Science

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Agriculture
Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers
Using sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses like heat, light, or attack.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
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Engineering
Synthetic diamonds may have just gotten way easier to make
Scientists in South Korea have developed a new technique for creating synthetic diamonds that works under ambient pressure.
Kristin Houser
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Brain
What hybrid mouse/rat brains are showing us about the mind
Modified mice with hybrid brains that include rat neurons could one day lead to new breakthroughs in neuroscience.
Kristin Houser
Neuroscience
Stanford scientists can control specific brain cells at a distance 
B. David Zarley
Virology
A shapeshifting volcano virus’s secret has been discovered
B. David Zarley
crop yields
Agriculture
Silencing one gene with CRISPR boosts crop yields by 10%
Kristin Houser
CRISPR
CRISPR could create hypoallergenic cats
Peter Rogers
Planet Earth
Welcome to Null Island, where lost data goes to die
Frank Jacobs
Genetics
Should we use genome editing to make better babies?
Tim Brinkhof
Physics
Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls
Livia Casali and David Donovan
ice crystals in ice cream
Food
A new ingredient saves ice cream from being ruined by ice
Kristin Houser
Neuroscience
In a hole in Earth’s magnetic field, neuroscientists are peering into the human brain
B. David Zarley
Neuroscience
Mammals dream about the world they are entering even before birth
Paul Ratner