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AAAS announces leading scientists elected as 2020 fellows (contd.)
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Mattress flammability standard is a lifesaver, NIST report finds
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Time to rethink predicting pandemic infection rates?
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In a pandemic, migration away from dense cities more effective than closing borders
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Massive dataset reveals which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
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Smart devices to schedule electricity use may prevent blackouts
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5 mistakes people make when sharing COVID-19 data visualizations on Twitter
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Drug screening at far higher throughput
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Terminator salvation? New machine learning program to accelerate clean energy generation
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AI helps detect brain aneurysms on CT angiography
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The Charlesworth Group strengthens Hindawi partnership in China
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Mathematical modeling of processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and depression
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UMass Amherst research compares sensitivity of all genes to chemical exposure
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Study reveals robust performance in aged detonator explosive
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