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Nature is a weekly international journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on science and technology.
Map-making neurons change even in familiar settings, study finds
Neurobiologists at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, including Jason Climer in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, found the brain’s internal GPS changes each time mice navigate a...
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New faculty member to further explore research linking brain receptor to increased height, early puberty
For the past few decades, scientists have observed a trend of increased height and younger age of puberty onset in humans. Now, research outlining a new pathway in humans linking body fat to puberty onset and growth could provide an explanation as to why these changes are occurring. Their findings...
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Scientists discover how antibiotics penetrate Gram-negative bacterial cell walls
In a study reported in the journal Chemical Science, researchers developed a new method to determine how antibiotics with specific chemical properties thread their way through tiny pores in the otherwise impenetrable cell envelopes of Gram-negative bacteria.
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Dr. Jin's lab solves atomic structure of stalled ribosome by cryoEM
This is the first atomic structure of a ribosomal complex solved by cryoEM on the U of I campus.