Highlights

  • Body size and urban survival

    A global study of 30,000 species reveals how body size affects whether wildlife thrives or struggles in cities.

    Corey T Callaghan, Diana E Bowler ... Thomas Merckx
    Research Article

  • Pikas power yak pastures

    Plateau pikas play a role in enhancing weight gains in yaks, by suppressing toxic plants and improving the availability and quality of palatable forage.

    Zhiwei Zhong, Bingbo Ni ... Zhibin Zhang
    Reviewed Preprint Updated

  • Re-evolving traits

    Hybridization chain reaction and confocal imaging reveal latent ocelli gene regulatory network expression in ant workers, with a role in partial re-evolution of caste-specific traits.

    Angelly Vasquez-Correa, Johanna Arnet ... Ehab Abouheif
    Research Article

  • Publish-review-curate at eLife

    eLife is rethinking how research is reviewed and published.

    Timothy E Behrens, Yamini Dalal, Diane M Harper
    Editorial

  • AI in research communication

    eLife has partnered on a number of projects harnessing AI for improving human and machine reader engagement with research.

    Inside eLife

  • Science under threat

    How should the scientific community respond to ideological attacks on science?

    Humberto J Debat
    Feature Article
We liked the idea of having an open 'conversation' with the reviewers during the process, and having the chance to polish the manuscript by following the editors and reviewers’ recommendations without the threat of rejection.

Patrick Allard, UCLA and eLife author

Researchers explain why they published in eLife

Latest research

    1. Neuroscience

    Distinct sensorimotor encoding in tuft dendrites and somata associated with action, correction, and learning

    Jackson Scheib, Zachary L Newman ... Aaron Kerlin
    The tuft dendrites of neurons in the premotor cortex are uniquely selective for corrective actions, suggesting a specialized role in motor control and motor learning.
    1. Cell Biology

    Cardiolipin deficiency disrupts electron transport chain and drives steatohepatitis

    Marisa J Brothwell, Guoshen Cao ... Katsuhiko Funai
    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is associated with reduced mitochondrial cardiolipin concentration in mice and humans, and cardiolipin deficiency was sufficient to drive steatosis and fibrosis in the liver.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Membrane affinity difference between MinD monomer and dimer is not crucial for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis

    Laura C Bohorquez, Henrik Strahl ... Leendert Hamoen
    Diffusion rate difference between MinD monomer and dimer is important for MinD protein gradient formation in B. subtilis, and not membrane affinity difference.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor-1 signaling enhances neutrophil survival while suppressing inflammation and bacterial host defense functions

    Yueh-Chien Lin, Takahiro Seno ... Timothy Hla
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology

    Xkr regulates phosphatidylserine transport via ER-PM contact sites to promote apoptotic cell clearance

    Qian Zheng, Xinyu Ma ... Hui Xiao
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    MARBL: A Live-Cell Method for Profiling Bioenergetic Heterogeneity by Noncanonical Methionine Labeling of the Cell Surface Proteome

    Lillian R Delacruz, Ming Ye ... Alison E Ringel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Role of GABA and NMDA receptors in shaping cortical timescales and large-scale network dynamics

    Ana Antonia Dias Maile, Oliver Kohl ... Gerhard Jocham
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Dual pathway architecture in songbirds enables robust sensorimotor learning

    Remya Sankar, Atharv Suryawanshi ... Arthur Leblois
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A multi-muscular, redundant strategy for free-flight roll stability

    B Kemper Ludlow, Serene Dhawan ... Itai Cohen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology

    Functional High Throughput Drug Screening Reveals Cyproheptadine as a Novel Treatment for LMNA-related Cardiomyopathy

    Hananeh Fonoudi, Ali Negahi Shirazi ... Paul W Burridge
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
Load more

Magazine

  1. Point of View: Scientific writing is not a murder mystery

    Charlotte A Dodson
    1. Neuroscience

    Visual Categorization: How monkeys carve up the visual world

    Binxu Wang
    1. Cell Biology

    Stress: How to give cells an identity crisis

    Paige Dillon, Julie Hollien
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Malaria Prevention: Using mathematical models to optimise mosquito net distribution

    Carlos A Prete Jr
    1. Plant Biology

    Mixotrophy: An updated view of glucose pathways in cyanobacteria

    José Manuel García-Fernández
  6. Mountain gorilla

    Episode 104: July 2026

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Organ Development: Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois
  8. See more Magazine articles

Categories

  1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
  2. Cancer Biology
  3. Cell Biology
  4. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
  5. Computational and Systems Biology
  6. Developmental Biology
  7. Ecology
  8. Epidemiology and Global Health
  9. Evolutionary Biology
  10. Genetics and Genomics
  11. Immunology and Inflammation
  12. Medicine
  13. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
  14. Neuroscience
  15. Physics of Living Systems
  16. Physiology
  17. Plant Biology
  18. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
  19. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Back to top