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    1. Ecology
    2. Plant Biology

    Crops grown together cooperate better in just two generations

    Crops bred for single-species systems rapidly adapt to growing alongside multiple species, and specific breeding may further enhance cooperation and improve productivity.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Targeted travel restrictions fail to halt spread of COVID-19

    A study of COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) transmission in the Netherlands shows that restricting flights from countries where VOCs emerge is not enough to halt their spread.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Scientists reveal how key cancer target could halt cancer spread

    Researchers have shown that a protein called fascin is transported into the nucleus of cancer cells where it plays an important role in cell motility and growth.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    Brain activity during sleep differs in young people with genetic risk of psychiatric disorders

    Young people with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome have markedly different brain activity during sleep, which is thought to influence psychiatric symptoms.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Animals track scents using alternating strategies of sniffing ground and air

    Computer modelling reveals animals rearing up to smell the air is part of an efficient strategy of alternating between sensory techniques for locating the source of a scent.
  1. Media coverage: July roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in July 2022, including Science, Futurity and Earth.com.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Contextualising risk information increases COVID-19 vaccine intentions

    Strategies that frame the risk of COVID-19 vaccine side effects in the context of other risks can increase people’s intention to take the vaccine.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Universal vaccine needed to prevent future COVID-19 waves, study suggests

    A model of COVID-19 dynamics in South Africa reveals epidemiological characteristics of the main SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and highlights their potential to cause further outbreaks.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Medicine

    New model can predict best drug combinations for osteoporosis

    The mathematical framework may help clinicians select the most effective combinations of drugs to treat postmenopausal bone loss in patients.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Study identifies potential targets for treating venous ulcers

    A comprehensive atlas of microRNA and messenger RNA expression in healing and non-healing human wounds highlights possible new approaches for treating venous ulcers – a common type of chronic, non-healing wound.