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With ultracold chemistry, researchers get first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction

Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming carbon dioxide for growth

A new theory for how black holes and neutron stars shine bright

High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy

Humans co-evolved with immune-related diseases -- and it's still happening

New way to identify, manipulate topological metals for spintronics

A new theory for how black holes and neutron stars shine bright

Biodiversity and wind energy

Glass from a 3D printer

Big trucks, little emissions

Building a better battery with machine learning

Milestone in quantum standardization

Smooth operator: When earnings management is a good thing

A record-setting transistor

Swiss army knife for genome research

Space travel can make the gut leaky

Extra-terrestrial impacts may have triggered 'bursts' of plate tectonics

First recording of a blue whale's heart rate

Dangerous bacteria communicate to avoid antibiotics

What keeps cells in shape? New research points to two types of motion

Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn

Ultrafast quantum simulations: A new twist to an old approach

New study looks to biological enzymes as source of hydrogen fuel

Tendon stem cells could revolutionize injury recovery

Using fungi to search for medical drugs

Study paves way to better understanding, treatment of arthritis

Babies in the womb may see more than we thought

Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn

Liquid-liquid transitions crystallize new ideas for molecular liquids

High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy

Wearable sweat sensor detects gout-causing compounds

Novel tactile display using computer-controlled surface adhesion

Using gene scissors to detect diseases

Self-assembling system uses magnets to mimic specific binding in DNA

Ammonia synthesis made easy with 2D catalyst

Novel memory device can be written on and read out optically or electrically

Ultrafast quantum simulations: A new twist to an old approach

New study looks to biological enzymes as source of hydrogen fuel

New metallic material for flexible soft robots

Scratching the surface of perovskites

Bizarre worlds orbiting a black hole?

Scientists discover surprising quantum effect in an exotic superconductor

How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

New twist in quest to develop understanding of time crystalline behavior

Using artificial intelligence to determine whether immunotherapy is working

Clear, conductive coating could protect advanced solar cells, touch screens

Small, fast, and highly energy-efficient memory device inspired by lithium-ion batteries

Efficient bottom-up synthesis of new perovskite material for the production of ammonia

Protection for pacemakers

The simultaneous merging of giant galaxies

NASA space data can cut disaster response times, costs

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes

Universal features of music around the world

New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft

Tiny devices made of DNA detect cancer with fewer false alarms

New technology developed to improve forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis

New method for using spin waves in magnetic materials

Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical

Filaments that structure DNA

Deep learning to analyze neurological problems

Chemists create new route to PHAs: Naturally degradable bioplastics

Mathematician develops model to control spread of aquatic invasive species

Scientists help soldiers figure out what robots know

New antenna tech to equip ceramic coatings with heat radiation control

Boosting 5G technology

Study probes relationship between strange metals and high-temperature superconductors

Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage

New machine learning algorithms offer safety and fairness guarantees

Bone breakthrough may lead to more durable airplane wings

Rise of the bots: Team completes first census of Wikipedia bots

Theory of pore-scale transport to enable improved flow batteries

Breaking (and restoring) graphene's symmetry in a twistable electronics device

New hybrid device can both capture and store solar energy

Soft skin-like robots you can put in your pocket

First evidence of bio-essential sugars in meteorites

Are hiring algorithms fair? They're too opaque to tell, study finds

Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease

Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life

Energy research: Economizing on iridium

'Self-cleaning' concrete could keep buildings looking new

Photoinitiators detected in human breast milk

Smart buildings face challenges but have plenty of potential

Highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst ever

Estimating the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining

Making tiny antennas for wearable electronics

4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses

New water-based optical device revolutionizes the field of optics research

System locates shooters using smartphone video

'Epidermal VR' gives technology a human touch

Astronomers discover most energetic gamma-ray burst ever

A super-fast 'light switch' for future cars and computers

Turning up the heat to create new nanostructured metals

Bot can beat humans in multiplayer hidden-role games

Highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst ever

To navigate, flies make flexible mental maps of the world

Researchers design an improved pathway to carbon-neutral plastics

Emissions from electricity generation lead to premature deaths for some racial groups

Machine learning microscope adapts lighting to improve diagnosis

Icebergs as a source of nutrients

This humidity digester breathes in atmospheric water and exhales energy

Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally

Outback telescope captures Milky Way center, discovers remnants of dead stars

Caught in the act: MeerKAT telescope spies stellar flare

Study on surface damage to vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds

Scientists find evidence of missing neutron star

First high-speed straight motion of magnetic skyrmion at room temperature demonstrated

Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties

Atoms, molecules or even living cells can be manipulated with light beams

Light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark matter

Artificial intelligence algorithm can learn the laws of quantum mechanics

Complex organ models grown in the lab

Scientists engineer 'Venus flytrap' bio-sensors to snare pollutants

Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot

Decarbonizing the power sector

Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed

How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of 'comet crumbs'

New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water

Researchers bring gaming to autonomous vehicles

Hot electrons harvested without tricks

Novel Direct Thermal Charging Cell Converts low-grade waste heat to usable electricity

Discovery in ferroelectric material reveals unique property, application potential

Blowing bubbles: Scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas

Don't confuse luck with skill when rewarding performance

Quantum light improves sensitivity of biological measurements

A four-way switch promises greater tunability of layered materials

Synthetic biologists developing a new class of high-performance materials

Quantum computers learn to mark their own work

Pollution from Athabasca oil sands affects weather processes

Kick-starting Moore's Law? New 'synthetic' method for making microchips could help

Learning from traditional Indian building techniques

How to observe a 'black hole symphony' using gravitational wave astronomy

How much energy do we really need?

Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study

Amazon deforestation and number of fires show summer of 2019 not a 'normal' year

Ketogenic diet helps tame flu virus

The difference between an expert's brain and a novice's

Scientists show how perovskite solar cells can capture more electricity

Foam offers way to manipulate light

Spin doctors: Astrophysicists find when galaxies rotate, size matters

Better understanding of soft artificial muscles

Squid camouflage may lead to next gen of bio-inspired synthetic materials

Doctors give electronic health records an 'F'

Central mysteries of solar physics

Digital media has damaging impact on reintegration of 'white collar' criminals

Wearable and implantable devices may transform care for patients with kidney failure

Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life

Gallium-based solvating agent efficiently analyzes optically active alcohols

Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas'

Modeling every building in America starts with Chattanooga

Two cosmic peacocks show violent history of the magellanic clouds

The ways astronauts prep for spaceflight could benefit cancer patients, say researchers

New material breaks world record turning heat into electricity

Engineers find bottlebrush copolymers can be tailored for applications

Computer scientists develop new tool that generates videos from themed text

Micro-rubber in the environment

Observing changes in chirality of molecules in real time

Researchers create and stabilize pure polymeric nitrogen using plasma

Human-machine interactions: Bots are more successful if they impersonate humans

New study dispels myths about what makes youth sports fun for kids

Inoculating against the spread of viral misinformation

NASA's Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossils

NASA's Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossils

'Are we alone?' Study refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable

Bionic pacemaker slows progression of heart failure

Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan

Mysteries behind interstellar buckyballs finally answered

Ancient Egyptians gathered birds from the wild for sacrifice and mummification

Experts unlock key to photosynthesis, a find that could help us meet food security demands

Fault-slip: AI to simulate tectonic plate deformation

Black hole mergers: Cooking with gas

Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets

Multimaterial 3D printing manufactures complex objects, fast

Insulin can increase mosquitoes' immunity to West Nile virus

Could cytotoxic T-cells be a key to longevity?

Turning (more) fat and sewage into natural gas

Theoretical tubulanes inspire ultrahard polymers

The smell of old books could help preserve them

World's oldest glue used from prehistoric times till the days of the Gauls

Researchers capture moving object with ghost imaging

Research to make (fun) multi-player gaming an educational experience

Perovskite solar cells: Possible aspects of high efficiency uncovered

Laser: Multi-millijoule 3-cycle pulses at 318 W generated

Artificial intelligence to run the chemical factories of the future

Distant worlds under many suns

Novel mathematical framework provides a deeper understanding of how drugs interact

Stretchable, degradable semiconductors

Climate impact of hydropower varies widely

Epitaxially-grown molybdenum oxide advances as a bulk-like 2D dielectric layer

Elucidation of cause of electromagnetic noise allows for EM noise-less electric circuits

Environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines

Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids

AI to determine when to intervene with your driving

Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts

Deep learning expands study of nuclear waste remediation

Visualizing heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings

New exploration method for geothermal energy

Superconducting wind turbine chalks up first test success

Magnetic tuning at the nanoscale

Esports gamers face same level of psychological pressure as pro-athletes

At future Mars landing spot, scientists spy mineral that could preserve signs of past life

A runaway star ejected from the galactic heart of darkness

Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brain

Too much ultra-processed food linked to lower heart health

Brains of girls and boys are similar, producing equal math ability

Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with x-rays and infrared light

Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brain

New spin directions in pyrite an encouraging sign for future spintronics

Getting glued in the sea

Study shows where global renewable energy investments have greatest benefits

Materials help photodetectors see the light

Larger than life: Augmented ants

A fast and precise look into fiber-reinforced composites

Injectable, flexible electrode could replace rigid nerve-stimulating implants

Scientists develop sensor to save children, pets left in vehicles

Fingerprint test can distinguish between those who have taken or handled heroin

New catalyst efficiently produces hydrogen from seawater

Scientists study impact of sediments and nutrients from Conowingo Dam on Chesapeake Bay

New particle analysis technique paves way for better air pollution monitoring

Using mountains for long-term energy storage

Large scale integrated circuits produced in printing press

Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts

Putting a conservation finger on the internet's pulse

Quitting Facebook could boost exam results

Non-volatile control of magnetic anisotropy through change of electric polarization

Magnets for the second dimension

Hubble captures a dozen sunburst arc doppelgangers

Hubble captures a dozen sunburst arc doppelgangers

CRISPR: More than just for gene editing?

Free Internet access should be a basic human right: Study

Better biosensor technology created for stem cells

A distinct spin on atomic transport

Scientists further refine how quickly the universe is expanding

Turbulence creates ice in clouds

Machine learning enhances light-beam performance at the advanced light source

Immersion in virtual reality scenes of the Arctic helps to ease people's pain

New weapon in fight against lethal fungi

Automated wearable artificial kidney may improve peritoneal dialysis

New photonic liquid crystals could lead to next-generation displays

US economy to expand, but at a slower pace, reaching about 2% growth in 2020

Scientists take action to prevent sexual harassment and bias

Modified CRISPR gene editing tool could improve therapies for HIV, sickle cell disease

New X-ray technology could revolutionize how doctors identify abnormalities

How climate change will affect hydropower production in Canada

Scientists take strides towards entirely renewable energy

No more traffic blues for information transfer: Decongesting wireless channels

Ion transfer principles of salinity gradient power generation technology

Ancient gas cloud reveals universe's first stars formed quickly

'Pac-Man-like' mergers could explain massive, spinning black holes

Liver-chip identifies drug toxicities in human, rat, and dog models

Aviation emissions' impacts on air quality larger than on climate, study finds

Using AI to predict where and when lightning will strike

Brains of girls and boys are similar, producing equal math ability

Researchers model avalanches in two dimensions

Sounds of mosquito mating rituals could lead to quieter drones

Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to 'grow' like a plant

Human heart cells are altered by spaceflight, but return to (mostly) normal on Earth

New measurement yields smaller proton radius

New model for the way humans localize sounds

Microbes harvest electrons: Novel process discovered

Data-driven definition of unhealthy yet pervasive 'hyper-palatable' foods

Why is ice so slippery?

Chemists observe 'spooky' quantum tunneling

Any amount of running linked to significantly lower risk of early death

Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain

Rewritable optical components for 2D light waves

Galactic fountains and carousels: Order emerging from chaos

AI could help diagnose dogs suffering from chronic pain and Chiari-like malformation

Geoscientists hope to make induced earthquakes predictable

Showing robots 'tough love' helps them succeed

Microbes harvest electrons: Novel process discovered

Investigation of oceanic 'black carbon' uncovers mystery in global carbon cycle

Go with the flow: Scientists design new grid batteries for renewable energy

Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business

Go with the flow: Scientists design new grid batteries for renewable energy

Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business

Simulated sunlight reveals how 98% of plastics at sea go missing each year

PFASs from ski wax bioaccumulate at Nordic resort

Spiders and ants inspire a metallic structure that refuses to sink

Chemists' surprising discovery of nanoconfined reactions could aid catalytic design

AI learns to design

On the way to intelligent microrobots

New measurement yields smaller proton radius

When managing a company, less is more

Study questions video games' effects on violent behavior

Physics of windshield-cracking raindrops could demolish kidney stones

Why did the turtles cross the highway? They didn't, but they still might be impacted

Nanoparticle orientation offers a way to enhance drug delivery

'Intelligent' metamaterial makes MRIs affordable and accessible