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Better storm surge prediction capabilities could help reduce the impacts of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes.

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Better storm surge prediction capabilities could help reduce the impacts of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes.

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Scientists find that water-related energy consumption is increasing across the globe, with pronounced differences across regions and sectors.

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Scientists find that water-related energy consumption is increasing across the globe, with pronounced differences across regions and sectors.

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Understanding interactions among organisms in complex microbial communities sheds new light on a globally significant environmental process.

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Understanding interactions among organisms in complex microbial communities sheds new light on a globally significant environmental process.

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Researchers discover the first CRISPR-Cas9 system in archaea, which may enable new technologies for biological research.

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Researchers discover the first CRISPR-Cas9 system in archaea, which may enable new technologies for biological research.

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Feedbacks of clouds on climate change strongly influence the magnitude of global warming.

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Feedbacks of clouds on climate change strongly influence the magnitude of global warming.

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New publicly available database of DNA viruses and retroviruses debuts.

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New publicly available database of DNA viruses and retroviruses debuts.

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Bombarding a material with high-energy charged atoms heals, rather than damages, the atomic structure, which could lead to longer-lasting components for extreme environments.

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Bombarding a material with high-energy charged atoms heals, rather than damages, the atomic structure, which could lead to longer-lasting components for extreme environments.

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Sticky molecules hop aboard oily floaters and may influence the amount of sunlight reflected by marine clouds.

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Sticky molecules hop aboard oily floaters and may influence the amount of sunlight reflected by marine clouds.

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Microscopic understanding offers fresh directions for discovering new materials to transmit energy without loss.

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Microscopic understanding offers fresh directions for discovering new materials to transmit energy without loss.

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Separating chemicals is vital to manufacturing, water quality, and more. The relatively thick nature and inefficiency of separation techniques increases energy use. Scientists reconfigured thin films precisely to produce valuable materials by design.

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Separating chemicals is vital to manufacturing, water quality, and more. The relatively thick nature and inefficiency of separation techniques increases energy use. Scientists reconfigured thin films precisely to produce valuable materials by design.

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Computer-designed molecular complex can be used in halogen-free electrolytes for batteries with superior performance.

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Computer-designed molecular complex can be used in halogen-free electrolytes for batteries with superior performance.

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Scientists identified defects responsible for detrimental blinking that limits nanoparticle use in LEDs, solar cells, and lasers.

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Scientists identified defects responsible for detrimental blinking that limits nanoparticle use in LEDs, solar cells, and lasers.

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Disentanglement reveals exotic magnetic properties in a ytterbium-based compound. The discovery provides yet another magnetic property that could be harnessed. These properties could aid in new approaches to high-performance computing and energy-efficient technologies.

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Disentanglement reveals exotic magnetic properties in a ytterbium-based compound. The discovery provides yet another magnetic property that could be harnessed. These properties could aid in new approaches to high-performance computing and energy-efficient technologies.

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Scientists experimentally validated the predicted damage mechanism for materials in nuclear energy environments.

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Scientists experimentally validated the predicted damage mechanism for materials in nuclear energy environments.

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Scientists apprehended the atomic-scale, microscopic mechanism that limits light emission in LED lighting.

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Scientists apprehended the atomic-scale, microscopic mechanism that limits light emission in LED lighting.

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Using a needle far thinner than a human hair, scientists reversibly changed a material’s hardness by up to 30 percent promises new functionalities for microphones and sensors.

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Using a needle far thinner than a human hair, scientists reversibly changed a material’s hardness by up to 30 percent promises new functionalities for microphones and sensors.

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Understanding how brown rot fungi degrade wood could lead to new tools for more efficient biofuel production.

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Understanding how brown rot fungi degrade wood could lead to new tools for more efficient biofuel production.

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For the first time, scientists analyzed the genetic material of surface microbes that are colonizing the deep subsurface, where they are adapting and thriving.

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For the first time, scientists analyzed the genetic material of surface microbes that are colonizing the deep subsurface, where they are adapting and thriving.

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Powerful new computational methods now enable scientists to design a virtually unlimited variety of hyperstable peptide structures not found in nature. This research opens a new frontier in drug discovery.

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Powerful new computational methods now enable scientists to design a virtually unlimited variety of hyperstable peptide structures not found in nature. This research opens a new frontier in drug discovery.

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Some global models underestimate the mean age of soil carbon. This underestimation results in an overestimation of soil’s carbon sequestration potential.

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Some global models underestimate the mean age of soil carbon. This underestimation results in an overestimation of soil’s carbon sequestration potential.

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New model reveals the significant role of microbes in oceanic nutrient and energy cycling. The results of this work significantly improve the crude models of microbial activity in important oceanic zones and provide holistic insights into how microbes drive nutrient and energy flow.

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New model reveals the significant role of microbes in oceanic nutrient and energy cycling. The results of this work significantly improve the crude models of microbial activity in important oceanic zones and provide holistic insights into how microbes drive nutrient and energy flow.

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Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that a complex with a proton pathway and stabilized by outer coordination sphere interactions is reversible for hydrogen production/oxidation at room temperature and pressure.

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Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that a complex with a proton pathway and stabilized by outer coordination sphere interactions is reversible for hydrogen production/oxidation at room temperature and pressure.

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Seeding x-ray free electron lasers with customized electron beams produces incredibly stable laser pulses that could enable new scientific discoveries.

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Seeding x-ray free electron lasers with customized electron beams produces incredibly stable laser pulses that could enable new scientific discoveries.

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Researchers found that the metal-organic framework NU-1000 allows separation of toxic furanics from sugars, which is necessary for efficient ethanol production.

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Researchers found that the metal-organic framework NU-1000 allows separation of toxic furanics from sugars, which is necessary for efficient ethanol production.

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Scientists replace iron in muscle protein, combining the best aspects of chemical and biological catalysts for enhanced production of chemicals and fuels.

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Scientists replace iron in muscle protein, combining the best aspects of chemical and biological catalysts for enhanced production of chemicals and fuels.