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ICYMI – August’s Research News Highlights from NSF

Tracking ships’ icy paths amid climate change

Sea ice is still a substantial barrier to Arctic vessel traffic

New artificial intelligence program could help treat hypertension

Model helps match people with high blood pressure to the medication most likely to work

New insights into the structural changes associated with osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the most common degenerative joint disease

Climate change impact on extreme weather events

Scientists investigated the effects of climate change on the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events

Biodegradable ultrasound opens the blood-brain barrier

Device could lead to more effective brain cancer treatments

Seismologists peer into Earth’s inner core

Tapping seismic data, research shows solid metal sphere is planet within a planet

Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoLEDs

New technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed

Plate tectonics not required for the emergence of life

Finding contradicts previous assumptions about the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth

Insights into how the brain processes and stores words we hear

Finding has implications for stroke survivors and others with brain disorders

Is our phosphorus use sustainable?

Stakeholders have doubts about long-term phosphorus sustainability