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Scientific journal publishing original research, overview and commentary across all of biology. All of it! @CellPressNews https://t.co/pfSLHA1KDS
London, Cambridge MA et al.
Joined September 2012
We're going hybrid! Current Biology now offers a gold #openaccess option to all authors. (image: Nipam Patel)
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RT @mnvrsngh: Are dancing and infant-directed song (incl. lullabies) human universals? Like many people, I've long thought so. But in a ne….
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RT @YanivElkouby: An intriguing mechanism of germline cyst formation through innovative live imaging in fetal mice gonads, and computationa….
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Urban et al. describe water-hose-tool-use behavior in Asian elephants. Elephants show sophisticated and elegant hose tool use, in particular in the context of showering. Observations also suggest...
Mary’s long, luxurious baths have drawn so much attention that an envious elephant at the Berlin Zoo has figured out how to shut the water off on her supersoaking rival—a type of sabotage rarely seen among animals. Learn more:
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Urban et al. describe water-hose-tool-use behavior in Asian elephants. Elephants show sophisticated and elegant hose tool use, in particular in the context of showering. Observations also suggest...
Mary’s long, luxurious baths have drawn so much attention that an envious elephant at the Berlin Zoo has figured out how to shut the water off on her supersoaking rival—a type of sabotage rarely seen among animals. Learn more:
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RT @ChuyiSu: Excited to share our new paper in @CurrentBiology! 🚀📄."Retinal direction of motion is reliably transmitted to visual cortex vi….
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In awake rabbits, Su and Mendez-Platt et al. find that LGN directionally selective (LGN-DS) neurons selectively target layer 4 (L4) V1 simple cells with a similar directional preference, indicating...
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microscope image of a mouse embryo face 16 days post coitum
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RT @yokoyama_ryo: Metabolite-level regulation of enzymatic activity controls awakening of cyanobacteria from metabolic dormancy: Current Bi….
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Resuscitation in dormant cyanobacteria requires utilization of glycogen stores. Doello et al. show that although G6PDH is present throughout dormancy, it remains inactive due to the presence of...
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RT @KatrinVogt3: I digested two @Nature papers from @crezaval and.@MikeCrickmore about flexible integration and decision-making in Drosophi….
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RT @GoardMichael: When we enter a new environment, we use visual input to rapidly build an internal model of the local spatial environment….
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RT @aribidopsis: Guard cells count the number of unitary cytosolic Ca2+ signals to regulate stomatal dynamics @CurrentBiology . https://t.c….
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RT @EvolvedBiofilm: Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis. @CurrentBiology by @sio_stef et al from Gregory Hu….
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Many insects carry heritable bacterial symbionts, but the evolution of vertical (parent-to-offspring) transmission is poorly understood. Using the genus Arsenophonus, Siozios et al. show that...
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RT @CellPressNews: In this #50ScientistsThatInspire Q&A, chemical engineer Dr. Eranda Nikolla underlines the importance of mentoring future….
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RT @slcuplants: Cyanobacteria, an ancient lineage of bacteria that perform photosynthesis, have been found to regulate their genes using th….
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RT @EricTopol: Very good, concise summary of the gut-brain axis of communication and interoception.%20to%20provide%….
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RT @UCamArchaeology: Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, former Disney Professor of Archaeology and founding Director of the McDonald Institute f….
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The Department of Archaeology and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge mourn the death and celebrate the extraordinary life of Professor Colin Renfrew, Lord
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RT @YaleE360: The recent spike in global temperatures is so extreme that it has confounded scientists. A new animation from NASA shows the….
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RT @LirSamuni: Social play is not only fun but also has important social functions in #chimpanzee societies, promoting bonding & collective….
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RT @CellPressNews: Some chimpanzees, like people, continue social play into adulthood; an activity that helps them better cooperate as a gr….
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RT @UCR_ScienceNews: Tiny #worm makes for big evolutionary #discovery: @UCRiverside #scientists have described ‘Uncus,’ the oldest ecdysozo….
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Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa.
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