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Photo: Steve Bunk Dave Tinnin, field research associate in the University of New Mexico's biology department, takes blood samples and measurements of rodents caught on the research station grounds. At the end of a freeway exit near Soccoro, N.M., the hairpin turn onto a gravel road is marked by a sign that warns, "Wrong Way." But it isn't the wrong way if you want to reach the University of New Mexico's (UNM) long-term ecological research (LTER) station. The sign's subterfuge is the first indi

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The list of the year’s best new products contains both perennial winners and innovative newcomers.

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Early career researchers face unique challenges when a senior collaborator becomes embroiled in allegations of scientific malpractice.

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute appoints 33 new researchers, each of whom will receive roughly $9 million over seven years.