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Cities Built On River Sediment Are Sinking

Using high-resolution satellite data for a global analysis of major river deltas, researchers found that 45% of those studied are sinking faster than the rate of sea-level rise.

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Simulating microgravity conditions for crystal growth

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Promising applications of vanadium-based materials

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Polylactic acid’s deforming characteristics challenge assumptions about brittleness as a property

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Building a better virtual nerve

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Assessing the wakes of unconventional marine propellers

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Creating reference data for studying type I collagen

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Personalized electrode placement for spinal cord injury rehabilitation

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Exploring water transport in fractured nanotubes internal name

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Exploring water transport in fractured nanotubes

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A new phase of sensing phase change materials

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Bioelectronics promise improved treatment for the single most aggressive brain cancer internal name

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Bioelectronics promise improved treatment for the single most aggressive brain cancer

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Simulations show anisotropy in graphene when under strong bending conditions

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Gallium-based liquid metal display can be written on and erased with voltage internal name

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Gallium-based liquid metal display can be written on and erased with voltage

MAR 13, 2026

Multi-objective algorithm speeds up UAV search-and-rescue internal name

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Multi-objective algorithm speeds up UAV search-and-rescue

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Asteroid Didymos’s Orbit Altered by Impact on its Moon

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Probing the Cosmic Web

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Featured Image: A Treasure Trove of Strong Lenses

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Matching pipe organs to room acoustics

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Senators Grill NIST Director Nominee

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Federal Science Workforce Declines Sharply Under Trump

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Work Continues on New NSF HQ

FEB 20, 2026

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Charles Thorn Awarded 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

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Annual Marian H. Rose Research Scholarship Awarded to Lucciana Mikaela Cáceres Holgado

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Alice Shapley Wins 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

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