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A species that transports the spermatia of red algae is the first known instance of an animal facilitating fertilization in this ancient photosynthetic lineage.

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Climate Change Linked to Drop in Bumble Bee Numbers: Study

Ecuadorian Cactus Absorbs Ultrasound, Enticing Bats to Flowers

Celebrated Brazilian Bee Scientist Warwick Kerr Dies

Fossilized Beetle Is Earliest Evidence of Insect Pollinator

Bees’ Molecular Responses to Neonicotinoids Determined

Image of the Day: Flower in a Mushroom Suit

Germany Sees Drastic Decrease in Insects

Bees Live the City Life in Detroit

Field Studies Confirm Neonicotinoids’ Harm to Bees

Restoring a Native Island Habitat

To Attract Pollinators, Flower Mimics Wounded Bee

The Flower Sense of Hawkmoths

Bumblebees Pick Infected Tomato Plants

Bumblebees’ Electric Sense

Hydropowered Pollen

Study: Pesticides Harm Bees

Wild Bees Catch Honeybee Disease

Biodiversity = More (and Better) Coffee

New Suspect in Bee Colony Collapse

Loss of Bees Bad for Plants

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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Discover how to streamline tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte production.

Producing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapeutics

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