Alma Dal Co wears a blue shirt and red necklace and uses a pointer to examine a component of a laboratory machine. 
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At 33, Dal Co had already founded her own microbial ecology lab at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

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Italian Institute Revokes Appointment of Cancer Researcher

Italy Closes All Schools for Two Weeks as Coronavirus Spreads

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A Smiling Garden, 1558

Italy to Launch National Agency for Research

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Could Manipulating the Microbiome of Artworks Prevent Their Decay?

Image of the Day: Pompeiian Horse

Researchers Accused of Spreading Disease

Seismologists Cleared of Manslaughter

Stem Cell Trial Axed—Again

Italian Stem Cell Trial Stopped

Italian Stem Cell Controversy

Dodgy Data Underpin Stem Cell Trial

Defending Animal Research

Italy Orders Trials of Unproven Therapy

Italian Science Facility Up in Smoke

Italian Scientists Protest Evaluations

Italian Earthquake Researchers Jailed

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Italian scientists on shaky ground

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Bellybutton Bugs

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Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin Tied to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

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​Scientists Discover a Second Epigenetic DNA Marker

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Research Roundtable: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Research Roundtable: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

10X Genomics
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April 1, 2025, Issue 1

Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

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Meet Honeybun and Breeze Through Viscometry in Formulation Development

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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