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What scientists thought was an endosymbiont in algae turned out to be an organelle.

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Brooke Gardner Probes the Cell’s Peroxisomes

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Synthetic Organelles Let Researchers Control Cell Behavior

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Infographic: One Way to Flip the Cell Behavior Switch

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Researchers Find Cell-Free Mitochondria Floating in Human Blood

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What Paraspeckles Can Teach Us About Basic Cell Biology

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Image of the Day: Liquid Compartments

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Infographic: High Precision Magnetic Tweezers

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Intracellular Magnetic Manipulations

Bacteria Harbor Geometric “Organelles”

Infographic: Bacterial Microcompartments Basics

Infographic: What Are Membraneless Organelles?

These Organelles Have No Membranes

Nobel Prize–Winning Biologist Dies

Nuclear Pores Come into Sharper Focus

Structural Details of Endoplasmic Reticulum Revealed

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New Route to Hearing Loss Mapped

Intracellular Spirals

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Universe 25 Experiment

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When a Urinary Tract Infection Strikes, What Protects the Kidneys?

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ALS Disturbs Sleep Prior to Symptom Onset

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Zika Hacks Host Skin Chemistry to Lure Mosquitoes

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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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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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

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Comparing Analytical Solutions for High-Throughput Drug Discovery

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Singleron Biotechnologies and Hamilton Bonaduz AG Announce the Launch of Tensor to Advance Single Cell Sequencing Automation

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Zymo Research Launches Research Grant to Empower Mapping the RNome

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