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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.

Biomedical doctoral students and those from historically excluded groups exhibit higher rates of mental distress, which worsened in 2020 for some populations.

A medical diagnosis sets a principal investigator on a new path.

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.

An increased emphasis on falsification – the direct testing of strong hypotheses – will lead to faster progress in science by allowing well-specified hypotheses to be eliminated.

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.