"First comprehensive global-impact project shows that water scarcity is a major worry." …
To Sleep, Perchance to Clean: Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #10
"Researchers studying mice have found experimental evidence that sleep helps to restore and repair the brain." …
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Your Microbes, Your Health: Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #9
"Researchers have found that bacteria living inside the human body play vital roles in determining how the body responds to challenges as different as malnutrition and cancer." …
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The Race to Harness Sunlight: Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #8
"Up-and-coming solar cell materials called perovskites made...rapid progress this year." …
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In Vaccine Design, Looks Do Matter: Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #6
"Researchers used structural biology—the study of the molecules of life—to design the key ingredient of a vaccine against a dangerous childhood disease." …
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Cosmic Particle Accelerators Identified: Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #7
"This year, astronomers traced high-energy particles called cosmic rays back to their birthplaces in the debris clouds of supernovae." …