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The 50 largest neurons of the adult fruit fly brain connectome.
Flip a switch on the wall, and it turns on a light across the room through a simple circuit. Now add 140,000 other switches and try and figure out…
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The U.S. National Science Foundation, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has…
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An avulsion is a river term referring to the rapid abandonment of a channel and the formation of a new one, often resulting in devastating flooding…
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Cave diver collects underwater calcite encrustations for the study.
When did humans colonize the western Mediterranean? New U.S. National Science Foundation -supported research shows that it may be much earlier than…
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All three research projects that received the 2024 Golden Goose Award celebrating the wide-ranging impact of federally funded research that has led to…
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How plants balance carbon dioxide intake with water loss in the face of rising temperatures has implications for water use in agriculture and the…
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The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom…
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"On behalf of the U.S. National Science Foundation, I extend my warmest congratulations to NSB Board Member Keivan Guadalupe Stassun on receiving the…
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The Network Coordination Hub for the National Network for Microelectronics Education will establish and operate regional nodes to offer consistent…
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