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From flies landing on food to the retraction of the controversial arsenic-life paper, these tales of microscopic critters captured readers’ attention this year.

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Photo of a brown soy pulp patty sitting in a cream sauce alongside a cucumber and tomato salad and baked yams.

How Can Fungi Address the Global Food Waste Problem?

A wooden table carrying an assortment of various food items.

Previously Unidentified Microbes Detected in Food 

Two scientists at a table with two petri dishes of mold. One scientist opens a cloche revealing a meat-like patty made of koji mold.

Mold Burger: Coming Right Up

Pieces of cheddar cheese.

How Microbes Craft Cheese Flavors

A block of cheddar cheese pictured here with various accompaniments. 

Cheddar Cheese Lovers Have Interactive Microbes to Thank

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Introduction to Bioprocessing

Zero waste shopping and sustainable lifestyle concept photograph of vegetables, grains, pasta, eggs and fruits in reusable packaging on a wooden panel background.

Breaking Down Proteins to Build Food Waste Solutions

Researchers Grow Veggies in Space

Emails Reveal Questionable Practices by Cornell Food Scientist and His Coauthors

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How the Gut Differentiates Artificial Sweeteners from Sugars

A person on an operation table getting anesthesia. A study revealed sex differences in ketamine anesthesia.

Female Brains Wake Up from Anesthesia Differently Than Male Brains

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

A woman in her 60s wears a yellow tank top and brown-rimmed glasses while placing a hormone-replacement patch on her upper arm.

Flawed Studies Linked Menopausal Hormone Therapy to Breast Cancer

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Improving rAAV Production for Viral Vector Manufacturing

Improving rAAV Production for Viral Vector Manufacturing

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

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