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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Air surveillance reveals hidden reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

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Researchers describe the air as an invisible library of antibiotic resistance genes that circulate silently between humans, animals, and the...

Shields and bodyguards: scientists uncover the hidden defences of a deadly childhood cancer

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Neuroblastoma imaging showing cancer cells (white), immune cells (yellow) supportive tissue (blue) and blood vessels (red). Photo Credit: Th...

Nature’s photocopiers caught ‘doodling’ – and scientists say it could revolutionise how DNA is written

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Nanoscale view of several interwoven fragments of ‘doodled’ DNA (orange and white strands) imaged on a near perfectly flat mica surface (sho...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

What Is: Phytoplankton

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Phytoplankton The Core Concept : Phytopl...

Mistaken beliefs about public attitudes may undermine support for LGBTQ+ individuals coming out

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How mistaken beliefs about society can silence support for coming out: A person who personally holds positive attitudes toward LGBTQ+ indivi...

Building a Better Blueprint: New “Pangenome” Tool to Help Scientists Future-Proof Sorghum

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Ripe sorghum plant field, at Santa Ana, El Salvador Photo Credit:  Luis Rodriguez Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Sum...

SwRI-led research indicates a more complex Sun’s magnetic engine

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly through the corona, the Sun's upper atmosphere, and offers a unique perspec...

Scalable cell imaging method could help make drug safety testing faster, cheaper

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Human liver cells treated with a cancer drug are imaged under a microscope using a method called Cell Painting. Image Credit: Axiom Bio  Sci...

Getting a glimpse of viral dances in the dark in the Sargasso Sea

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Water samples were collected from the surface and in an area called the deep chlorophyll maximum near Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo C...

Viruses ‘eavesdrop’ on each other – but it can backfire

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A colony of Bacillus subtilis grown on solid medium. These structured communities reflect how bacteria can organise & grow collectively....

A New Way to Eavesdrop on Ocean Temperature in the Arctic

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An acoustic sound source manufactured at the Marine Science Development Center for Scripps researcher Matthew Dzieciuch being deployed in th...

Precision work prior to cell division: how enzymes optimize DNA structure

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Prof. Dr. Axel Imhof (left) and Prof. Dr. Christoph Kurat at the LMU Biomedical Center. Photo Credit: © LMU / Jan Greune Scientific Frontlin...

Genetically modified marmosets as a model for human deafness

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"Myrabello“ is a genetically modified marmoset. The image is from a video. Photo Credit: Katharina Diederich Scientific Frontline: Exte...

Tracking the footsteps of West Africa's prehistoric metalworkers

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Photograph taken during the discovery of a pile of used tuyères, featuring intriguing transverse perforations, for photogrammetry purposes. ...

New AI model can detect multiple cognitive brain diseases from a single blood sample

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Two of the researchers behind the AI model, Jacob Vogel and Lijun An, show the results of their study.  Photo Credit: Emma Nyberg. Scientifi...