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Briefing: Bacterial strain breaks decades-old bottleneck in chemotherapy drug manufacturing

Strategic angle: An international team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in the production of doxorubicin, a vital chemotherapy agent.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Comprehensive digital materials ecosystem can perform 'sanity check' to guide design

Strategic angle: Researchers leverage AI tools to streamline material testing in design processes.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition

Strategic angle: Eight student teams chosen to tackle critical aviation maintenance challenges.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Ultrasound-based approach to delivering potent drugs into cancer cells shows promise in benchtop experiments

Strategic angle: Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a technique that uses microbubbles and ultrasound to help relatively large cancer drugs enter tumor cells and cause them to self-destruct.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Scientists confirm existence of molecule long believed to occur in oxidation

Strategic angle: First-ever direct observation of a short-lived molecule reshapes understanding in atmospheric chemistry and biomedical science.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: This isn't just another rocky world orbiting a red dwarf—this one's special

Strategic angle: Astronomers have found an exoplanet that could serve as a benchmark in future studies.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: How an unlikely all-female clonal fish species copied and pasted itself free from extinction

Strategic angle: The tiny Amazon molly has survived for over 100,000 years against evolutionary odds.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: NASA Armstrong to Host Partnership Days April 15-16

Strategic angle: Innovative companies and organizations invited to collaborate at NASA's event.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Inside the light: How invisible electric fields drive device luminescence

Strategic angle: Fleeting electron-hole pairs are giving scientists a new window into optimizing light-emitting devices (LEDs).

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: USBR Crack the Case Challenge

Strategic angle: NASA's Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation promotes crowdsourcing for federal challenges.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: The fish were biting in ancient Alabama: Tooth found embedded in Cretaceous apex predator's neck

Strategic angle: A unique new fossil demonstrates rare evidence of direct conflict between apex predators in the Cretaceous oceans of North America.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Agenda diaria de la misión a la Luna de Artemis II de la NASA

Strategic angle: Unos ocho minutos después del despegue de Artemis II, la nave espacial Orion y su tripulación están listos para su misión lunar.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Fish stocks are on the line: Climate change impacts global fishing yields

Strategic angle: Climate change is rapidly challenging the notion that there are plenty more fish in the sea, with global fish stocks under threat.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Proposing simple measures to prevent industry dumping plastic pellets into the sea

Strategic angle: The presence of small plastic pellets on the beaches of Donostia and Orio highlights a concerning source of pollution from industrial microplastics.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Geneticists challenge common model of how cells retain their identity

Strategic angle: A new study from Umeå University suggests that the widely accepted model of cellular identity may be flawed.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Regenerative grazing study reveals trade-offs for sheep farmers

Strategic angle: A new study highlights the balance between environmental benefits and economic challenges in regenerative agriculture for sheep farming.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Eruption at Mayon

Strategic angle: Activity at the volcano in the Philippines sent lava and pyroclastic flows down the volcano’s flanks and prompted evacuations in nearby communities.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Scientists discovered a secret deal between a plant and beetles

Strategic angle: A study reveals an unexpected partnership between Japanese red elder plants and Heterhelus beetles.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Harnessing eDNA to Help Conserve Australia's Oceans

Strategic angle: Environmental DNA offers a new approach to marine conservation efforts in Australia.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Briefing: Scientists discover a universal temperature curve that governs all life

Strategic angle: Researchers have uncovered a universal pattern showing how temperature affects life on Earth.

Editorial Staff Mar 13