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Playing Hide and Seek in the Centromere

Centromeres, the DNA sections often found at the center of the chromosomes, display enormous interspecies diversity, despite having the same vital role during cell division across almost the entire tree of life.

How the Brain Decides What We Perceive

Patterns of brainwaves in the prefrontal cortex gate access to consciousness

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Herbicide Resistance Caused by Pre-Existing Genetic Variation

Mechanisms of rapid evolutionary adaptation in blackgrass deciphered

How the Brain Slows Down When We Focus Our Gaze

Computer simulations explain change of pace in the visual cortex

How Our Brain Makes New Decisions

Scientists have investigated the underlying mechanism in the brain when we apply stored knowledge to new decision-making situations.

Artificial Intelligence from a Psychologist’s Point of View

Researchers test cognitive abilities of the language model GPT-3

How Gut Bacteria Evade the Immune System

New insight into how harmless gut bacteria avoid triggering inflammation

Microbes Protect A Leaf Beetle - But For A Price

Researchers discover a novel mutualism between fungi and insects

How Value Shapes The Fluctuations Of Conscious Perception

What we perceive might sometimes reflect the outcome of a value-based decision-making process, a new analysis of the literature suggests

Gut Microbes And Humans On A Joint Evolutionary Journey

Researchers discover simultaneous evolutionary history of gut microbes with their human hosts over hundreds of thousands of years

Mapping the Communications Hub of the Brain

New insights about the thalamus may improve understanding of brain disorders and intervention

More Flexible Than Previously Thought: Worms Give Us New Insights into the Evolution and Diversification of TGF-b Signaling Pathways

The TGF-ß cellular signaling network, essential to various functions in all metazoans and also involved in many severe human pathologies like autoimmune diseases and cancer, is more flexible than previously thought.

Nematode Teeth Consist of Chitin

Genetically modified worms may make us rethink invertebrate evolution

Agriculture Makes the Weed

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed

Mapping the Communications Hub of the Brain

The thalamus acts as central communications hub for the brain, relaying information from the senses and other brain parts.

More Flexible Than Previously Thought: Worms Give Us New Insights Into The Evolution And Diversification Of TGF-b Signaling Pathways

The TGF-ß cellular signaling network, essential to various functions in all metazoans and also involved in many severe human pathologies like autoimmune diseases and cancer, is more flexible than previously thought.

Nematode Teeth Consist Of Chitin

Genetically modified worms may make us rethink invertebrate evolution

Agriculture Makes The Weed

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed