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A bruise on a person’s knee, with varying hues of black, blue, and yellow.

What Makes Bruises Change Color Over Time?

Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | | 4 min read

How Does Caffeine Wake People Up?

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

A gloved hand holding a slide containing an agglutination test for AB negative rare blood group.

What Does a Rare Blood Type Mean?

Sneha Khedkar | | 4 min read

Illustration depicting how environmental changes affect the immune system. On the left, cold temperatures slow the immune system down, and cells are less active. On the right, warm weather promotes immune system activity.

Why Does the Immune System Struggle When the Weather Changes?

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

A woman getting out of bed next to an alarm clock. People with advanced sleep phase trait have early sleep onset and offset due to genetic mutations leading to shorter circadian period.

The Genetic Variants Behind "Early Bird" Sleep Patterns

Sneha Khedkar | | 4 min read

A closeup picture of an angry woman, with steam blowing out of her ears. She wears a yellow top and growls at the camera.

Why Do We Get Hangry?

Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | | 5 min read

Multiple dinosaurs walk across a lush valley landscape. Several pterosaur-like creatures roam the sky, and two trees frame the image, as a hill looms in the background.

Why Were Dinosaurs So Big?

Andrea Lius, PhD | | 4 min read

A grey tabby and white cat sits on a brown marbled floor, leaning to its side, in front of a yellow wall. Next to the cat sits an empty glass and a nearly empty bottle of brown liquid that seems like hard liquor. The cat’s eyes are half-open, with contracted pupils, making it seem, anthropomorphically, intoxicated.

Do Animals Get Drunk?

Andrea Lius, PhD | | 4 min read

3d collage illustration artwork of a person asleep on the moon, wrapped in a blanket, isolated on a background with stars.

Why Do People Sometimes Forget Their Dreams?

Sneha Khedkar | | 4 min read

Image of a person in a gray shirt with a sweat stain in the armpit area of their shirt.

Hot Sweat vs. Cold Sweat—What’s the Difference?

Laura Tran, PhD | | 5 min read

Identical twins lying upside down on white blanket.

Are Identical Twins Really Identical?

Sneha Khedkar | | 4 min read

Split image of a man unsuccessfully trying to tickle himself with a feather (right) and a man laughing and being tickled by a woman with a feather (left).

Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

Laura Tran, PhD | | 2 min read

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Universe 25 Experiment

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What Are Giant Viruses, and Are They Dangerous?

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and mammoths, but giant viruses.

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The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

Congressional inaction has led to the expiration of the federal government’s SBIR/STTR program, cutting off a biotechnology lifeline.

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New “Kill Test” Could Help Screen Better Antibiotics

A new single cell-based screening tool evaluates how well antibiotics kill bacteria and may help researchers determine which drugs perform best in patients.

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

In this webinar, scientists will discuss innovations that are unlocking new insights into immunity.

Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

In this webinar, Magdalena Pacewicz will highlight how to use AUC to characterize AAVs as part of ensuring regulatory compliance.

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Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

In this webinar, Andre Mueller will discuss how scientists characterize therapeutic proteins in different formulations and spot the effects of excipients on protein stability.

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An Automated DNA-to-Data Framework for Production-Scale Sequencing

A streamlined, automated process helps scientists coordinate site-ready production-level whole genome sequencing results.

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