January 2021

Expecting and Infected

What science is revealing about COVID-19 in mothers to be

Features

A Dog’s View of Optical Illusions

Human Fetuses Can Contract SARS-CoV-2, but It’s Rare

Modus Operandi

Light-Activated Molecules Stop Apoptosis at the Flip of a Switch

Infographics

Infographic: Light Triggers Photocage Opening, Apoptosis Inhibition

Infographic: What Do Dogs Perceive?

Infographic: How SARS-CoV-2 Might Travel from Mom to Fetus

The Literature

New Screening Approach Reveals Novel Regulators of Microcephaly

How RNAs Called SINEUPs Upregulate Translation

Scientist to Watch

Celine Frere Chases Dragons and Koalas to Learn How They Adapt

Notebook

Tardigrades’ List of Super Powers Grows Ever Longer

Honeybee Microbes Shape the Colony’s Social Behavior

Careers

Steps to End “Colonial Science” Slowly Take Shape

Reading Frames

A Geneticist’s Quest to Understand His Son’s Mysterious Disease

Critic at Large

Opinion: Blowing the Whistle on Research Grant Fraud

Foundations

Introducing Inoculation, 1721

Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

Editorial

An End in Sight

July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Discover how to streamline tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte production.

Producing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapeutics

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Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Vanderbilt Selects Parse Biosciences GigaLab to Generate Atlas of Early Neutralizing Antibodies to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

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Shift Bioscience proposes improved ranking system for virtual cell models to accelerate gene target discovery