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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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Image of the Day: Super Speedy Microscopy

Neural Circuit of Parental Behavior Mapped in Mice

Image of the Day: Mosquito Brain

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

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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