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    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Computational tool can pinpoint causal relationships from complex biological data

    Researchers have developed a computational tool that can pinpoint cause-and-effect relationships from large datasets of live-cell images, and illustrated its performance using a tumour-on-a-chip model.
    1. Neuroscience

    Study reveals how insulin-producing cells work together to respond to metabolic demands

    A comprehensive analysis of neuromodulatory inputs to insulin-producing cells in fruit flies shows how individual cell responses are integrated to allow animals to rapidly respond to changing metabolic demands.

  3. Media Coverage: July roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in July 2024, including National Geographic, The Hindu and Science.

  4. Media Coverage: June roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in June 2024, including BBC News, Medscape, and La Vanguardia.

  5. Media Coverage: May roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in May 2024, including The Times of India, CNN, and Earth.com.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Study identifies universal blueprint for mammalian brain shape

    The cerebral cortex follows the same folding patterns across mammalian species, following a universal fractal shape, according to new research.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Harnessing big data helps scientists hone in on new antimicrobials

    Scientists have detailed a new method of identifying antimicrobial enzymes from large datasets of bacterial proteins, which could provide a solution to antibiotic resistance.
    1. Neuroscience

    Scientists create comprehensive map of sea worm neural circuits

    A study has detailed the entire nervous system circuitry of the three-day-old larva of a marine worm, which may help scientists learn more about how the nervous system evolved and drives behaviour.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Study identifies gene targets to combat cognitive decline

    A study in the nematode C. elegans has revealed changes in gene activity that underlie cognitive decline in older ages, and provides evidence for a set of genes that may preserve cognition later in life.
    1. Ecology

    Ants detect and monitor low levels of moonlight to navigate at night

    Researchers have shown that nocturnal bull ants can detect exceedingly low levels of polarised moonlight produced throughout the lunar month to navigate during the night.
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