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A strategy to transmit signals to retinal nerve cells may show promise as a step toward alternative retinal prosthesis design.

Researchers use UV light to stimulate protein production in nano-sized delivery capsules in mice.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Choreographer Merce Cunningham achieved a kind of immortality by employing technology to capture a solo dance that he never taught to his pupils.

Researchers devise a way to create predictably patterned microwrinkles.

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Simply disclosing conflicts of interest is not enough.

Some 85 percent of researchers involved in promoting off-label drug use do not adequately disclose financial conflicts of interest in published articles.

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Open-access journals are reaching the same quality levels as their subscription counterparts.

Chemicals that change the way DNA is packaged could improve the effects of current antipsychotics.

A unique habitat seeks to bring awareness to a disease decimating populations of the flying mammals.