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Dopamine’s many roles, explained
Studying fruit flies, researchers ask how a single brain chemical can orchestrate diverse functions such as learning, motivation and movement.
Heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ida tests flood control measures installed in 2012
The September storm brought record rainfall which quickly overwhelmed drainage systems on campus and throughout the city. But the event did not cause widespread damage on campus thanks to improvements made nine years ago.
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This fly likes its fruit fresh  (opens in new window)
Farmers have a new enemy, a species of fruit fly that lays eggs in ripe produce. To help curtail the problem, scientists are getting to the bottom of how this trait arose in the course of evolution.
Three Rockefeller researchers are elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Mary E. Hatten, Charles M. Rice, and Leslie B. Vosshall are three of 100 new members elected to the academy today.
Noninfectious versions of SARS-CoV-2 provide powerful research tools
The new experimental system will facilitate efforts to study different coronavirus variants and develop new drugs for
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    A mission to end metastasis  (opens in new window)
    Not all cancer cells are killers. One lab is focusing its energy on only those that enable tumors to spread—and it may have found their kryptonite.
    Small molecule may prevent metastasis in colorectal cancer

    The compound works by hindering a key pathway that cancer cells rely upon to hoard energy, and is already undergoing clinical trials.

    Study detects origins of Huntington's disease in two-week-old human embryos
    The findings shed new light on the root causes of this disease, which leads to the degeneration of neurons in midlife.
    Seth A. Darst honored with Gregori Aminoff Prize
    Darst receives the honor for pioneering research on RNA polymerase, the molecular machine that transcribes RNA from DNA. His work is leading to new knowledge about the transcription process, as well as to insights enabling development of urgent antibiotic and antiviral treatments.
    Katalin Karikó named the 2022 recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
    Katalin Karikó discovered how to keep synthetic RNA from activating the innate immune system, paving the way for RNA vaccines including two for SARS-CoV-2.
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