaded.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[medical software, disease diagnostics, diabetes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nature's Antifreeze May Hold Key to Tissue Preservation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/25702-biometric-antifreeze-molecule-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists at NYU make progress on long-term freezing of biological materials with this finding. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:20:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:19:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kent Kirshenbaum ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SvFnmuZV4o59xgS7QwqtGZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Leif Halverson and Glenn Butterfoss, New York University. Molecular graphics created with YASARA and POVRay.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[biomimetic, inspired by nature]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[biomimetic, inspired by nature]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unanchored Open-Ocean Fish Farm an Unfettered Success ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/25142-aquapod-open-ocean-farming-mariculture-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fish thrive in the Velella Project Beta-trial testing a drifting fish pen concept. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:58:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:50:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Neil Sims ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dP4QUd6RczZ7aij5bwPemK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jeff Milisen for Kampachi Farms, LLC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Aquapod® 132 is a synthetic lumber geodesic sphere equipped with ballast tanks fore and aft, and an experimental copper alloy mesh. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[open-ocean fish farming, mariculture]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Worm Regeneration May Lend A Hand in Human Healing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/24791-worm-regeneration-research-nsf-ria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ By studying how planarians re-form scientists may move one step closer to replacing human tissue and cells. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:37:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Toledo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/27gCjLMBscRptdFr894F7D-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Peter Reddien, Whitehead Institute for Medical Research (left); Jochen Rink, Max Planck Institute, and Hanh Thi-Kim Vu, Stowers Institute for Medical Research (right)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Flatworms’ stem cells (in color, left image) and excretory organs (pink clusters, right image) could provide insight into our own—and pave the way toward regenerative therapies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[planarians, worms, cell regeneration, stem cells, genes]]></media:text>
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