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A picture of Suryaji Patil, a postdoc at Northwestern Polytechnical University.

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Postdoc Portrait: Suryaji Patil

This postdoctoral researcher develops RNA-based targeted therapies to counter bone and hair loss.

A rocket launching into space. Scientists sent bacteriophage and bacteria to study their dynamics under microgravity.

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Microgravity Alters Bacteriophage-Host Dynamics

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Indirect Cost Caps: A Hidden Threat to American Science

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Streamlining the Diagnostic Journey for Neurodegenerative Disease

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A Fungus, Not Its Insect Host, Paints the World Red

Sneha Khedkar | | 3 min read

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Non-Neuronal Cells Can “Remember” Certain Stimuli

Nicholas Miliaras, PhD | | 4 min read

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FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Testing. Will That Work?

Donald Ingber, MD, PhD | | 6 min read

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Regeneration Discovery May One Day Inform Hearing Loss Treatment

Andrea Lius, PhD | | 4 min read

A mottled black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog sits on the tip of a blue-gloved finger in front of a mossy background.

Scientists Leverage Genomics to Save Endangered Frogs from a Deadly Fungus

Rebecca Roberts, PhD | | 5 min read

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Earwax Can Indicate Parkinson’s Disease, Preliminary Study Finds

Andrea Lius, PhD | | 3 min read

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Ancestry Bias Could Cause CRISPR Screens to Veer Off-target

Rohini Subrahmanyam, PhD | | 4 min read

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Mitochondria Tune NAD+ Levels for Cells Past Their Prime

Hannah Pletcher | | 4 min read

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Marathon Running Linked to Short-Term Brain Structure Changes

Alison Bashford | | 3 min read

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What’s Your Story? 2025 Contest Winners

Iris Kulbatski, PhD | | 1 min read

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Blazing a Trail Against Wildfires

Mary Meyer, MD | | 3 min read

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Genetic Variability Affects How Tumors Respond to Immunotherapy

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 5 min read

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