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Work ethic: The 24/7 lab

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Working weekends. Leaving at midnight. Friday evening meetings. Does science come out the winner?

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Ledford, H. Work ethic: The 24/7 lab. Nature 477, 20–22 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/477020a

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