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A unique virus and the worm it infects turn up in an orchard outside of Paris.
Scientists invent a method to control the timing and duration of sleep in fruit flies and find that snoozing helps form long-term memories
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in immunology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Researchers seeking a link between vision problems and the dangerous physiological effects of hypoxia in mountain climbers are taking their work to new heights.
Researchers are using real-world methods to study traumatic brain injuries in a comic book
When mice are held in isolation, stem cells in the hippocampus make more of themselves and wait for better times
Microbiologist Marvin Whiteley chats about teaming up with chemist and bioengineer Jason Shear in order to build tiny houses for bacteria.
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