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A pair of comets partially melt as they collide in an inset image, lower right, with the system’s young star and accretion disk in the background.
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Thomas Müller (MPIA/HdA)
Scientist imagine the scene when two comets collided in the Fomalhaut system, only 25 light years from Earth.

Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star

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‘Going green always wins’: Bruce Lipshutz makes the case for green chemistry in drug manufacturing for low-income countries
Sand dunes surround palms, trees, shrubs and a small lake in the UAE.
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A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.

Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems
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Shuji Nakamura to be inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame
Fishing boats in Peru
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Renato Molina

Expanding marine reserves will redistribute global fishing effort
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Four junior faculty members win Sloan Research Fellowships
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Monarch butterflies undertake a multigenerational migration that covers thousands of miles

Neurobiologist Sung Soo Kim receives 2024 Scholar Award from McKnight Foundation
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Matt Perko
The small, wearable device is part of a system that monitors drug concentrations and delivers accurate dosages

New drug delivery technology promises more accurate dosing
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Chasing quantum ‘magic’: Andrea Young receives $2 million award to develop a more stable quantum architecture
Yellowtail dascyllus and other tropical fish swim by a cauliflower coral in American Samoa.
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Damselfish like these yellowtail dascyllus have an outsized effect on reefs compared to their humble proportions.

Coral reefs: battlegrounds for survival in a changing climate
researchers working with Senegalese partners
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UCSB geographer David López-Carr, center left, and Stanford University health and environmental scientist Andrea Lund, center right, working with Senegalese partners

Research and efforts to combat schistosomiasis earn geographer David López-Carr several high-profile awards
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Investigating the extraordinary thermoelectric properties of cadmium arsenide thin films
David Valentine
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David Valentine

Discoveries from Disasters: A conversation with oceanographer David Valentine
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