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Scientists are shedding new light on the importance of light-sensing cells in the retina that process visual information. The researchers isolated the functions of melanopsin cells and demonstrated their crucial role in the perception of visual environment. This ushers in a new understanding of the biology of the eye and how visual information is processed.

Voltage-gated ion channels at the surface of neurons and muscle cells control your every thought, movement; the very beating of your heart. For the first time, researchers have mapped the behavior of the largest family of these channels. Their pioneering work will power virtual drug discovery -- and, they hope, the first whole-brain simulation.

Female executives decrease the wage-gap for women at the top of a firm while widening it at the bottom, according to a new study.