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US-based researchers are seeking academic asylum in Germany following the Trump administration’s funding cuts—a loss to American science.

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Early Verdicts on Claude Science: Faster Workflows, But Gaps Remain

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Science Trains the Mind. It Must Also Train the Person

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What’s the Best Way to Measure Mentorship?

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Deciding Authorship Order? Tally Up Your Dragon Kill Points!

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Mentors Without Borders Shape Science Careers

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The M-Index: A New Metric Puts Mentorship in the Spotlight

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Research Hubs Provide a Structured Path to Scientific Independence

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The Invisible Toll: Navigating a Conference with Endometriosis

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Science Lost DEI Programs. Now It Needs Something Better

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

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

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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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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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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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