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A new technique reveals cells’ precise locations and functions in the brain. Its developers have already used it to identify a previously unknown neuron type.

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Curiosity and Hunger Are Driven by the Same Brain Regions

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Brain Circuitry for Fear and Anxiety Is the Same on fMRI

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Research Teams Reach Different Results From Same Brain-Scan Data

Scientists Predict Fish Behavior from Real-Time Brain Monitoring

New Tissue Clearing Methods Offer a Window into the Brain

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Replication Refutes Study Linking Neuroimaging to Genetics

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Neural Circuit of Parental Behavior Mapped in Mice

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Lighting Up Monkey Brains

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How to Tell a Person’s “Brain Age”

Electron Micrographs Get a Dash of Color

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The “Virus Hunter” Who Advanced Public Health, One Tool at a Time

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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