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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Medicine

    Vaginal immune activity increases after first-time intercourse

    A study suggests the immune system in the vagina becomes more active after young women start having intercourse, which may increase or decrease sexually transmitted infection risk.
  1. eLife ends accept/reject decisions following peer review

    eLife will emphasise the public peer review of preprints, restoring author autonomy and promoting the assessment of scientists based on what, not where, they publish.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine

    Mobile phone requirement for mHealth in Africa could exclude the most vulnerable

    Those who are most in need of mobile healthcare interventions in Africa are more likely to lack the mobile phone access required for the current mHealth model.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Study suggests support across Europe for COVID-19 vaccine equity

    A survey finds high overall support from individuals in six European countries for equitable global COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
  2. Media coverage: September roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in September 2022, including The New York Times, Nature World News and National Geographic.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Researchers discover new multicellular bacteria species

    In a cave in Japan, scientists have discovered a bacteria species that displays multicellular behaviour and a unique two-phase life cycle.
    1. Ecology

    Insect-slapping flower stamens maximise pollination

    Flowers with mobile stamens enhance pollination by encouraging faster insect turnover.
  3. Sciety welcomes ASAPbio–SciELO Preprints crowd review for the evaluation of Brazilian-Portuguese preprints

    The introduction of the first non-English group on Sciety reflects the teams’ shared values of diversity and inclusivity in research communication.
  4. Sciety introduz ASAPbio–SciELO Preprints para avaliação colaborativa em português do Brasil

    A introdução do primeiro grupo de língua não inglesa no Sciety reflete os valores compartilhados das equipes de diversidade e inclusão na comunicação em pesquisa.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Optimal breeding group sizes differ by sex in cooperative animals

    A study on ostriches suggests that cooperative groups of animals vary in size because of differences in the reproductive pros and cons for males and females.