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Forgot Your Eclipse Glasses? At the MBL, Many Ways to View the Sun Were On Hand

Forgot Your Eclipse Glasses? At the MBL, Many Ways to View the Sun Were On Hand

By Diana Kenney

A crowd of scientists, students, and staff gathered on the MBL Quad today to view the solar eclipse, bringing an array of home-made, found, or bought viewing devices!

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How Curious is That Octopus? MBL Project Documents Lives, Behaviors of Cephalopods

How Curious is That Octopus? MBL Project Documents Lives, Behaviors of Cephalopods

By Jennifer Tsang

Eric Edsinger needed 21 security cameras, not for a super top-secret project, but to get a glimpse into the lives of octopuses.

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Woods Hole Sleuthing Leads to Unusual Bacterium – and Propels a Career in Science

Woods Hole Sleuthing Leads to Unusual Bacterium – and Propels a Career in Science

By Jennifer Tsang

When Dianne Newman was a teaching assistant for the MBL Microbial Diversity course in 1998, little did she know the experience would launch her into several years’ worth of scientific inquiry.

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Picturing the Invisible: Where Photography and Microscopy Meet

Picturing the Invisible: Where Photography and Microscopy Meet

By Jennifer Tsang

A multitude of bright colors, clean lines filling the canvas, and images with perfect symmetry. A walk through the Nikon Small World Exhibit might have you wondering if you’re in a contemporary art show.

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How Can a Slime Mold Solve a Maze? The Physiology Course is Finding Out

How Can a Slime Mold Solve a Maze? The Physiology Course is Finding Out

By Jennifer Tsang

The slime mold doesn’t have a brain, but it can solve a maze. Wallace Marshall, co-director of the MBL Physiology course, first introduced the single-celled slime mold Physarum polycephalum to the course last year.

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Behind the Scenes in Embryology 2017: Not Just About Science | The Node

Behind the Scenes in Embryology 2017: Not Just About Science | The Node

August 3, 2017

My First Confocal Image Ever (Embryology Course) | @Bugs_and_Slugs
July 21, 2017
Physiology Course Students Create Spectacular Stentor Images
July 18, 2017
Impressions on the MBL REU Program | UIW Blog
July 17, 2017

Collaborators to Investigate Structure of Microbial Food Webs

Collaborators to Investigate Structure of Microbial Food Webs

August 18, 2017

New Grant Will Establish Core Facility for Genome Editing at MBL
August 18, 2017
Can You Summarize Your Research in Two Minutes?
July 17, 2017
Monitoring Carbon Emissions to Support Coastal Salt Marsh Restoration | Jim Tang
July 10, 2017

Falmouth Teacher to Bring Arctic Science to Class after Embedding with MBL Ecologists

Falmouth Teacher to Bring Arctic Science to Class after Embedding with MBL Ecologists

August 22, 2017

MBL Microscopy Innovator Joins Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
August 3, 2017
Catching Up with the Library’s Catherine N. Norton Fellows | BHL
July 27, 2017
Scientists Create Cellular Guillotine for Studying Single-Cell Wound Repair | Scicasts
June 29, 2017