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		Harnessing the power of viruses to improve wastewater treatment Researcher developing a system to isolate and replicate a natural phenomenon that removes pollutants and other contaminants Released  September 11, 2014
		A river runs through it: U.S. cities' waterways show consistent patterns of evolution Urban waters record salt in our food, cement in our sidewalks Released  September 10, 2014
		Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania Rare find of sauropod dinosaur skeleton from Africa Released  September 8, 2014
		Swallows of the western skies International team of researchers studies one slim bird to answer some big biological questions Released  September 5, 2014
		Labor Day Q&A: Opportunities in STEM Preparation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics offers broad range of career pathways Released  August 29, 2014
		Renowned scientist/conservationist Patricia Wright campaigns to save severely endangered lemurs Patricia Wright describes her passion for lemurs in a video interview Released  August 27, 2014
		Changing the shape and function of liquid metal Researchers study gallium to design adjustable electronic components, including new types of antennas Released  August 26, 2014
		Understanding how ancestors of today's mammals responded to climate change Research provides valuable insights for future environmental challenges Released  August 18, 2014
		Harvard University psychologists seek to unlock secrets of children's complex thinking Study aims to uncover processes that help improve theoretical knowledge Released  August 14, 2014
		Unlocking the secrets of children's complex thinking: The studies Researchers question how executive function influences the process of learning Released  August 14, 2014
		Fields Medal winner Manjul Bhargava: Mathematics is the pursuit of beauty Manjul Bhargava, winner of the 2014 Fields Medal, has developed new methods in the geometry of numbers Released  August 14, 2014
		Can our computers continue to get smaller and more powerful? University of Michigan computer scientist reviews frontier technologies to determine fundamental limits of computer scaling Released  August 13, 2014
		Citizen scientists take on problem of Pacific plastics Citizen science group COASST attacks massive problem of ocean garbage Released  August 11, 2014
		Rust villages of the deep: In Pele's shadow, iron oxide, or rust, comes to life Elaborate Hawaiian seamount structures built by iron-oxidizing microbes Released  August 7, 2014
		Studying the changes that cells and tissue undergo when a stent is introduced Research could improve prevention and treatment option for restenosis Released  August 7, 2014
		Mercury in the world's oceans: On the rise New results show three times as much in upper oceans since Industrial Revolution times Released  August 6, 2014
		With 'Plum Landing,' PBS uses apps to get kids outside Kids following the example of an animated purple alien named Plum have uploaded more than 70,000 photos and drawings of nature, says PBS Released  August 4, 2014
		Researchers investigate remarkable approach to desalination Rice scientists reprogram protein pairs; attempt to modify bacterial decisions Released  August 3, 2014
		Border crossing: 10 things to know about invasive fire ants on the march Are fire ants using habitat corridors to advance the front? Released  August 1, 2014
		Helping healthcare technologies communicate Doctor develops open-source software to link healthcare systems at home and in hospitals Released  August 1, 2014
		Complexity of eye-hand coordination Research helps understand how brain systems interact to carry out cognitive processes Released  August 1, 2014
		Healthcare that follows you from home to hospital and back University of Missouri researcher links fall detection system with other medical technologies at Smart America Expo Released  July 31, 2014
		Drones for disaster relief Texas researchers demonstrate unmanned aerial vehicles capable of providing wireless communications to storm-ravaged areas Released  July 29, 2014
		Local 3-D printing hubs bring manufacturing back to US NSF-supported start-up demonstrates method for finding, printing parts locally Released  July 28, 2014
		Quenching the world's water and energy crises, one tiny droplet at a time In pursuit of beetle biomimicry, NSF-funded engineers develop new, textured materials to trap and channel small amounts of liquid Released  July 24, 2014
		Tele-robotics puts robot power at your fingertips University of Washington research enables robot-assisted surgery and underwater spill prevention Released  July 23, 2014
		Dispatches from a connected future Researchers from academia, government and industry team up to create networked solutions to society's problems Released  July 22, 2014
		Transforming waste in order to transform people's lives Essentium Materials converts coconut husk fibers into materials for cars and homes Released  July 22, 2014
		New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals? Researchers discover natural clay deposits with antibacterial properties Released  July 17, 2014
		(Really) learning physics Sustained investment in 'peer instruction' leads to wide-scale use of innovative teaching practice in undergraduate physics education and a Minerva Prize for NSF-funded physicist Eric Mazur Released  July 16, 2014