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NSF selects Joanne Tornow to head its Biological Sciences directorate

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Study shows unusual microbes hold clues to early life

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Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics

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Unraveling of 58-year-old corn gene mystery may have plant-breeding implications

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Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins

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Yale chemists find a new tool for understanding enzymes -- Google

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Researchers peel off slimy biofilms like old stickers

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The distance of microbial competitions shapes their community structures

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Not in the DNA: Evolution sans mutation discovered in single-celled archaea

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Scientists produce 3D chemical maps of single bacteria

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NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

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Goldilocks and the optimal mating distance: Neither too small nor too large but just right

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Ring-shaped protein complex wrangles DNA

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Media invited to NSF for distinguished lecture with evolutionary biologist Sheila Patek

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How plants cope with stress

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Local hormone production is root of issue for plant development

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New regulators of nitrogen use in plants identified

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Gene network lets plant roots handle nitrogen

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Smallest life forms have smallest working CRISPR system

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This RNA-based technique could make gene therapy more effective

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Biomaterials with 'Frankenstein proteins' help heal tissue

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Success is sweet: Researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

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NSF announces new awards for Understanding the Rules of Life

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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Engineering biology through DNA’s environment

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Research devises protocol for measuring distances within biomolecules

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