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Scientists are baffled by this magnet. Shooting it with lasers might help.

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Scientists are baffled by this magnet. Shooting it with lasers might help.

Billions of tons of plastic are choking the ocean. She’s here to help clean it up.

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Billions of tons of plastic are choking the ocean. She’s here to help clean it up.

We know exercise is good for your skin. This protein mimics some of those anti-aging effects in mice.

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We know exercise is good for your skin. This protein mimics some of those anti-aging effects in mice.

This quantum physicist is on a quest to discover the inner workings of subatomic particles

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This quantum physicist is on a quest to discover the inner workings of subatomic particles

Chemists are training machine learning algorithms used by Facebook and Google to find new molecules

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Chemists are training machine learning algorithms used by Facebook and Google to find new molecules

Superconductor or not? They’re exploring the identity crisis of this weird quantum material.

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Superconductor or not? They’re exploring the identity crisis of this weird quantum material.

New stable isotope analysis questions the origin of black carbon in the ocean

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New stable isotope analysis questions the origin of black carbon in the ocean

A new antibiotic has been hiding in the gut of a tiny worm. It may be our best weapon against drug-resistant bacteria.

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A new antibiotic has been hiding in the gut of a tiny worm. It may be our best weapon against drug-resistant bacteria.

This exotic crystal is fueling the quantum revolution
Arun Bansil, a theoretical physicist at Northeastern, has discovered new properties in the chemical element bismuth that could prevent supercomputers from frying and enable the production of low power electronics. Photo by iStock

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This exotic crystal is fueling the quantum revolution

Natural shoreline barriers on US coasts play a key role in protecting coastal communities from storms like Hurricane Dorian
This satellite image, taken on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Hurricane Dorian moving off the east coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA via AP

Natural shoreline barriers on US coasts play a key role in protecting coastal communities from storms like Hurricane Dorian

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Here’s why that matters.
Neri dos Santos Silva watches an encroaching fire threat after digging trenches to keep the flames from spreading to the farm he works on, in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recently authorized use of the military to battle the massive blazes. AP Photo/Leo Correa

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Here’s why that matters.

Nearly eight million tons of plastic are missing from our oceans. New research shines some light on what may be happening.

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Nearly eight million tons of plastic are missing from our oceans. New research shines some light on what may be happening.