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07/19/2018
X-ray Data May Be First Evidence of a Star Devouring a Planet

New data may explain star’s mysterious dimming.

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07/17/2018
A Multifunctional, Multiscale, Reconfigurable Surface

Composite surface has features that can move microparticles, mix droplets, repel biofilms and more.

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07/16/2018
Rogue Neutrino Likely Came From Supermassive Black Hole, Scientists Say

UChicago scientists in VERITAS collaboration help confirm source of unusual neutrino.

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07/12/2018
Next-Generation Robotic Cockroach Can Explore Underwater Environments

'HAMR’ can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.

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07/12/2018
Could Gravitational Waves Reveal How Fast Our Universe is Expanding?

Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.

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07/11/2018
Deep in the Fly Brain, a Clue to How Evolution Changes Minds

Scientists probed how males manage to pick out members of their own species from the multitude of flies crowding around an overripe fruit.

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07/11/2018
New Study in Electric Fish Reveals Brain Mechanisms for Distinguishing Self from Other

Columbia research identifies neural-circuit activity in fish that could inform studies of sensory disorders such as tinnitus.

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07/11/2018
AGU & AAS Awarded Joint Grant from The Kavli Foundation to Foster Understanding of Exoplanets

Cooperative effort will boost exoplanet science by integrating the work of the AGU’s and AAS’s scientific communities.

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07/06/2018
Oil and Water at the Neuronal Synapse

Synaptic vesicles organize themselves into a liquid compartment within the nerve terminal, much as oil does when mixed with water.

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06/29/2018
New Brain Cells Increase Resilience to Stress

The study, in mice, shows that the newly formed neurons dampen the effects of stress on the hippocampus.

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