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New research involving giving mice a human cell-based cortex brings to mind “Flowers for Algernon” and “Pinky and the Brain,” writes STAT Lab Dish columnist Paul Knoepfler.

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New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas

Recent years have witnessed major advances in our understanding of the distinct functional and computational roles of the ventral hippocampus (vHPC). Mazen Kheirbek and colleagues examine the state-de...

Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...

The study of cross-species differences in the organization of the cerebral cortex received significant attention during the past century. However, the evolutionary principles governing changes in bra...

Assistant or Associate Professor faculty position in the Department of Pharmacology at University of Colorado School of Medicine in Neuroscience.

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Captain Ahab, woman, cries out, “From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale.” First mate Starbuck repl...

“Select a house with one fewer master suite than the number of couples. Don’t forget to unfairly resent the couple who didn’t get an ensuite bathroom because...

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper...

A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.

I was going to reply to the DM’s query on “ambition” in science careers (motivated by FSP here, followups here and here) in a comment but it got a bit lengthy. So, I present my am…

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Hospitals, universities and transit agencies are among the issuers that would face heightened uncertainty around federal funding if the rule is enacted.

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to stop the Trump administration from putting political appointees in charge of federal health grants.

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The editor resigned after the journal’s AI system overrode his selection of referees for a manuscript. His move prompted an internal review of the system.

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...

Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees

Staffers say comments coming after NIH’s own approvals are overriding peer review

We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog