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Science Crossword Puzzle
Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.
Science Crossword Puzzle
Science Crossword Puzzle

Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.

Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.

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What's Your Story? Competition Guidelines and Writing Tips
The Scientist | Dec 17, 2024 | 7 min read
Enter for a chance to have your story published on The Scientist’s website! 
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What's Your Story?
The Scientist | Dec 17, 2024 | 2 min read
Enter our second annual writing contest. The winners’ stories will be published on The Scientist’s website! 
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What's Your Story? Ideas and Discoveries Worth Sharing
The Scientist | Dec 16, 2024 | 2 min read
Our second annual writing contest provides life scientists with a platform to try their hands at science journalism, tell their science stories, develop their communication skills, and publish their work.
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Detecting Research Misconduct in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Dec 13, 2024 | 2 min read
The rise of fraudulent papers, exacerbated by AI-assisted technologies, threatens scientific integrity, but new detection tools offer hope.
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Meet the Team: Melissa Kay
Laura Tran, PhD | Dec 13, 2024 | 4 min read
Melissa Kay’s passion for science transitioned from the lab into a career focused on scientific engagement in the social media landscape.
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2024 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist Staff | Dec 13, 2024 | 10+ min read
The latest group of winning technologies has a little something for everyone—from scientists at the lab bench to those in the clinic and even the classroom.
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Detection or Deception: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Research Misconduct
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Dec 13, 2024 | 10+ min read
New artificial intelligence tools help scientists fight back against a rising tide of research misconduct, but is it enough?
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A Tiny but Mighty Helper Stops Mosquito Viruses in Their Tracks
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Dec 13, 2024 | 10+ min read
Vector biologist Luciano Moreira has been fighting disease-causing pathogens for years. Now he teams up with Wolbachia in this mission.
December 2024 crossword
Invisible and Invaluable
Stella Zawistowski | Dec 13, 2024 | 2 min read
Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.
December 2024 crossword
December 2024 Interactive Crossword Puzzle
Stella Zawistowski | Dec 13, 2024 | 1 min read
Try your hand at a sciency brainteaser.
Illustration of Carlo Quintanilla, a health science policy analyst at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, at his desk creating a report (right monitor) that summarizes the impact of policies based on data about them that he has researched (left monitor).
What Does a Career in Science Policy Entail?
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Dec 9, 2024 | 5 min read
Science policy helps shape research and funding; science policy analysts evaluate these policies to ensure they support scientific progress and innovation.
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evitria Partners with Sapio Sciences to Streamline Antibody Workflow Management and Reporting
Sapio Sciences | Dec 3, 2024 | 2 min read
After an extensive evaluation process where Sapio demonstrated an understanding of evitria’s complex workflow needs, the company chose Sapio ELN and Sapio Report Builder to streamline complex workflows, and Sapio Report Generator will enable the creation of customized reports directly from the system
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Eppendorf SE and DataHow AG announce strategic collaboration to advance bioprocess data management
Eppendorf | Dec 2, 2024 | 2 min read
This partnership will integrate DataHow's innovative AI-enabled analytics solution, DataHowLab, with Eppendorf's cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform, BioNsight® cloud, providing scientists with unparalleled insight and analytics capabilities.
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Playing Games to Learn Cell Biology
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Dec 2, 2024 | 2 min read
Video games get microscopic in an educational science outreach project.
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Science Crossword Puzzle
Stella Zawistowski | Dec 2, 2024 | 1 min read
Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.
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Why Does Thanksgiving Dinner Make Some People Sleepy?
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Nov 25, 2024 | 4 min read
Urban myths cry turkey, but the science behind why Thanksgiving feasts induce sleep suggests otherwise.
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Sapio Sciences Collaborates with Waters Corporation to Improve Efficiency of Laboratory Operations
Sapio Sciences | Nov 18, 2024 | 2 min read
The advanced data processing and review capabilities of waters connect™ software, when combined with Sapio LIMS, can facilitate workflow efficiencies, enabling laboratories to handle larger volumes of samples with greater speed and precision.
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Science Crossword Puzzle
Stella Zawistowski | Nov 15, 2024 | 1 min read
Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.
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Bakers Rise Up to Tackle Sourdough Mysteries
Laura Tran, PhD | Nov 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Donated sourdough starters helped researchers uncover the factors that influence microbial communities in these living cultures.
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