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Press Release Sep. 18, 2020

Humans develop more slowly than mice because our chemistry is different

Press Release Sep. 18, 2020

Chaotic "Lévy walks" are a good strategy for animals

Research Highlight Sep. 18, 2020

Coordination of hormonal signaling and nutrient metabolism drives critical life-cycle transition
Findings from adolescent fruit flies could help explain developmental changes in people as well

Research Highlight Sep. 18, 2020

Resonant tunneling diode oscillators for terahertz-wave detection
The integration of terahertz sources and detectors on a single semiconductor chip is a step closer to reality

Press Release Sep. 11, 2020

FABP4: Preschool-aged biomarker discovered for autism spectrum disorder

Research Highlight Sep. 4, 2020

Using two acoustic reflectors triples spin-current generation
Reflecting sound waves back toward a layered component triples the amount of spin current it produces

Press Release Sep. 3, 2020

Parasitic plants attack crops when defending themselves from microbes

Research Highlight Aug. 28, 2020

A neural circuit that makes rodents go into a hibernation-like state found
The neural circuit responsible for inducing rodents to enter a state similar to hibernation has been identified

Research Highlight Aug. 28, 2020

Brain circuit activated by hunger makes starved fish fight for longer
Hunger activates a pathway in the brain of a zebrafish that makes the fish less likely to give up in a fight against another zebrafish

Press Release Aug. 27, 2020

Tag team gut bacteria worsen symptoms of multiple sclerosis

Press Release Aug. 19, 2020

Constructing odor objects in the brain

Research Highlight Aug. 14, 2020

Probe detects the destruction of defective mitochondria
A fluorescent probe that works in both live and fixed cells can provide key insights into neurodegenerative and other disorders

Press Release Aug. 12, 2020

Scientists develop principles for the creation of an “acoustic diode"

Research Highlight Aug. 7, 2020

Machine learning helps find materials that buck the trend
A new algorithm can roam the material landscape looking for materials that offer the best of both worlds

Research Highlight Jul. 31, 2020

Laser pulses induce a different kind of sound wave
Ultrashort laser pulses induce unusual sound waves via a structural instability in a material

Research Highlight Jul. 31, 2020

Mice need kinetochores rich in a microtubule crosslinker to achieve error-free oocyte division
Differences in the distribution of a small protein in oocytes could explain why oocyte division is more error prone in humans than mice

Press Release Jul. 28, 2020

RNA biology provides the key to cell identity and health

Research Highlight Jul. 17, 2020

Skyrmions created in a centrosymmetric material lacking geometrical frustration
Tiny magnetic swirls can form in a broader range of materials than have been used in previous experiments

Research Highlight Jul. 17, 2020

A short segment of a prion protein plays a critical role in its susceptibility to cross-species prion transmission
The ability of a yeast prion protein to cross species barriers largely depends on the shape of a short segment of the monomeric protein

Research Highlight Jul. 10, 2020

Cause of oversized placentas in cloning found after two decades
The birth rate of a cloning technique can be doubled by correcting for the absence of an epigenetic mark