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Luckily, the mussel is not in the Eastern Sierra yet, and its introduction is “not inevitable,” according to CDFW Fisheries Supervisor Nick Buckmaster, who presented at both the Eastern Sierra Council ...

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

A class of ultrasmall fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles developed at Cornell is showing an unexpected ability to ...

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Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected breakdown of nuclear order in a remarkably symmetric atom, challenging long-standing ideas about where such effects can occur.

Kevin Byard III remembers how badly the Chicago Bears lost to the Detroit Lions in Week 2, but also how, in the aftermath, Ben Johnson didn’t lose it. Johnson, the former Lions offensive coordinator, ...