Discovery & Inventions

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ICYMI – September’s Research News Highlights from NSF

‘Forever chemicals’ destroyed by simple method

New process causes PFAS to degrade into benign end products

‘Beautiful swimmers’ attack at low tide

Researchers observe blue crabs ambushing fiddler crabs from shallow, water-filled pits

Mimicking termites to generate new materials

Researchers design new materials that mimic the fundamental rules in nature’s growth patterns

Reintroducing bison to grasslands increases plant diversity, drought resilience, study finds

Bison were once an integral part of North American grasslands

Thinking like a cyber-attacker to protect user data

Researchers develop defense mechanisms against attacks targeting interconnection of chips in computers

Researchers develop an integrated method to measure stability during walking

Using mechanical energetics to study stability while walking provides insights into why and when people fall

Burying short sections of power lines could drastically reduce hurricanes’ impact on coastal residents

People living near coasts more likely to experience heat waves while grappling with power outages

Snailfish study reveals highest expression levels of antifreeze proteins ever reported

Study shows ‘unprecedented’ changes to world’s rivers

Researchers find that dams and land use are altering flows of sediment

Sharpest image to date of universe’s most massive known star

This star and possibly other colossal stars may be less massive than previously thought