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    1. Neuroscience

    Scientists identify brain cell type as master controller of urination

    A subset of cells in the brain coordinate bladder muscle and sphincter function to precisely control urination, according to new research.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    New tool reveals how malaria sticks to red blood vessels

    A new gene-editing tool enables precise study of the variable proteins that allow malaria parasites to stick to red blood cells and evade the immune system.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Computational method pinpoints how cause-and-effect relationships ebb and flow over time

    A new computer model can more accurately assess how causal relationships in complex real-world systems vary over time.

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

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in September 2024, including Earth.com, Women’s Health and CT24.
    1. Neuroscience

    Study shows how social observation shapes decision making

    Researchers have investigated how people adjust their risk-taking behaviours while being observed, providing new insights into the nuanced ways social context influences decision making.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Study highlights complexity of menopausal hormone therapy’s impact on brain health

    A large UK study finds that the effects of menopausal hormone therapy on female brain health might vary depending on the duration of use and history of gynaecological surgery.
    1. Ecology

    Arthropods dominate plant litter decomposition in drylands

    An analysis of leaf litter breakdown in climatically diverse habitats shows that decomposition by larger invertebrates dominates in hot, dry regions and warmer seasons.

  8. Media Coverage: August roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in August 2024, including New Scientist, Popular Mechanics and Asia Research News.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    New seed fossil sheds light on wind dispersal in plants

    Researchers have discovered a new plant seed fossil, Alasemenia, one of the earliest known examples of a winged seed.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Scientists find plausible geological setting that may have sparked life on Earth

    Researchers have identified a set of geological reaction conditions that may have catalysed life on Earth.
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