Iron-mediated programmed cell death spreads through colonies of toxic cyanobacteria

Comparative analysis of seed biomechanics reveals principles that can guide soft robot technology

Previous brain-wide association studies (BWAS) have linked specific environmental and behavioral variables to brain variability. In this work, we mapped 649 variables to children’s brains and compared...

Rapid cell wall relaxation initiates the snap of the Venus flytrap

Sleep quality is regulated by the reactivation of memory cells

Remote work has substantially increased social isolation, with measurable consequences for mental health

Causal inference studies suggest minimal impacts of mothers’ work on development from early childhood to adolescence

Plasma membrane nanoclusters help plants distinguish growth-promoting warmth from damaging heat

How aid ends may matter as much as what aid does while it is there

Epigenetics describes how gene expression can be altered without permanently changing the DNA sequence, for example through the chemical modification of nucleotides or regulation of non-coding RNA. Ep...

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The brain’s expression of more than 3000 genes differs between men and women

Extrinsic factors can create a local tissue environment that encourages restoration

Two brain circuits facilitate the interaction between chronic pain and time

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How animals detect Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensing re...

Age-related microbiome changes increase medium-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, driving GPR84-mediated myeloid inflammation, impaired vagal signalling and hippocampal dysfunction; targeting this g...

Recovery of wildflower populations from extreme drought reveals hidden evolutionary resilience

Four million articles are now downloaded from bioRxiv every month, according to an analysis of the life-science preprint server’s first 13 years of existence.

The National Academies are accepting submissions to an annual award program that aims to recognize and develop excellence in science communication by research scientists, science journalists, and scie...

It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.

Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells.

Age-related chromatin remodeling includes shared and specific signatures across cell types, sex, and organs

Immune-stimulating cocktail could shield against diverse bacterial and viral infections

The United States has supported the World Health Organization (WHO) since its inception, playing a central role in its 1948 creation because it ultimately served American interests, despite the entity...

Pathogenic Bordetella avoid clearance from airways by hanging on to microtubules of ciliated cells

The United States has supported the World Health Organization (WHO) since its inception, playing a central role in its 1948 creation because it ultimately served American interests, despite the entity...

Studying individual synapses has the potential to help neuroscientists develop new theories, better understand brain disorders and reevaluate 70 years of work on synaptic transmission plasticity.

Drug trials have typically excluded pregnant people for safety reasons. But that’s now starting to change.

Neuronal activity exacerbates myelin damage in the acute period after injury

A genetic repeat expansion linked to two neurodegenerative disorders harms neurons through toxic proteins, not RNA

How did the human brain acquire a vast repertoire of interneurons?

Recent evidence suggests that astrocytes, through coordinated activation in sparse ensembles, contribute to memory traces — termed ‘astro-neuronal engrams’. In this Perspective, Sánchez Romero and Nav...

Facial expressions are produced through a coordinated system of voluntary and emotional pathways

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Somatic mutations that increase the fitness of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) drive their expansion in clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and predispose individuals to blood cancers. Population variation in t...

The structure of the bacterial genotoxin colibactin bound to DNA shows how it might contribute to cancer risk