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Starting April 16, we’ll be bringing you the latest science tweets exclusively from @NSF’s Twitter. See you over there!

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Scientists to build the avian tree of life: https://t.co/ZXJN0rjA9k Image: Andre Moncrieff/ @LSU

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Watch development psychologist Kristina R. Olson win @NSF highest honor for a young scientist -- the Alan T. Waterman Award for 2018: https://t.co/sb35rECUj1

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#TBT to the @USAScienceFest last weekend, where visitors had the opportunity to explore exciting #NSFfunded research, including microscopes made out of paper, 3-D printed hearts and virtual robots that help kids learn about animal behavior. See more: https://t.co/U8oeO6EnkK

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First dynamic spine brace characterizes spine deformities: https://t.co/IgqDJYbxpU Image credit: Sunil Agrawal/@Columbia

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👏 Social & Developmental psychologist Kristina R. Olson receives NSF’s 2018 Alan T. Waterman Award for breakthrough research on early childhood development: https://t.co/lT4IWYST9F. Congratulations! #NSFwaterman

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This #vizzies sculpture made out of zip ties shows the inner workings of lung cells. The vizzies challenge deadline is this Sunday, April 15. Enter today: https://t.co/7i9eKG3Msi #scicomm

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Soft robots -- safer, sturdier, and more nimble than their rigid cousins -- take to the sea... Watch: https://t.co/UkAVBUnUk9 @MIT

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When #NationalPetDay falls on #NationalRoboticsWeek, you make a quiz to test knowledge on both. Choose your robot: https://t.co/51o70V8Rz6

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Anti-cancer drugs could save Tasmanian devils from extinction: https://t.co/fR7Y05WWtZ @NSF_BIO

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"Robomechanics" -- like "biomechanics" but instead of studying the movement of tissue and bones think many-jointed legs and wheels -- leading to new search & rescue, planetary exploration, manufacturing, and assistance: https://t.co/kWK4XGhmQA @CarnegieMellon

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Engineers @Stanford and @ucsantabarbara design soft, inflatable "vine robots" that grow into solutions: https://t.co/ctIMGImxPG #NationalRoboticsWeek

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Fluorescent dye could enable sharper biological imaging: https://t.co/u3LxKaZKL6 Image: @MIT @NSF_MPS

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#Spring is here, and with it, mosquitoes. Where’s your highest risk of a bite? #NSFfunded @USLTER scientists have new answers: https://t.co/TZt3Qb7ffO

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A new breed of bacteria makes tiny high-energy carbon rings: https://t.co/YEsoczVEMB Image: @Caltech @NSF_BIO

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Biologists and materials scientists are studying the wings of the "skipper butterfly"--what they learn could lead to more energy efficient tech. https://t.co/IRaO7bEyAn #NSFfunded

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'Cognitive' ground-penetrating radar could improve inspections for urban development: https://t.co/YPwQUu6IPz @uvmvermont Image: Brian Jenkins

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.@BioXFEL developed X-ray vision like imaging systems to see inside biomolecules like this one. The system will help with virus research. https://t.co/DbFzp4Qw04 #NSFfunded

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Bringing the three P's of modern medicine -- precision, predictive and personalized -- to our understanding of the gut microbiome: https://t.co/96Ybgpo0Tv @SDSC_UCSD @NSF_CISE