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Heather Kittredge and Sarah Evans discuss the environmental conditions that facilitate natural transformation in bacteria’s native habitat.  

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An Earthy-Smelling Substance, 1964

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Tiny Hitchhikers Reveal Turtles’ Movements and Foraging Ecology

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Image of the Day: Microscopic Creatures

Image of the Day: An Infectious Glow

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Herpes Viruses Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease

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How Bacteria Eat Penicillin

Cancer-Fighting Chemical Found in Human Skin Bacteria

How Do Infant Immune Systems Learn to Tolerate Gut Bacteria?

Cataloging Fungal Life in Antarctic Seas

Neslihan Taş Studies Permafrost Microbes as They’re Roused by a Warming Climate

Do Microbes Trigger Alzheimer’s Disease?

Emily Balskus Pins Down the Chemistry and Metabolism of Human Microbiomes

New Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Soil Microbes

Arming Synthetic Bacteria Against Cancer

Archaea’s Role in Carbon Cycle

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The Fungi Within

Lost Colonies

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Universe 25 Experiment

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What are the Risks and Benefits of a Cold Plunge?

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Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

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A Common Antidepressant Protects Organs from Damage During Sepsis

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Transform Omics Workflows with Scalable Cell Prep

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Accelerating Cancer Research Through Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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TaqMan Probe & Assays: Unveil What's Possible Together

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Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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Biotium Launches New Phalloidin Conjugates with Extended F-actin Staining Stability for Greater Imaging Flexibility

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BioSkryb Genomics and Tecan introduce a single-cell multiomics workflow for sequencing-ready libraries in under ten hours

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Agilent BioTek Cytation C10 Confocal Imaging Reader

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