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‘Brainless’ Robot Can Navigate Complex Obstacles
UW a lead partner on new NSF-funded earthquake research center
‘Broadband Prairie’ rural wireless project moves to public phase of researching, testing
Study connects greenhouse gas emissions to polar bear population declines, enabling greater protections under Endangered Species Act
Researchers prefer same-gender co-authors, UW study shows
‘Smart’ glasses skew power balance with non-wearers
Greenhouse gases are changing air flow over the Pacific Ocean – raising Australia’s risks of extreme weather
New modeling method helps to understand extreme heat waves
New Research Finds Way to Reduce Bias in Children
Chemists build synthetic catalysts to break down biomass like super enzymes
Hummingbird beak points the way to future micro machine design
In the Field: UW team to spend six weeks visiting deep-ocean observatory
City-dwelling wildlife demonstrate ‘urban trait syndrome’
Carbon dioxide – not water – triggers explosive volcanoes
Mineralization of bone matrix regulates tumor cell growth
Researchers building green fertilizer system to reuse wastes, cut greenhouse gas emissions
Ludwig Lausanne study illuminates a potentially exploitable coordination of gene expression across the tumor microenvironment
Current takes surprising path in quantum material
Researchers prefer same-gender co-authors, study confirms
New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
Researchers find little evidence of cheating with online, unsupervised exams
Researchers Grow High Quality Superconductor, Find Resilience Against Magnetic Fields
Imaging shows how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic
New Robot Boosts Solar Energy Research
Gene variation makes apple trees ‘weep,’ improving orchards
Researchers put new twist on graphite
Using data for policy decisions: NSF funds economics study
Sydney astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves
ISU sets annual research funding record, attracts $530.5 million in total external funding
Unused renewable energy option for powering NFT trade
UW-developed dental lozenge could provide permanent treatment for tooth sensitivity 
High-resolution map of the human placenta reveals COVID virus hideouts
Machine learning enhances X-ray imaging of nanotextures
Seismologists study Earth’s core using nuclear monitoring system
Online ‘sexual double standard’ disadvantages women
Is Our Phosphorus Use Sustainable? Most Stakeholders Doubt It
How do we decide which coral species to underwrite in a warming future?
After 15 years, gravitational waves detected as cosmic ‘hum’
Life beyond certain death: astronomers find a planet that shouldn’t be there
Astronomers puzzled by ‘planet that shouldn’t exist’
New Tool Predicts Crop Yields in Southeast
Researchers make a quantum computing leap with a magnetic twist
Cornell partners in NSF grant to connect multi-messenger astrophysics research worldwide
Study unveils policy insights for reshoring EV battery production
Metaverse could put dent in global warming
Dark energy study releases first insights
Astronomers find new multi-planet system that resembles the fictional desert Star Wars planet, Tatooine
Scientists Map Complete Genome of Millet