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September 2021

Mapping Covid

SARS-COV-2 wreaks havoc around the body

Features

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Mechanisms of Long COVID Remain Unknown but Data Are Rolling In

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SARS-CoV-2’s Wide-Ranging Effects on the Body

Notebook

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Classroom Science Leads to Revision of Megalodon’s Size

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New Chernobyl Initiative Aims to Boost Research on the Area

Foundations

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Posies, Poison, and Periods, Early 1920s

Infographics

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Infographic: Bodily Systems Affected by Long COVID

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Infographic: A Yeast Model for Studying Histone Modifications

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Infographic: The Havoc SARS-CoV-2 Wreaks on the Body

Careers

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When Researchers Sound the Alarm on Problematic Papers

Modus Operandi

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Yeast “Mini Labs” Help Researchers Probe Histone Modifications

The Literature

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Fish Species’ Y Chromosomes Diverged Even Without Recombination

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Mechanosensory Protein Helps Tendons Stiffen After Exercise

Scientist to Watch

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Shane Campbell-Staton Dissects the Anthropocene

Reading Frames

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Opinion: What the History of Blood Transfusion Reveals About Risk

Editorial

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Delta Blues

Speaking of Science

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Ten Minute Sabbatical

Critic at Large

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Opinion: The Pandemic and the RNA Sequencing Gap

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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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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