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LIFE 120/121 Labs: Writing Abstracts

This guide provides resource and composition guidance for the LIFE 120/121 Labs.

ABSTRACT - Definition

                    "An abstract is one of the most important sections of a scientific paper, in part,
                  because it will be the most widely read section of any scientific paper.
                  The abstract summarizes the entire paper in a short, concise format.
                   It includes the motivation for the research, a general statement about how the
                   work was conducted, and a summary of the main result."

Example from Nature.com

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