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Small charges carried by individual insects can add up, a study finds, with larger swarms generating substantial electrical fields.

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Bee Reports over the Past Century Indicate a Loss of Diversity

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Researchers Try to Head Off “Murder Hornets” Coming into US

Engineered Microbe in Bees’ Guts Fends off Deadly Varroa Mite

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Winter Bee Declines Greatest in 13 Years: Survey

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Artificial Intelligence Could Help Monitor Bee Health

Honeybees Enter Virtual Reality So Scientists Can Study Their Brains

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Image of the Day: All in a Day’s Work

Celebrated Brazilian Bee Scientist Warwick Kerr Dies

Herbicide May Harm Microbiome of Bees

As Bees Specialize, So Does Their DNA Packaging

Bees Appear Able to Comprehend the Concept of Zero

EU States Vote to Ban Neonicotinoids

War Dance of the Honeybee

Bees Under Attack

Image of the Day: What Does a Bee See? 

Bees Live the City Life in Detroit

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Field Studies Confirm Neonicotinoids’ Harm to Bees

More Details on How Pesticides Harm Bees

In Certain Social Bees, Gut Microbiomes Follow Phylogeny

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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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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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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