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Thwaites Glacier won’t collapse like dominoes as feared, study finds, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is stable
Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
Space missions are getting more complex − lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft management in orbit
The mystic and the mathematician: What the towering 20th-century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s math educators
Kress-Gazit to lead Engineering diversity initiatives, academic affairs
Timely responses – even from a car – drive babies’ learning
Electric Bandage Holds Promise for Treating Chronic Wounds
‘Amphibious’ Sensors Make New, Waterproof Technologies Possible
NSF and partners promote the transition to a circular economy in advanced materials
Kourkoutis’ cryo-imaging continues to drive quantum discoveries
Researchers Solve Long-Standing Challenge for Piezoelectric Materials
Love for cats lures students into this course, which uses feline research to teach science
CAPTCHAs: The struggle to tell real humans from fake
Colorado State University Joins CROPPS
A new ‘guest star’ will appear in the sky in 2024 − a space scientist explains how nova events work and where to look
Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study finds
Iceland’s recent volcanic eruptions driven by pooling magma are set to last centuries into the future
Nitrogen emissions have a net cooling effect. But researchers warn against a climate solution
How a ‘Digital Twin’ Can Make Wireless Networks Faster, More Reliable
New 3D reconstruction method aids analysis of property-defining defects
Spontaneous supercrystal discovered in switching metal-insulator
3D Printing Of Light-Activated Hydrogel Actuators
Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
Republicans wary of Republicans – how politics became a clue about infection risk during the pandemic
Iowa State research sets funding record; total external funding increases to $544.6 million
Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe has aged
AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts
What do storm chasers really do? Two tornado scientists take us inside the chase and tools for studying twisters
Economist To Study Collective Action With NSF Grant
Wolves’ return has had only small impact on deer populations in NE Washington, study shows
Bio-based tool quickly detects concerning coronavirus variants
To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
Portable Engine Can Power Artificial Muscles in Assistive Devices
Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk
Unlocking World Of Bacteria
Mechanical Computer Relies On Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics
Trio of women engineers honoured by UNSW as prestigious Ada Lovelace Medal is awarded
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island
Simons Observatory begins measurements to probe Big Bang inflation
Lynn Conway was a trans woman in tech − and underappreciated for decades after she helped launch the computing revolution
Backdoor method creates high-entropy material at lower temps
Digital public archaeology: Excavating data from digs done decades ago and connecting with today’s communities
Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change
New Technique Improves AI Ability to Map 3D Space With 2D Cameras
AI-Powered Simulation Training Improves Human Performance in Robotic Exoskeletons