Little is known about the function of most long non-coding RNAs. But a suite of new tools might change that. In 2013, a group of researchers decided to dig deeper into a human embryonic stem-cell line ...

Though the Priestley Medal is for “services to chemistry,” my services have always been for chemists: to give you more reliable portals to the bond-making universe and molecular properties and ...

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A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.