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An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

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Elliot Levin has his work schedule down to a science. Mondays are all about assessment. As San Francisco State University’s greenhouse manager, he walks through the various bays of the nearly ...

And if you've ever driven by and wondered about its history, the first hint is in the building's name: It was originally the headquarters of the California Artificial Flower Company. Calart ...

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The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows ...