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Duplicated Genes Point to an Earlier Start to Complex Life

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Postdoc Portrait: Sarah Libring

A picture of white sperm cells moving towards the left side on a pinkish background. Centriole defects lead to improper flagellum formation in sperm, causing infertility.

Failed Sperm Flagellar Development Drives Infertility

A picture of Munyaradzi Tinarwo, a postdoc at the University of Cape Town.

Postdoc Portrait: Munyaradzi Tinarwo

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Family Dog May Boost Mental Health in Teens Via the Microbiome

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Phages Carrying Silver Nanoparticles Could Combat Antibiotic Resistance

A corn snake against a black background. Comparative genomics and CRISPR-Cas9 helped identify the genes that give it its characteristic dorsal blotches.

How Do Snakes Get Their Colorful Stripes and Blotches?

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A New Cell Atlas Helps Researchers Navigate the Developing Brain

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Sick, Immobile Young Ants Send “Kill Me” Signal to Colony Workers

A picture of Zahid Rafiq, a postdoc at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Postdoc Portrait: Zahid Rafiq

Hot fried crispy bacon slices in skillet on wooden background. Fat-associated sensory cues such as bacon odors in maternal diet may influence offsprings’ predisposition to obesity during adulthood.

Smelling Bacon During Development Increased Mice’s Obesity Risk in Adulthood

Rakesh Tiwari, a postdoctoral fellow and plant physiologist at Uppsala University, collects photorespiration measurements from plants in the Western Ghats Forest.

Trees Release Carbon Dioxide to Tolerate Rising Temperatures

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January 2026, Issue 1

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

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An Automated DNA-to-Data Framework for Production-Scale Sequencing

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Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

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Organoid Origins and How to Grow Them

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