Four recent studies examine plastic particles in wildlife and lab models, the motion of nuclear-pore proteins, and the problem of counting RNA molecules.
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Researchers found plastic particles in the blood of Brazilian tapirs and anteaters and compared the measurements with where some animals moved.
Read the guide · 6 minA study used manufactured polystyrene particles in cell, human lung-slice and mouse experiments. We explain what these models can and cannot answer.
Read the guide · 6 minNew measurements of nuclear pores show why proteins studied inside cells can behave differently from simplified mixtures in a dish.
Read the guide · 6 minA new benchmarking platform compares ways of correcting sequencing barcode errors. Its results depend on the error conditions used in the test.
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