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Cassini Releases Image of Earth Waving at Saturn

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From more than 40 countries and 30 U.S. states, people around the world shared more than 1,400 images of...

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An Organized Approach to 3D Tissue Engineering: IBN’s novel technique brings researchers closer to viable organ implants

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Schematic diagram illustrating the concept of a prevascularized hydrogel. The adjacent fibers could be used to pattern other cell types...

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Overshoot Day: Still Living Beyond Our Means

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Keya Chatterjee, director of renewable energy and footprint outreach, about Global Footprint Network announcement that humanity has exhausted Earth’s resource budget for the year.

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Littlest Continent Had Biggest Role in Sea Level Drop

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Changes in Australia's mass as reported by data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (...

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Open access to research publications reaching 'tipping point', said European Commission

The global shift towards making research findings available free of charge for readers—so-called 'open access'—was confirmed in a study funded by the European Commission. This new research suggests that open access is reaching the tipping point, with...

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‘Groovy’ hologram creates strange state of light at visible and invisible wavelengths: Nanostructured device controls the intensity, phase, and polarization of light for wide applications in optics

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A new three-in-one optical element can control light’s amplitude, phase, and polarization through a wedding of old-fashioned holograms and...

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Lead Exposure Tied to Early Risk of School Suspension

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ALMA Takes Close Look at Drama of Starbirth

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have obtained a vivid close-up view of material...

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