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A mouse study concludes color-detecting cones in the eye and a subset of neurons in the brain’s thalamus are why green light exposure has an analgesic effect.

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Virus Alters Caterpillars’ Vision to Trick Them into Climbing

MUSCLE CONTROL: Researchers pinpoint how C. elegans (pictured) manages to expel food from its mouth.

The Science Behind How Roundworms Spit

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How Early-Morning Light Exposure Makes Mice Less Depressed

Light Enables Long-Term Memory Maintenance in Fruit Flies

How Manipulating Rodent Memories Can Elucidate Neurological Function

Infographic: Messing with a Mouse’s Memory

Into the Light: A Profile of Joanne Chory

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Image of the Day: Invisible Weapons

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Solar-Powered Yeast Are More Efficient Drug Factories

Winter Brain Blues

Infographic: Skotomorphogenesis Versus Photomorphogenesis

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Bacterial Photography Goes Technicolor

Phosphorylation at the Flick of a Switch

Do Brighter Species’ Brains Emit Redder Light?

Light Sensors in Cephalopod Skin

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

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What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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