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(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) One of only seven women to win the Linnean Medal for Zoology since its inception in 1888, Mary Jane West Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute emerita, significantly ...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) A new imaging technique has the potential to detect neurological disorders--such as Alzheimer's disease--at their earliest stages, enabling physicians to diagnose and t...

(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) An observation of an insect exoskeleton on a potted plant may lead to the identification of a new species of cicada.