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Diversity on teams leads to positive outcomes, but not for all
Individuals on teams of diverse people working together can have better outcomes than those on teams…
Metal oxide-infused membranes could offer low-energy alternative for chemical separations
Chemical manufacturers consume a massive amount of energy each year separating and refining feedstocks to make…
Coaching scientists to play well together
When scientists from different disciplines collaborate—as is increasingly necessary to confront the complexity of challenging research…
NASA's Webb Telescope shines with American ingenuity
To send humans to the Moon 50 years ago, an entire nation rose to the challenge.…
Jurassic fossil shows how early mammals could swallow like their modern descendants
The 165-million-year-old fossil of Microdocodon gracilis, a tiny, shrew-like animal, shows the earliest example of modern…
New low-cost thermoelectric material works at room temperature
Has your steering wheel been too hot to touch this summer? A new thermoelectric material reported…
China's plans to solve the mysteries of the moon
Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, the world watched as Neil Armstrong walked on the…
New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets
Inventors of centuries past and scientists of today have found ingenious ways to make our lives…
'Crystal clocks' used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions
The molten rock that feeds volcanoes can be stored in the Earth’s crust for as long…