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Phages Carrying Silver Nanoparticles Could Combat Antibiotic Resistance

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PubPlant: The Google Maps of Plant DNA    

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How Do Cadaver Dogs Recognize Human Remains?

A honeybee feeds on floral pollen, its natural diet, which has become scarce due to climate change.

Honeybees Fed Pollen Substitute with Vital Fats Raised More Young

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Hydrogenases Boost Bacterial Carbon Dioxide Fixation

Black-and-white microscopy image of bacteria individually wrapped in nanonets formed by the self-weaving antimicrobial peptides.

Sequence Shifts Help Net-Forming Peptides Trap and Kill Bacteria

A cartoon hand with gloves holds a vial with red liquid, signifying blood. The person seems to be wearing a lab coat, indicating scientists’ attempt to produce artificial blood in the lab.

An Overlooked Protein May Advance Artificial Blood Production

Giovanni Marco Saladino, a postdoc at Stanford University.

Postdoc Portrait: Giovanni Marco Saladino

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Smart Wearable Biosensors Power Pathogen Diagnostics

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Mirror Microbes Could End All Life on Earth. How Do We Stop Them?

Neetu Yadav, a postdoc at Michigan State University, wears a yellow top and stands on a grass lawn.

Postdoc Portrait: Neetu Yadav

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Mirror Microbes: Understanding the How and Why of Hypothetical Life

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

A team of cartoon scientists studying a giant pancreas.

Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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September 2026

Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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