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Winter 2022

Cell Matters

From eukaryote evolution to bacterial hijacking, researchers peer ever further into the building blocks of life

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The Long and Winding Road to Eukaryotic Cells

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Modulating Immunity to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

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How Intracellular Bacteria Hijack Your Cells

2022 Top 10 Innovations 

2022 Top 10 Innovations

Scientist to Watch

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Ankur Jain Explores RNA Aggregations in Neurodegenerative Disease

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Chantell Evans Tracks Mitochondrial Cleanup in Neurons

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Avian Deception More Widespread Than Previously Thought

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The Evolutionary Shaping of Modern Whales

<em >Lymantria&nbsp;</em>species make ultrasonic, mechanical rasping noises when they hear bats nearby.&nbsp;

Many Moths Speak Up to Ward Off Bats

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Inside the Project Trying to Save Datasets from Extinction

Critic at Large

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Opinion: Eating Right to Avoid Catastrophe

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Opinion: The Problem with Researchers Hoarding Resources

The Literature

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New Gene Mutants Identified in Rare Motor Neuron Diseases

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Chytrid Fungus Deploys Varying Strategies to Infect Amphibians

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Sweet Taste Receptors Regulate Proteins in Developing Fruit Flies

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Fish Brain Region Size Correlates with Cognitive Flexibility

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Certain Tree Species Are More Susceptible to Death by Lightning

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Opinion: Biodiversity Loss Worsened by Extinguishing Animal Innovators

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Opinion: Are Cats Friends or Fiends?

Modus Operandi

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Expert JeWell-ry Designers

Infographics

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Infographic: Generating Hundreds of 3D Organoid Images per Hour

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Infographic: Evolutionary Leaps Leading to Modern Eukaryotes

(Left) The optic lobes are thought to be involved in visual processing. In this study, researchers found that guppies with larger optic lobes more quickly learned a visual discrimination task&mdash;identifying which color well contained food. (Right) The fish telencephalon is thought to be involved in spatial learning, memory, and inhibitory control. Here, the researchers found that a larger telencephalon might enhance the fish&rsquo;s cognitive flexibility, allowing them to more quickly associate food with a new color after the researchers switched it.

Infographic: Two Guppy Brain Regions May Help Them Learn Tasks

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Infographic: How Immunology Can Influence Pregnancy Outcomes

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Infographic: Intracellular Bacteria’s Tricks for Host Manipulation 

Foundations

In the 1920s, the Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin was a haven for queer people, many of whom came to the institute seeking to express their identities without fear of being imprisoned. This undated photo depicts a costume party at the institute; its founder, Magnus Hirschfeld (second from right, in glasses), can be seen holding hands with his partner, Karl Giese (center).

Trans Medicine, 1919

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Diagrammatic War, 1858

Careers

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Green Lab Initiatives Take Root Around the World

Bio Business

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Can “Gene Writing” Deliver What Gene Editing Can’t?

Editorial

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Insights Abound Even at Journey’s End

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies

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