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Researchers in Japan have given a plastic robot finger a layered coating made from actual, living skin cells. Next, they aim to add hair and sweat glands.

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Infographic: How to Ferret Out SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage

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Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain

Infographic: Building Bacteria to Fight Cancer

Bacteria as Living Microrobots to Fight Cancer

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Image of the Day: Jelly Bot

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Image of the Day: Bee Bot

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Image of the Day: Imitation Fish

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Robert Murphy Bets Self-Driving Instruments Will Crack Biology’s Mysteries

Fish and Bees “Talk” with Help from Robot Translators

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Image of the Day: The Imitation Game

Soft Robotics Find a Place in the Ocean

Researchers Turn to Implantable Robots to Regenerate Tissue

Image of the Day: Colorful Butterfly-Bot

Researchers Develop Sperm-Robot Hybrids to Deliver Drugs, Assist Fertilization

Robotic Birds Help Decode Avian Deception

Cargo-Sorting DNA Robots

Image of the Day: Bird, Plane, or Cyborg?

Ghostly Experiment

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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