Zebrafish eyes are similar to ours. We share all the major structures, such as a single lens to focus light, a retina with photoreceptor cells to detect light, and a liquid-filled cavity between the ...

This praying mantis that appears to be looking at us with a dubious expression is a budwing mantis. It is so named because the females have very small, rounded wings, giving the appearance of a flower ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today that HHMI Investigator Carolyn Bertozzi of Stanford University, Morten Meldal of University of Copenhagen, and K. Barry Sharpless of Scripps ...

CRISPR has sparked a renaissance in genome editing. Now, next-generation CRISPR technologies let scientists modify the genome more efficiently and precisely than before. Such tools could one day serve ...

Thousands of undergraduate students contribute to new study that broadens understanding of genetic diversity of bacteriophages. Over the last seven years, thousands of undergraduate students have ...

The goal of the Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program is to reach, recruit, and retain individuals from the diverse talent pool of early career scientists in the United States. Through their successful ...

New experiments help explain how the brain speeds up or slows down movement. What if you couldn’t move faster even when you wanted to? Researchers thought that the part of the brain that determines ...

Janelia scientists are learning how animals adjust their physical exertion as changes in the environment or their own bodies alter how efficiently they move. Janelia Senior Group Leader, Janelia ...

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet announced this morning that the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Jack W. Szostak, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, brings together teams of scientists to unlock the fundamentals of biology. By nurturing careers, influencing environments, and collaborating ...

Albany Medical College Albert Einstein College of Medicine Allen Institute American University Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Arizona State University Arkansas State University ...

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