In this study, Muto et al. visualized brain activity of a zebrafish larva while it visually perceived a swimming paramecium. This study demonstrates that the visual world is indeed mapped onto a part ...
The Heart as a Metabolic Organ - Eric Olson describes how a drug designed to treat cardiac disease reveals an unexpected role for the heart in whole-body energy homeostasis....
Argonaute Decoy Breaks the Silence - Argonaute proteins silence gene expression by binding small RNAs. Now, Xiuren Zhang and colleagues discover that AGO10 in plants achieves the opposite effect: it b...
A Gene-by-Gene Guide to a Complex Organ - The complexity of organ development is an untapped resource for systems-wide mapping of genetic networks. Now, Karen Oegema and coworkers combine genomics tec...
A New Exit from the Nucleus - RNP granules bud through the nuclear envelope, finds Vivian Budnik, providing a route to the cytosol that bypasses the pore....
Snakes on the DNA Plane - How can protein complexes slide along DNA while still remaining wrapped up in its strands? Using optical tweezers and a baseball, Taekjip Ha and Ruobo Zhou show us how in thi...
The Synaptic Transcriptome - Using deep sequencing to identify mRNAs near the synapse, Erin Schuman and colleagues find that local translation at the synapse may be much more widespread than previousl...
Social jetlag and its consequences. Why are most people in industrialized societies so tired? The reason lies in an increasing discrepancy between our body clocks' internal time and the social demands...
