. Scientific Frontline
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...

Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton

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As sea surface temperatures rise over the next century, phytoplankton in polar regions will adapt to be less rich in proteins, heavier in ca...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Earth's Sustainable Carrying Capacit...

Common Disinfectant Chemicals Far More Toxic When Inhaled

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Researchers at UC Davis found in a mouse study that chemicals commonly found in disinfectant sprays may be more harmful than once thought. P...