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Almost 50% of Scientists Are Leaving Academia Within 10 Years – Here’s Why

A new study published in Higher Education has found that nearly 50% of scientists quit academia within 10 years of publishing their first paper. We asked the scientific community about their reasons for "leaving" science.

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Cell Painting in Drug Discovery: A Conversation With Assay Pioneer Anne Carpenter

Technology Networks caught up with Dr. Anne Carpenter at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2024 to learn more about the Cell Painting assay and its impact on the pharmaceutical industry.

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The Importance of Newborn Screening in Identifying Medical Disorders

Newborn screening is a relatively easy and cost-effective way of improving the identification of babies with a medical condition in a timely fashion. This allows newborns to receive the treatment needed before irreversible damage has developed.

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Cell Culture Contamination in Research and Development

Cell culture underpins many aspects of research and development. In this article, we hear from three experts working in or alongside academic, industry and clinical settings to help ensure the integrity and safety of cells and cell-derived products.

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Non-Coding DNA: The Unexplored Genome

In this article, we explore how the latest advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have helped researchers explore areas of the genome that had previously been dismissed as uninformative.

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Exploring the Techniques Used in Polymer Analysis

This article explores the wide variety of analytical techniques that can be applied to synthetic polymers, each offering a slightly different look at the chemical or physical properties of these compounds.

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Insects March Forward in Food and Feed

This article explores how edible insects are being developed to address future food demands, focusing on safety, sustainability and the steps being taken to make these sources more acceptable to consumers.

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Separation Scientists Convene To Discuss the Field’s Hottest Topics

The 28th International Symposium on Separation Sciences will be held in Messina, Italy on September 22–25, 2024, featuring oral and poster presentations as well as opportunities for the competitive to demonstrate their separation science prowess.

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Exploring the New Insights Revealed by Epigenetics

This article explores some of the recent research where epigenetic approaches have advanced our understanding of disease.

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Developments in Extracellular Vesicle Research Present a Promising Future

This article explores how recent advances in nanoscale technology are helping researchers to obtain more data with less hands-on time, vastly increasing what they can study and discover about diseases.

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The Omics Revolution: Multiomics and the Future of Biomedical Research

Combining different types of omics data offers tantalizing opportunities to gain a more comprehensive overview of cellular systems. This article will explore some of the latest advances in multiomics analysis that have opened up new frontiers in cell biology.

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Could Authors Be Saying “Goodbye” to the Accept/Reject Decision?

Trying to publish scientific research can be slow, demoralizing and put up barriers to progress. But what if there was another way, one that let authors take more control while making readers more informed about how their peers evaluate the study?

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Microglial Cells: Microglia Function, Origin and Related Conditions

In this article, we consider what microglial cells are, how they are generated, their function in the body and medical conditions related to them.

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