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Researchers found that cockroach milk proteins boast more than triple the energy content of dairy milk, winning the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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How Karl Deisseroth Pioneers Optogenetics in Neuroscience

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Postdoc Portrait: Arpita Halder Studies Biohydrogen Production

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Postdoc Portrait: Vidhyadhar Nandana Targets Biomolecular Condensates in Disease

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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