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Dan Berkowitz might never have noticed the phenomenon if not for the new lights. In 2012, Johns Hopkins University’s Berkowitz had just moved to a lab space where the lights were motion-activated, and ...

A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital uncovered an alternative binding pocket within nuclear receptors, ...

Surprising findings published in PNAS have implications for understanding and treating neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.