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10 early-career scientists tackling some of the biggest problems of today

Scientists are problem solvers. They devise ways to tap new resources for building electric vehicles and...

HIV and illicit drugs are a bad mix. This scientist found an unexpected reason why

It was as a Ph.D. student that Dionna Williams realized the fundamental flaws in how medical science...

By studying the eyes, a researcher explores how the brain sorts information

A cyclist is pedaling down the street. Signs, trees and fire hydrants whip by. As they bike...

This biophysicist’s work could one day let doctors control immune cells

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

Why this physicist is bringing thermodynamics to the quantum age

Picture Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airships. Steam-powered robots crowd the streets, mingling with...

A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped sources

Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem:...

Why Women Get Migraines More Than Men

Migraine attacks are no ordinary headache. They can cause intense pain and sickness, lasting hours or even...

In Praise of Climate Virtue Signaling

What separates a good leader from the merely adequate? The question stalks the business section of bookshops...

New Evidence Shows Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Nearly a century ago, the physicist Erwin Schrödinger...

America’s Dairy Farms Have Vanished

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Milton Orr looked across the rolling...

California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A new...

The Titan Submersible Disaster Hearings Paint a Damning Picture

Four days, 10 witnesses, and dozens of exhibits in the US Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation...
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