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Emily Singer

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neuroscience

Inside a Brain Circuit, the Will to Press On

By Emily Singer
December 5, 2013
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A rare brain stimulation study suggests that a brain circuit known as the “salience network” contributes to differences in our ability to overcome challenges and cope with stress.

genetics

Tracking the Evolution of Cancer, Cell by Cell

By Emily Singer
November 13, 2013
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Analyzing individual cancer cells could reveal the answer to some of the disease’s most enduring mysteries.

neuroscience

In Brain’s ‘Rich Club,’ Meetings of the Mind

By Emily Singer
October 24, 2013
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Neuroscientists have identified a network of highly linked brain regions that could prove essential in integrating information and facilitating higher-order cognitive tasks.

Data Driven: The New Big Science

Our Bodies, Our Data

By Emily Singer
October 7, 2013
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New technologies have launched the life sciences into the age of big data. Biologists must now make sense of their windfall.

machine learning

Decoding Flu Viruses Before an Outbreak

By Emily Singer
August 29, 2013
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Machine learning techniques are helping scientists pinpoint the mutations that allow bird and pig viruses to infect humans.

networks

Nature’s Loopy Architecture

By Emily Singer
August 14, 2013
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In the complex architecture that ferries fluids in plants and brains, scientists are finding a model of resilience.

evolution

On Microbial Frontier, Cooperation Thrives

By Emily Singer
August 2, 2013
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Population expansion may be a major driver in the evolution of cooperation, with implications for new antibiotics, cancer treatments and perhaps even human behavior.

genetics

Tiny Genomes and the Origin of Complex Cells

By Emily Singer
June 20, 2013
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Symbiotic bacteria that dwell within insect cells are intricately intertwined with their hosts, prompting scientists to question when these bacteria stop being bona fide organisms and become part of the cell.

genetics

A New Approach to Building the Tree of Life

By Emily Singer
June 4, 2013
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More genetic data is available than ever before to help build evolutionary trees, but scientists are finding that different genes even in the same organism can tell conflicting stories.


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