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A computer simulation shows that light would scatter in rod cells with a conventional DNA arrangement (left). But rod cells with an inverted configuration recently discovered by scientists could channel light more effectively (right).
Credit: Solovei, I. et al. Cell April 17, 2009
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Teens take home science gold at Intel ISEF
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Fine-tuning of technique used in other animals could enable personalized medicine
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Coverage of the 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting
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The Year in Science 2012
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Three-part series on the scientific struggle to explain the conscious self
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