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Two independent groups demonstrate the utility of CRISPR-based techniques to identify regulatory elements that govern disease-linked genes. 

Mammals and amphibians show greater intraspecific genetic diversity in the tropics compared with temperate regions.

More papers correlate with top-cited research for more-established academics, but not newly minted professors, according to a study.  

Scientists determine how the brain’s central clock regulates drinking prior to sleep in rodents.

A plasmid-based vaccine against the virus is immunogenic in mice and protects Rhesus macaques against infection, researchers report.

According to citation statistics, researchers behind programmed cell death pathways and CRISPR/Cas9 are among those in line for Nobel Prizes this year.

Caffeine-producing plants use three different biochemical pathways and two different enzyme families to make the same molecule.

Policymakers’ choice of seawater intakes highlights California’s troubling embrace of unproven technologies.

Congressional inaction when it comes to extending funding for a major outbreak may endanger the health of thousands of Americans.

Researchers examine the role of long interspersed element-1 retrotransposition in neuronal mosaicism.

Matching the immunological characteristics of donor retinal cells to those of the recipient can reduce the chance of rejection.

Philipp Hummel, the journalist who alerted EurekAlert administrators to a security breach, discusses the role of embargoes in science reporting.