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Dr. Takashi Sugimura: A giant of chemical carcinogenesis
March 2, 2021
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Arthur Ashkin: Father of the optical tweezers
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Adam Mastroianni and Daniel Gilbert explore why conversations almost never end when people want them to.
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PNAS Front Matter delves into the stories of science. The section’s News Features cover research trends in depth, Opinion pieces further the debate on topics of interest to scientists and other readers with a keen interest in science, Inner Workings explore cutting-edge methods or approaches, Core Concepts are substantive explanations of timely terms, and Science and Culture articles feature intersections between research and aspects of culture. Journal Club blog posts are short news stories featuring a recent important, timely journal article selected by one of our Journal Club panelists, who are postdocs and graduate students in NAS members’ labs.
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