A spider of the Argiope bruennichi species sits in the center of the web. She has made stabilimenta in the “normal” orientation.
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Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new light on these decorative structures.

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Elusive Stem Cell Population Finally Identified in Sea Anemones

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Researchers Discover How Starfish Cut Ties with Their Limbs

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Diving Into the Brittle Star Genome to Understand the Evolution of Regeneration

A small furry shrew pokes its head out from a pile of vegetation.

Gene Expression Shifts as Shrews Shrink and Regrow Their Brains

A herd of elephants is walking in a river in a forest.

Elephant Deaths Trigger a Kodo-Millet Fungus Investigation in India

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Collaborative Research Aims to Discover Effective Treatments for Marine Mammals Poisoned by Toxic Algae

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A Spider-Web Trap to Monitor Environmental DNA

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Can Animals Get Covid and Should They Be Vaccinated?

A giant panda sitting on a tree.

Stem Cells Could Save the Giant Panda

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Universe 25 Experiment

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

Red and green small tomatoes. A new genetic engineering approach helped gene-edited plants grow faster.

Gene-Edited Crops Grow Faster with a Little Help from Bacteria

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Best Practices for Precise Pipetting

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Optimizing Cell Culture Workflows

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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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Best Practices for Precise Pipetting

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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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Evosep Unveils Open Innovation Initiative to Expand Standardization in Proteomics

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OGT expands MRD detection capabilities with new SureSeq Myeloid MRD Plus NGS Panel