2018


 
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FEATURES

The Vanishing Night: Light Pollution Threatens Ecosystems | October 1

Muscle Clocks Play a Role in Regulating Metabolism | September 1

How Orphan Drugs Became a Highly Profitable Industry | May 1

NEWS

Plan S: The Ambitious Initiative to End the Reign of Paywalls | December 19

Effects of Antidepressants Span Three Generations in Fish | December 10

Jumping Spiders Produce Milk to Feed Their Young | November 29

The UK Pharmaceutical Industry Braces for Brexit | October 12

Major Publishers File Second Lawsuit Against ResearchGate | October 9

Microglia Cause Cognitive Decline in Obese Mice | September 10

Vibrations Restore Sense of Movement in Prosthetics | September 1

To Highlight Gender Gaps, Scientists Decline Opportunities | August 24

Florida Is Having a 10-Month Streak of Toxic Red Tide | August 10

Researchers Fuse Chromosomes to Create New Yeast Strains | August 1

Universities in Germany and Sweden Lose Access to Elsevier Journals | July 19

North American Universities Increasingly Cancel Publisher Packages | June 11

Surveying Biodiversity with Leeches | June 1

New Treatments for Phenylketonuria Aim to Loosen Reins on Strict Diet | May 29

Source of Potential Bias Widespread in Large Genetic Studies | May 15

Among the Amish, c. 1960s | May 1

A Devastating Diagnosis, a Viral Video, and a Clinical Trial | May 1

Pinpointing the Origin of Marbled Crayfish Clones | May 1

Learning Enhances Synapses Between “Memory Cells” in Mice | April 26

Dutch Universities, Journal Publishers Agree on Open-Access Deals | April 17

Researchers Develop Sperm-Robot Hybrids to Deliver Drugs, Assist Fertilization | April 1

French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Journals | March 31

Number-Selective Neurons Found in Untrained Crows’ Brains | March 15

Bacterial Cell Envelope Size is Key to Membrane Stress Response | March 1

New Automated Tool Monitors Clinical Trial Reporting | February 22

Sci-Hub Loses Domains and Access to Some Web Services | February 20

DBS with Nanoparticle-Based Optogenetics Modifies Behavior in Mice | February 8

Do Human Pheromones Exist? | January 23

Sensors Journal Pulls Planned Special Issue Due to Guest Editor’s Fake Credentials | January 17

How Do Infant Immune Systems Learn to Tolerate Gut Bacteria? | January 11

Long-Term Brain Rhythms Offer Possibility of Predicting Seizures | January 8

Fake News: Mars Edition, circa 1877 | January 1

 
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