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New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

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Life is an intricate cascade of machines producing machines ... and Albert Libchaber from the Center for Physics and Biology at Rockefeller University, New York. Distinguished Professor Tsvi Tlusty ...

OXFORD, Miss. – From across the world, University of Mississippi biology major Christian Boudreaux received a life-changing Zoom call from Chancellor Glenn Boyce last week. Despite Zanzibar's spotty ...