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Whether in dense salty water at the ocean floor near Antarctica or the sun-filled waters of the surface, microbes have found innovative ways to thrive in the sea.

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Neuston

Slideshow: Meet the Neuston, the Diverse Organisms Living at the Ocean’s Surface

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Infographic: Neuston Drift Atop the World’s Oceans

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Fish Poop a Big Player in Ocean Carbon Sequestration

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Atlantic Circulation Weakest in More Than a Millennium: Study

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Climate Change Could Drive Sharks to Fishing Grounds: Study

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Nitrogen-Fixing Microbes Found in Antarctic Sea

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How Ice Shelf Loss Will Change the Antarctic Ecosystem

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Field Research

Image of the Day: Jetpack Jellyfish

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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