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The nickel prototype, which is the same shape and size as a regular nickel, but instead of Thomas Jefferson has a profile of Martha Washington in a mob cap and dummy text instead of "E Pluribus Unum."

Coining Less Expensive Currency

June 20, 2018
Nickels are ubiquitous in American life, tumbling around in pockets, rolling under car seats, and emerging from the...
A close-up view of cells that have been labelled with fluorophores in blue, green, red and orange to highlight composition.

CHO and Tell

February 22, 2018
Although few people realize it, modern medicine relies heavily on the ovarian cells of Chinese hamsters, not as a...
Two men stand in front of an audience, demonstrating WIPP, which is projected via computer onto several large screens in a library.

A Map App to Track Stem Cells

February 13, 2018
Researchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want...
Photo of police officer from behind wearing body armor labeled Police

A New Way to Test Body Armor

October 16, 2017
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to investigate the...

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