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Roseolovirus infection disrupts how the body trains immune cells not to attack it, a mouse study shows.

Geneticist Terry Magnuson steps down as vice-chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after he copied text from multiple sources he found online into a grant application. 

And does it even matter?

The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, will increase research agencies’ budgets by around 5 percent in 2022 and support the creation of a new health agency.

Octopuses were around 82 million years earlier than scientists previously thought—and had two extra limbs at the time.

Half or more of the world’s largest forest is in danger of transitioning into grassland, researchers say.

A study that examined the brains of people before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection found a decrease in brain volume and damage to olfactory areas compared with controls.

McCrory left his post as chair of the influential Concussion in Sport Group after several of his editorials appeared to plagiarize other researchers’ work.

The academic networking service ResearchGate was infringing on copyrights held by scientific publishers when it hosted manuscripts from their journals, the European court said, but the website will not have to pay damages.

A study finds some E. coli can deploy a chemical called colibactin to reawaken long-dormant viruses inside bacteria, causing destruction.

CRISPR-mediated removal of HIV can create small, infectious DNA molecules.

Researchers use genetic clues to track the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria from the environment to patients.