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CSI Africa: Tracking ivory poachers Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa’s major poaching hotspots

Annotated by Travis Dittmer, Paul Beardsley

Annotated on 08/18/2016

Originally published 07/03/2015

A caffeine jolt gives bees a buzz to remember Caffeine in floral nectar enhances a pollinator's memory of reward

Annotated by Tara Bracken

Annotated on 08/08/2016

Originally published 03/08/2013

An eft of a central newt from (Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis) Iowa. / Physon, CC

Limb regeneration: Fact or (science) fiction? Molecular basis for the nerve dependence of limb regeneration in an adult vertebrate

Annotated by Jason Librande

Annotated on 07/29/2016

Originally published 11/02/2007

An image of neurons in a mouse hippocampus taken with expansion microscopy. Credit Ed Boyden, Fei Chen, Paul Tillberg/MIT

Expanding the limits of optical resolution Expansion microscopy

Annotated by Bob Kao

Annotated on 07/27/2016

Originally published 01/30/2015

Can we handle the power of CRISPR? The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous to homozygous mutations

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 07/26/2016

Originally published 04/24/2015

Brain makeover Vascular and neurogenic rejuvenation of the aging mouse brain by young systemic factors

Annotated by Eshini Panditharatna

Annotated on 07/22/2016

Originally published 05/09/2014

One vaccine to rule them all Long-term measles-induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality

Annotated by Sara Reynolds

Annotated on 07/21/2016

Originally published 05/08/2015

Empowering youth through summer jobs Summer jobs reduce violence among disadvantaged youth

Annotated by Jessica Ham

Annotated on 07/20/2016

Originally published 12/05/2014

Metabolic middle ground Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

Annotated by Valerie May

Annotated on 07/19/2016

Originally published 06/13/2014

Origin of immunity Fate mapping analysis reveals that adult microglia derive from primitive macrophages

Annotated by Tatiana Schnieder

Annotated on 07/18/2016

Originally published 11/05/2010

Curiosity tells all about Mars' radiation environment Mars' surface radiation environment measured with the Mars science laboratory's Curiosity rover

Annotated by Manuela Buonanno

Annotated on 07/15/2016

Originally published 01/24/2014

Sewer pipes party: Sulfate is not invited Reducing sewer corrosion through integrated urban water management

Annotated by Benay Akyon

Annotated on 07/14/2016

Originally published 08/15/2014

If you're happy, do you show it? Conservatives report, but liberals display, greater happiness

Annotated by Rebecca L. Dyer

Annotated on 07/08/2016

Originally published 03/13/2015

Light as a feather, strong as an ox Ultralight, ultrastiff mechanical metamaterials

Annotated by Pierre Nauleau

Annotated on 06/24/2016

Originally published 06/20/2014

Inflammation: The first responders need help Neutrophils scan for activated platelets to initiate inflammation

Annotated by Archana Gopalakrishnan

Annotated on 06/23/2016

Originally published 12/05/2014

Arrested development: When cells make mistakes Requirement for p53 and p21 to sustain G2 arrest after DNA damage

Annotated by Adam Thomas

Annotated on 06/17/2016

Originally published 11/20/1998

You are what you eat...at least, your brain is The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice

Annotated by Kenton Hokanson, Maude Magali David

Annotated on 06/10/2016

Originally published 11/19/2014

Human evolution likely encouraged by a dry climate Late Pliocene fossiliferous sedimentary record and the environmental context of early Homo from Afar, Ethiopia

Annotated by Ian Winkelstern

Annotated on 06/03/2016

Originally published 03/20/2015

Seeing the forest for the trees High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change

Annotated by Hilary Barker

Annotated on 05/25/2016

Originally published 11/15/2013

Midnight sun: Contributing to climate change? Sunlight controls water column processing of carbon in arctic fresh waters

Annotated by Sara Nason

Annotated on 05/20/2016

Originally published 08/22/2014

A golden fish reveals pigmentation loss in Europeans SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in zebrafish and humans

Annotated by Brett Robison, Sandra Blumenrath

Annotated on 05/20/2016

Originally published 12/16/2005

Crystal clear Ligand binding to the FeMo-cofactor: Structures of CO-bound and reactivated nitrogenase

Annotated by Leila Duman

Annotated on 05/13/2016

Originally published 09/26/2014

Does bad luck cause cancer? Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions

Annotated by Alyssa Chamberlain

Annotated on 04/29/2016

Originally published 01/02/2015

There's a new kid in town Rapid evolution of a native species following invasion by a congener

Annotated by Fred Wasserman, Sandra Blumenrath

Annotated on 04/15/2016

Originally published 10/24/2014

Say goodbye to stains Robust self-cleaning surfaces that function when exposed to either air or oil

Annotated by Patricia Weisensee

Annotated on 04/01/2016

Originally published 03/06/2015

Lighting up life Green fluorescent protein as a marker for gene expression

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 03/18/2016

Originally published 02/11/1994

Getting to know your neighbors: Parasitic plants traffic RNA with their hosts Genomic-scale exchange of mRNA between a parasitic plant and its hosts

Annotated by Yana V. Miteva

Annotated on 03/04/2016

Originally published 08/15/2014

Western U.S. on the rise Ongoing drought-induced uplift in the western United States

Annotated by Erin Elisabeth Cunningham

Annotated on 02/19/2016

Originally published 09/26/2014