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Miniaturizing Optical Devices To Maximize Their Impact

A team of scientists in Japan has developed a tiny optical implantable biodevice that may be used in optogenetics studies.

Plants And Animals Fix DNA Differently

Unlike animals, the mechanism of DNA repair in plants is skewed towards homologous recombination and involved in their immune response to fungal infections.

How ‘Grip-And-Slip’ Wires Up The Brain

Scientists in Japan have discovered how axons respond to cues in the environment to change their direction of migration.

Paving The Way For Life On Land

Scientists have identified the genes which could have enabled the first plants to conquer the terrestrial environment.