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Blue balls in the shape of a brain fit inside a drawing of a male person in profile, and pink balls in the shape of a brain fit inside of a drawing of a female person in profile, representing sex differences in the brain.

Sex Differences in the Brain Get Down to the Molecular Level

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Deceased and Live Brains Modify RNA and Express Protein Differently

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How Brain Gene Expression Changes Between Life and Death

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Cell-Electronic Hybrid Chips Could Enable Surgery-Free Brain Implants

Several miniature brain models, representing human neural organoids, often colloquially called minibrains, are laid out on a light blue surface. The pattern of these organoids seem arrow-like, indicating the future directions of the field that neuroscientists and ethicists envision.

Human Neural Organoid Research Needs Better Regulation

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The Brain’s Inner DJ Balances Electrical Activity to Build Memories

A woman capturing a photograph of an elephant, while on a safari. Such salient moments can strengthen the memory of mundane stuff that occurred before or after.

Why Do Some Memories Stick, But Others Fade Away?

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Streamlining the Diagnostic Journey for Neurodegenerative Disease

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Light-Stimulated Graphene Activates and Matures Neurons

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Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

An illustration of an in vitro fertilized embryo, which researchers recently used to study maternal aneuploidy

Genetic Basis of Aneuploidy, Which Often Causes Pregnancy Loss, Revealed

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Universe 25 Experiment

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