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Adding scientific signs to Indian Sign Language will create a more inclusive field for deaf students

Digvijay Singh, a sign-language educator, says that there are not enough scientific terms in Indian Sign Language. Credit: CSIR IMTECH

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‘Epigenetic’ editing cuts cholesterol in mice

A zinc finger protein (blue and magenta; artificially coloured) in complex with DNA (yellow and green). Credit: Laguna Design/SPL An

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The Dimorphos ejecta plume properties revealed by LICIACube

LUKE image calibration process During the ground activities of the integration and test phases of the LICIACube, several sessions of

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Compartmentalized ocular lymphatic system mediates eye–brain immunity

Mice Six- to ten-week-old mixed-sex C57BL/6J, B6.Cg-Tg(TcraTcrb)425Cbn/J (OT-II), B6.129P2(C)-Ightm2Cgn/J (B1-8) and B6.129S2-IghtmICgn/J (μMT) mice were purchased from Jackson Laboratory and Charles River

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Non-neuronal brain cells modulate behaviour

Ollivier, M. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07138-0 (2024). Article  Google Scholar  Tata, J. R. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 28, 91–94 (1958). Article 

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Supramolecular polymers form tactoids through liquid–liquid phase separation

Materials All chemicals and reagents were purchased from commercial sources at the highest purity available and used as received unless

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Eyes on history

A turn and the Dial displaces Aleksandre and Jules through time. The paved road is layers of muck. Horse manure

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Could this one-time ‘epigenetic’ treatment control cholesterol?

Download the Nature Podcast 28 February 2024 In this episode: 00:49 What caused the Universe to become fully transparent? Around

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Stealthy stem cells to treat disease

Gene-editing systems, such as CRISPR-Cas9, can be used to give stem cells immune-evasive properties. CARLOS CLARIVAN/SPL After decades of development,

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Mechanisms guiding the slow pace of maturation in human neurons uncovered

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