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Science Highlights

Strong and Resilient Synthetic Tendons Produced from Hydrogels (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 2")
A Framework for an Anti-Cancer Light Therapy (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 2")
Revealing Platinum's Role in Clean Fuel Conversion (Brookhaven National Laboratory news release)
Exploring New Ways to Fine Tune Strontium-Iridium-Oxide Thin Films for Spintronics (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 2")
The Structure of a Key Viral Enzyme Helps Identify Novel Drugs for Treatment of COVID-19 (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 1")
Earth’s Early Toxic Atmosphere (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 2")
Never-Before-Seen Antibody Binding, Informing Liver Cancer Antibody Design (Salk Institute for Biological Studies news article)
Relaxation at the Molecular Level (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 2")
A New Method for Probing Material Strength (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory article)
Synthesis of a Potent Antibiotic Follows an Unusual Chemical Pathway (Penn State press release)
Direct Observation of Piezomagnetic Domains in Uranium Dioxide using X-ray Diffraction in a Pulsed Magnetic Field (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Ironing Out Technetium Contamination (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory press release)
X-ray Tomography Reveals How Solid-State Batteries Charge and Discharge (Georgia Institute of Technology news release)
Inside the Black Box of Iron Oxide Formation (Washington University in St. Louis press release)
Nature Uses Springs and Latches to Overcome the Limitations of Muscles (To be published in "APS Science 2021, Volume 1")
How Tiny Compartments Could Have Preceded Cells (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering news story)
A New One-Step Process for Creating Self-Assembled Metamaterials (University of Minnesota research brief)
Discoveries from First SARS Outbreak Jump-Start COVID-19 Treatment Development (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 1")
Uncovering New Insights about the Brains of Individuals with Schizophrenia (To be published in "APS Science 2021, Volume 1")
New Promising Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 (University of Bonn press release)
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