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A new imaging method reveals previously undetected structural differences that may contribute to developmental language disorder.

Multiciliated cells rely on the same master regulator as dividing cells to amplify the number of centrioles needed to generate the hair-like structures that coat their cell surface.

Computational model reveals why pausing to sniff the air helps animals track a scent when they are far away from the source.

A neural pathway involved in goal-oriented behaviours becomes dysregulated during binge drinking and alcohol use disorder.

Maize genes influence which species of bacteria are recruited from the soil, especially in the absence of nitrogen supplied by fertilizer.

Blindness triggers a reorganization of the visual and auditory cortices in the brain.

Two species of photosynthetic cyanobacteria can thrive in far-red light but they either become less resilient to photodamage or less energy efficient.

A gene normally involved in responding to hypoxia helps to protect insect muscles during migratory flight in a non-oxygen dependent manner.

A splice variant of the androgen receptor that drives prostate cancer resistance translocates into the nucleus using a different mechanism from the full-length receptor and exhibits distinct molecular properties once inside.

Experiments in genetically altered mice reveal that microglia play an important role in the neurological damage associated with neuro-nopathic Gaucher disease.