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Atomic structures of mitochondrial enzyme complexes in plants are shedding light on their multiple functions.

During sleep, the brain experiences large fluctuations in blood volume and altered coupling between neural and vascular signals.

A simulation study demonstrates a better method for separating genetic effects from environmental effects in genome-wide association studies, but there is still some way to go before this becomes a "solved" problem.

HOAP is a telomere-binding protein that has a conserved role in Drosophila, but it also needs to evolve quickly to restrict telomeric retrotransposons.

The skeletal muscle of fruit flies communicates with other organs to prevent the accumulation of too much fat and to protect adults against obesity.

Experiments with hybrid viruses are illuminating how SARS-CoV-2 can escape neutralizing antibodies.

Analysis of the smallest known arthropod genome reveals a mechanism for genome reduction that appears to be driven by a specialized ecological interaction with plants.

A mechanism for concentrating carbon dioxide has for the first time been successfully transferred into a species that lacks such a process.

Using multiple human annotators and ensembles of trained networks can improve the performance of deep-learning methods in research.

Imaging sperm as they travel through the female reproductive tract has revealed new details about fertilization at the molecular level.