Flowering Asarum flower and pollinating Megaselia fly.
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Plants repurposed an ancestral detox enzyme to produce compounds that give some flowers their distinct stink bomb aroma.

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Sunflowers, in visible spectrum on left half (yellow colors) and UV spectrum on right half (purple and white colors).

Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture

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Plants in UK Bloom a Month Earlier Than in 1980s: Study

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Genome Spotlight: Lychee (Litchi chinensis)

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Even the Tiniest of Birds Use Smell in Some Situations

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Posies, Poison, and Periods, Early 1920s

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A Newly Found Organ for Arabidopsis

Infographic: A Plant Cell’s Cuticle Helps Regulate Toxic Chemical Accumulation

Petunia’s Waxy Cuticle Regulates the Plant’s Sweet Smell

Image of the Day: Roses Are Red, Poppies Are Too

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Zach Lippman Susses Out How Gene Regulation Affects Plant Phenotypes

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Flower Preservation, 1916

Image of the Day: Sweet Lure

Image of the Day: What Does a Bee See? 

Image of the Day: Flower in a Mushroom Suit

Image of the Day: 100-Million-Year-Old Flower

Image of the Day: Bees, Flowers, and Pollen Showers

To Attract Pollinators, Flower Mimics Wounded Bee

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Bumblebee Tongues Growing Shorter

The Structure of Flowers

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

An illustration showing the accumulation of amyloid plaques between nerve cells, which is the underlying cause of disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

Two domesticated animals, a red border collie dog and horse together at sunset.

The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
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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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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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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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies