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Seeing more in expansion microscopy

A pair of new methods light up lipid membranes and let researchers see sets of proteins inside cells with high resolution.

Categories: Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, Ed Boyden

Microscopic image of neurons in a grid of eight squares.

Seeing more in expansion microscopy

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Evelina Fedorenko receives Troland Award from National Academy of Sciences

How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events

Scientists engineer CRISPR enzymes that evade the immune system

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Feng Zhang awarded 2024 National Medal of Technology

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How the brain prevents us from falling

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For healthy hearing, timing matters

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Sound wave abstract

For healthy hearing, timing matters

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Personal interests can influence how children’s brains respond to language

3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sports

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