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The myriad species floating atop the world’s seas, called neuston, are mysterious and understudied, complicating efforts to clean up plastic pollution.

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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

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Global Ocean Circulation Is Speeding Up

Blue-Green Algae Produce Methane

Oceanic Bacteria Trap Vast Amounts of Light Without Chlorophyll

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GPS-Tagged Seabirds Track the Tides

Maiden Voyage, 1872–1876

Nine Decades of Environmental Change Resurrected From Swedish Seas

Lubchenco on Conservation

Seals Help Oceanographers Explore Underwater

Sealing the Deal

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

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Why Are Breast Cancers That Metastasize to the Brain Hard to Treat?

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How Can the Placenta Help Us Understand Cancer?

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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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May 2025, Issue 1

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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