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Spatially organized cellular communities form the developing human heart

Combining single-cell RNA-sequencing with high-resolution multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization reveals in detail the cellular interactions and specialization of cardiac cell types that form and remodel the human heart.

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Daily briefing: COVID ‘brain fog’ linked to brain inflammation

Growing evidence suggests that the immune response triggered by SARS-CoV-2 is behind symptoms such as loss of smell, headaches and memory problems. Plus, a genetically modified pig liver has been transplanted into a person’s body for the first time.

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Pregnancy advances your ‘biological’ age — but giving birth turns it back

‘Best view ever’: observatory will map Big Bang’s afterglow in new detail

Google AI could soon use a person’s cough to diagnose disease

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How to achieve safe water access for all: work with local communities

‘Best view ever’: observatory will map Big Bang’s afterglow in new detail

Pregnancy advances your ‘biological’ age — but giving birth turns it back

First pig kidney transplant in a person: what it means for the future

Google AI could soon use a person’s cough to diagnose disease

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These ‘movies’ of proteins in action are revealing the hidden biology of cells

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Magnetic whirlpools offer improved data storage

Astrocyte cells in the brain have immune memory

Neuron migration to brain regions key to memory and navigation continues into childhood

Powerful microscopy reveals blood-cell production in bone marrow

Whittling down the bacterial subspecies that might drive colon cancer

Complex motions emerge from robot interactions

Birds convey complex signals in simple songs

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The 50th anniversary of a key paper on how bird flight evolved

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Structure and assembly of a bacterial gasdermin pore

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