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Green fluorescent protein has an iconic structure. National Institute of General Medical Sciences/National Institutes of Health via Flickr

February 24, 2026

1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology

Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College

Researchers have been studying tens of thousands of proteins and even more variations without a yardstick to compare their results.

Variety is the sauce of life. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Images

July 8, 2025

3 basic ingredients, a million possibilities: How small pizzerias succeed with uniqueness in an age of chain restaurants

Paula de la Cruz-Fernández, University of Florida and Avi Ackerman, University of Florida

While economic forces have streamlined many global dishes into uniform, predictable formats, pizza continues to thrive in all its messy and delicious variety.

Nanoparticles (white disks) can be used to deliver treatment to cells (blue). Brenda Melendez and Rita Serda/National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

January 5, 2023

Nanomedicines for various diseases are in development – but research facilities produce vastly inconsistent results on how the body will react to them

Morteza Mahmoudi, Michigan State University

The proteins that cover nanoparticles are essential to understanding how they work in the body. Across 17 proteomics facilities in the US, less than 2% of the identified proteins were identical.

Low attainment levels are presenting universities with big challenges. from www.shutterstock.com

August 12, 2016

Standardised curriculums in Indian universities are not helping to improve academic quality

Ranjit Goswami, RK University

Having a set curriculum for academic courses is leading to poor learning outcomes in students, as students’ needs aren’t being catered to.

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