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Freeze-tolerant Flies

By | February 13, 2012

Two steps help Drosophila melanogaster larvae survive freezing conditions.

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Next Generation: World’s First Nano-ear

By | February 10, 2012

A new device can detect sounds a million times fainter than the hearing threshold of the human ear.

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RNA Chases Its Tail

By | February 2, 2012

New research suggests that circular RNA transcripts are not as rare as previously thought.

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Gain a Chromosome and Adapt

By | January 30, 2012

Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.

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Next Generation: Sneaking into a Cell

By | January 18, 2012

A nanoscale device measures electrical signals inside cells without causing damage.

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Same Day Genomes

By | January 13, 2012

Two new sequencing machines will read a human genome in 24 hours.

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Cancer’s Escape Routes

By | November 30, 2011

Scientists are beginning to discover myriad strategies tumors use to avoid attacks by anti-cancer drugs.

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Opinion: Beyond the Model

By | November 29, 2011

How next-generation sequencing technologies will drive a new era of research on non-model organisms.

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Top 7 in Evolutionary Biology

By | November 29, 2011

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in evolutionary biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000

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Human ES Cells Evolve in Culture

By | November 28, 2011

Researchers identify common genetic changes in cultured human embryonic stem cells, including one that confers a growth advantage.

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