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Nine people wearing red coats sit in a small inflatable boat on the ocean in front of an Antarctic Fjord. These are guests joining in the citizen science project FjordPhyto to collect water samples to study phytoplankton.
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Antarctica visitors become citizen scientists to help study microscopic plant-like organisms.

phytoplankton

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Why Turkey’s Sea of Marmara Is Full of Marine Snot

A microscope image of a dinoflagellate.

Dinoflagellate Genome Structure Unlike Any Other Known

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Giant Viruses Can Integrate into the Genomes of Their Hosts

A Last-Minute Science Dash to an Erupting Volcano

Red Tides Under the Microscope

Infographic: Red Tides Still Hold Tantalizing Mysteries

Image of the Day: Algal Blooms

Nine Decades of Environmental Change Resurrected From Swedish Seas

Ocean Microbes Alter Skies?

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

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

In the TS 40th Anniversary template, Sarkis Mazmanian smiles in a black and white headshot photo on the left. In a photo on the right, he stands in front of a large image of a cross-section of the brain. He wears a navy jacket, a white shirt, and glasses.

Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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September 2026

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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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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