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Small changes in laboratory behavior can make a big impact in reducing lab waste without sacrificing scientific progress.

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Turn Over a New Leaf: Improving Laboratory Sustainability

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Alpine and Arctic Microbes Break Down Plastics

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Garbage to Guts: The Slow-Churn of Plastic Waste

Build a Sustainable Laboratory That Leads to Greener Scientific Progress

How to Get Started Sustainably

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The Constellation of Creatures Inhabiting the Ocean Surface

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Infographic: Neuston Drift Atop the World’s Oceans

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Neuston: Living Among Plastic Debris in the Open Ocean

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Green Lab Initiatives Take Root Around the World

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Plastic Pollution Boosts Bacterial Growth in Lake Water

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Universe 25 Experiment

The World's Densest Bones

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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