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This Compact PCR Test for Covid-19 Could Give Accurate Results in 15 Minutes

The speed and ease of the DASH testing platform would be a boon for screening efforts

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This Compact PCR Test for Covid-19 Could Give Accurate Results in 15 Minutes

This Lab-Grown Mini Heart Can Keep a Beat

Inflatable Origami Structures Could Someday Offer Emergency Shelter

How Opera Singing Is Helping Long-Haul Covid-19 Patients Recover

Drones Are Delivering Covid-19 Vaccines to Underserved Communities

Environment

Can Climate Fiction Writers Reach People in Ways That Scientists Can't?

New Chemical Process Turns Single-Use Plastics Into Fuels

This Ultra-White Paint May Someday Replace Air Conditioning

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Twenty-Four Ways to Turn Outdoor Passions Into Citizen Science

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Are 'Edible Landscapes' the Future of Public Parks?

Education

Gummy Candy-Like Models Can Help Students With Blindness Study Chemistry

New 'Oregon Trail' Game Revisits Westward Expansion From Native Perspective

How A.I. Is Helping Scholars Unlock the Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The World's First 3-D Printed School May Soon Be a Reality