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Neural activity patterns in randomly sampled neuron groups statistically match whole-brain dynamics, revealing a scale-invariant organizational principle that enables robust and efficient computation across brain regions and species.

The blueprint and narrative of shape formation during early development can be objectively observed by quantifying and analyzing whole-embryo dynamics.

A physics-based solution to the electroencephalography (EEG) inverse problem enables whole-brain electric field imaging with high spatial and temporal resolution using standard EEG systems.

The combination of growth optimization and cell heterogeneity enables a quantitative explanation of overflow metabolism in microbes and the classical Warburg effect in cancer cells, resolving this long-standing puzzle.

Time-lapse analyses of millions of antibiotic-stressed Escherichia coli characterize the diverse single-cell dynamics of persister cells that depend on antibiotics, culture conditions, and pre-exposure history.

Microfluidics experiments and simulations show that magnetotactic bacteria are adapted to the geomagnetic field strength for optimal navigation in sediment environments.

The social structure of interactions in freely behaving animals predicts the effects of perturbing the neural plasticity of one individual on group sociability.