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A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a ...

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Damian, one of my eighth-graders, left me a note on our digital bulletin board: “Science is my favorite class every year!” His classmate Amelia replied with “Me 2!!!” Damian is sure he’s headed for a ...

Maryland-based InventWood has created a high-strength “Superwood.” - Courtesy InventWood A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish ...

Climate Whale Acoustics Isabelle Brandicourt, a graduate student at the University of Washington School of Oceanography, prepares to deploy a 1.3-mile fiber-optic cable to test whether internet cables ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to test whether internet cables can monitor ...