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  1. 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.
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    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.

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