Jennifer Philips, an infectious disease researcher and physician at Washington University in St. Louis, investigates Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She and Ekansh Mittal, an instructor in the same institution, wear laboratory coats and are seated. An image of bacterial cells can be seen in a computer screen on the background.

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A group of people in a laboratory. Lab equipment is seen on the bench.

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Red blood cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum parasites.

Immune cells are labeled with a red marker. HIV particles (green) from an infected cell are transferred to an uninfected cell via direct cell-to-cell contact.

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Cells infected with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Olivier Schwartz, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute, studies HIV and other human pathogenic viruses. He wears a gray pullover and glasses.

The human Microbiome, the genetic material of all the microbes that live on and inside the human body.

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The Art of Microbial Disguise

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A stylized futuristic outline of a human brain.

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Front and side views of Ultima Genomics&rsquo; UG100 genome sequencing platform.

ThinkCyte&rsquo;s VisionSort multi-laser flow cytometer

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Meteor Biotech&rsquo;s CosmoSort spatial cell sorter

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A photo depicting the contents of the CRISPR in a Box kit.

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PhysioMimix&reg; Single-Organ Higher Throughput (HT) System

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A photo of a scientist loading their prepared library into a flow cell docked within the MinION device.

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2024 Top 10 Innovations

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Photo of Dror Kolodkin-Gal pointing at a section of an AI-generated image on a screen.

Detection or Deception: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Research Misconduct

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New artificial intelligence tools help scientists fight back against a rising tide of research misconduct, but is it enough?

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors. 

3D illustration of a gold lipid nanoparticle with pink nucleic acid inside of it. Purple and teal spikes stick out from the lipid bilayer representing polyethylene glycol.

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A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

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Bakers Rise Up to Tackle Sourdough Mysteries

A male researcher looks shocked as the Erlenmeyer flask in his hand breaks and the solution leaks out onto the bench top cover.

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The Great Flask-tastrophe

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Solutions for Accelerating Infectious Disease Research

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Carlo Quintanilla (far right) speaks at a panel table for a science-fiction conference, joined with three other panelists. He has dark hair and is wearing a dark gray shirt.

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Spotlighting the Science in Sci-Fi

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Close up of ultraviolet light box during the preparation of an agarose electrophoresis gel used in DNA separation.

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Automate and Illuminate Bioimaging Assays

A person works with their sourdough starter in the kitchen.

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Image of a laboratory next generation sequencing automated instrument in white, blue, and black, on a lab bench background.

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Streamlining NGS Sample Preparation with Automation&nbsp;

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Rewilding Urban Spaces Boosts Immune Health

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Science Crossword Puzzle

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Donated sourdough starters helped researchers uncover the factors that influence microbial communities in these living cultures.