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LATEST BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES NEWS
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Jul-2025 18:10 ET (10-Jul-2025 22:10 GMT/UTC)
Taking stock of the known and unknown microbial space
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Landmark photosynthesis gene discovery boosts plant height, advances crop science
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
How ‘clean’ does a quantum computing test facility need to be? PNNL scientists show the way
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global estimates
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Flexible circuits made with silk and graphene on the horizon
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Three PNNL researchers receive DOE Early Career Research Awards
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory