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Gabriel Popkin

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  • Science and Environmental Writer, Freelance
  • None, Freelance, National Geographic
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DC-area writer, mostly science and environment, specialties include climate, ecology, conservation, physics, forests, trees & soil.
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Any Color You Like: NIST Scientists Create ‘Any Wavelength’ Lasers in Tiny Circuits for Light

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By Gabriel Popkin Verified
| nist.gov
Lindell Williams (left) and Grant Brodnik align an optical fiber with the edge of an integrated photonics chip. Optical fibers act as pipes for light, enabling the light generated on these chips to be collected and routed off the chip for use in experiments and applications. R. Jacobson/NIST Computer chips that cram billions of electronic devices into a few square inches have powered the digital economy and transformed the world.
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The Biophysical World Inside a Jam-Packed Cell

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By Gabriel Popkin Verified
| Quanta Magazine Verified
“If you’re in a bar or nightclub that’s not very crowded, you might not talk to anyone or dance with anyone,” said Liam Holt, a cell biologist at New York University Langone Health. “But at midnight when the bar is jam-packed, you’re more likely to talk or dance with someone next to you.
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The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

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By Gabriel Popkin Verified
| Nautilus Verified
For decades, ecologists have puzzled over a mystery: Why do some natural habitats get overrun by invasive species while others seem to repel outside threats? In a classic 1958 book on the subject, the ecologist Charles Elton argued that an ecosystem with more species should be more resilient. In a diverse ecosystem, he wrote, so many species are already divvying up the available resources that little remains for a potential interloper looking to gain a foothold.
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