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Scientists Pick Their Favorite Microorganisms

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Ebola Outbreak: Why Border Closures and Distance Fail to Stop Disease Spread

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A "SMART" Toolkit Uses Metaphors to Explain Antimicrobial Resistance

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Postdoc Portrait: Abhilash Nair Investigates Microbiome Dynamics

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Contamination and the Curious Case of Noodlococcus

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Advancing Microbiology Research with Real-Time Measurements

BMG LABTECH
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Centuries-Old Skeletons Reveal the Microbes That Consume Bone

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Medical Interventions Rapidly Change Isolated Indigenous Microbiomes

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Head Blows During Football Tied to Changes in Gut Microbiomes

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Then and Now: Howard Hang Finds Microbial Allies to Fight Infections and Cancer

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Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak: What We Know So Far

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Sterility in Three Hours, Without the Cutoff Compromise

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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

Sex-Specific Dioxin Toxicity in a Humanized AHR Model

Sex-Specific Dioxin Toxicity in a Humanized AHR Model

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Federal Research Grant Awards Fall to a Six-Year Low

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Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

​Beckman Coulter
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Gene Editing Precision Depends on Guide RNA Quality

TriLink BioTechnologies
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October 2026

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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Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

​Beckman Coulter
Find better biologics faster with Stunner and the AI Developability Workcell

Find better biologics faster with Stunner and the AI Developability Workcell

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Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

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