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Nerd Nite comes to Tokyo
RIKEN Research Spring issue is here
Organ regeneration in the lab
Of mice and NREM: In this brain circuit, memories depend on sleep
Dear RIKEN: Can you bring frozen animals back to life?
From evolutionary morphology to Godzilla
Award-winning 3D images of living cells
Electrolithoautotrophs
Element 113: “discovery” or not?
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Summer fun: how plants beat the heat
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to cope with extreme heat by changing the composition of chloroplast membranes. Continue!
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Freedom from fear ?♀️
Researchers discover a dopaminergic circuit in the brain that allows fear associations to disappear when there isn’t anything to be afraid of anymore.
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Blue gene regulation helps plants respond properly to light
Blue light alters some gene expression in plants by changing the transcription start sites to downstream locations.
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Out on a limb: the many ‘brains’ of the octopus
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Mutation links bipolar disorder to mitochondrial disease
ANT1 mutations found in bipolar disease that affect mitochondria lead to hyperexcitable serotonergic neuronal activity in the brain.
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My science communication journey in Tokyo
New contributor and nuclear physicist Sarah Naimi talks about her recent experience in science communication at a recent scicom event in Tokyo.
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