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Zebrafish. Credit: Lynn Ketchum

An Earful of Gill: Stem Cell Study Points to Evolutionary Origin of Outer Ear | Super Innovators

January 16, 2025

A ribonucleoprotein (a structure made of RNA and protein) within a diversity-generating retroelement (DGR). DGRs are mechanisms that allow microorganisms to edit their genes. A new study in Nature has revealed clues about how they work. Credit: Blair Paul, generated from an RNP structure in Handa et al., using Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBJ).

Uncovering Clues to a Natural Gene-Editing Technique

January 9, 2025

Northern Lights over Eel Pond.

2024: A Year of Discovery at MBL

December 31, 2024

heart cockles

Heart-shaped Mollusc has Windows that Work like Fibre Optics | New Scientist

November 20, 2024

Alex Worden and team

“Take Five” with Microbial Ecologist Alexandra Worden

July 17, 2024

nerve cell structure

A Random Influx of DNA from a Virus Helped Vertebrates Become So Stunningly Successful | Scientific American

April 12, 2024

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Don’t Eat The Forbidden Pink Berries (Because They’re Made Of Bacteria) | IFLScience

February 29, 2024

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MBL Team Finds Novel Vehicle for Antibiotic Resistance

February 29, 2024

Pink berries

Without Social Distancing, How Do Bacteria Survive a Viral Epidemic?

February 15, 2024