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The first-of-its-kind study follows on the heels of ethicists’ urging vaccine developers to conduct clinical trials in pregnant women.

Using machine learning, researchers have created extensive maps of the neuronal circuits associated with social and locomotion behaviors in the fruit fly. 

A new study reports which types of corals make the most of the sunlight they receive. 

AcrIIA4, an inhibitor protein from the Listeria bacteriophage, can block DNA from binding to Cas9 during genome editing.

Modeling gives insight to the critical role of streamflow conditions when assessing the concentrations of endocrine disrupting compounds.  

Herbivores may take to omnivory and eat conspecifics when the plants they feed on produce unsavory protective chemicals.

Policies that limit researchers’ travel could restrict scientific progress and partnerships.

Scientific users had braced for another helium shortage, but many have turned to new technologies to reduce their needs.

Researchers find that boas and pythons use an XY sex chromosome system, rather than the previously assumed ZW system found in some other snakes.

Animals lacking a sense of smell stayed thinner than their smelling counterparts, despite eating the same amount.

An administration official counters news of an unstaffed division at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, admits the agency is still adjusting.

Current can guide implanted cells away from rats’ noses toward a region deep in their brains.