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1. Science Under Threat in the United States: Feeling abandoned but energized

   Vaughn S Cooper

   Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.

2. Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer

   Nicholas W Gilpin

   Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

3. Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond

   Ran Blekhman

   Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Hippocampus: Mapping out overlapping connectivity patterns

   Myrthe Faber, Koen V Haak

   Untangling the functional organisation of a brain region crucial for memory and learning helps reveal how individual differences are linked to variations in recall ability, aging and dopamine receptor distribution.
5. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Ovarian Biology: Revisiting the rete ovarii

   Yan Zhang, Hua Zhang

   Long thought to have little relevance to ovarian physiology, the rete ovarii may have a role in follicular dynamics and reproductive health.
6. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Viruses: How herpes is assembled

   Dawid S Zyla

   A combination of imaging techniques reveals how herpes simplex virus type 1 assembles within infected cells, highlighting the roles of essential viral proteins in viral assembly and exit.
7. 1. Neuroscience

   Metabolism: Insulin control in fruit flies

   Omowumi Kayode

   Investigating how the production of insulin is regulated in fruit flies reveals surprising insights that may help to better understand how this process unfolds in humans.
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   Activism and Science: Anne Urai and Clare Kelly on responding to the climate and biodiversity crises

   How an economic framework may inspire new ways to tackle the climate crisis.
9. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Vascular Development: Enhancing our understanding of endothelial cells

   Guillermo Luxán

   What determines whether an endothelial cell becomes part of an artery, a vein or a capillary?
10. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Cellular Energy Production: Mycofactocin and the mycobacterial electron transport chain

    Stephanie M Stuteley, Ghader Bashiri

    In the bacterium M. smegmatis, an enzyme called MftG allows the cofactor mycofactocin to transfer electrons released during ethanol metabolism to the electron transport chain.