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Image credit:The ScientistThe Top Innovations contest is a yearly staple for The Scientist that showcases the most transformative and useful…

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Phytoplankton are microalgae that are integral to oxygen production and the ocean food web. Studying these organisms in Antarctica can…

This postdoc investigates how glial cells lose balance and fuel rare diseases like X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism.Image credit:Andy Lee, ©iStock, jmimagesQ |…

These authors contributed equally: Nobutaka Kato, Eamon ComerBroad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USANobutaka Kato, Eamon Comer, Micah Maetani, Jessica Bastien, Joshua…

Survey dataTo assess impacts of land-use change on bird diversity, we began by collating surveys from the PREDICTS database, a…

Amniotic fluid surrounds the developing fetus throughout pregnancy, providing nutrients and other support. A new model could help researchers study…

Yadav, N., Toader, A. & Rajasethupathy, P. Beyond hippocampus: thalamic and prefrontal contributions to an evolving memory. Neuron 112, 1045–1059…

Hibernating animals go into a state of torpor wherein they lower their metabolic rate and internal temperature.Image credit:© iStock.com, Edwin_ButterAs…

MonkeysTwo adult male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) participated in the experiment. The number of monkeys (2) follows previous work using…