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    1. Neuroscience

    New Drosophila analysis tool opens up neuroscience research to resource-limited settings

    Researchers have developed an easy-to-use, publicly available analysis pipeline and inexpensive hardware to record and quantify aggression and courtship behaviors in fruit flies.
    1. Neuroscience

    Hunger shifts attention towards less healthy food options

    A new study has revealed how hunger influences dietary decisions by shifting attention towards tastier, but less healthy, food options.
    1. Neuroscience

    Scientists map neural wiring of vocal circuits in songbirds

    A new study provides the first detailed map of how sensory and motor circuits interact in the zebra finch brain, offering insights into how songbirds learn and refine their songs.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Birds’ high blood sugar defies ageing expectations

    A large-scale comparative study suggests that some birds have evolved mechanisms to avoid the harmful effects of high blood sugar, granting insights into metabolism and ageing.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Blood metabolites may reduce genetic risk of glaucoma

    An algorithm based on blood metabolites improves on current glaucoma genetic risk scores and pinpoints metabolites that might protect against the disease.
  1. eLife wins industry-renowned UX Award 2025

    eLife has been announced the winner of this year’s OpenAthens UX Award for its user-driven approach to Reviewed Preprints.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    New 3D imaging approach reveals intricate steps of virus assembly

    A new integrated 3D imaging approach combines cryo-light microscopy and soft X-ray tomography to reveal the intricate ultrastructure of herpes simplex virus-1 assembly.
  2. eLife welcomes five new members to Board of Directors

    With their collective track record of active leadership, the new board members will help direct eLife in its mission to transform research communication for all.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Fossils reveal rapid land recovery after end-Permian extinction

    Fossil evidence from North China suggests that some ecosystems may have recovered within just two million years of the end-Permian mass extinction, much sooner than previously thought.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    New computational tool could improve discovery of cancer treatments

    Scientists have developed retriever, a computational tool that extracts disease-specific drug response signatures to predict the best combinations for cancer treatment.