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    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.
  1. 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. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Neuroscience

    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.
  2. 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. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    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.