Highlights

  • The safety-efficiency dilemma

    The Pavlovian fear system has a larger role in decision-making than previously thought, helping to keep it both safe and efficient during exploratory behaviour.

    Pranav Mahajan, Shuangyi Tong ... Ben Seymour
    Research Article

  • Inside a thylakoid membrane

    The molecular architecture of the thylakoid membrane in a vascular plant has been determined with single-molecule precision.

    Wojciech Wietrzynski, Lorenz Lamm ... Benjamin D Engel
    Research Advance

  • Genetic pathways in brown algae

    Life-cycle-related patterns of gene expression are conserved across the brown algae.

    Pélagie Ratchinski, Olivier Godfroy ... J Mark Cock
    Reviewed Preprint Updated

  • Is ‘number sense’ a sense?

    Experiments on domestic chicks shed light on the links between brain lateralization and the left-to-right mental number line.

    Toshiya Matsushima
    Insight

  • Tracing cell fates in embryos

    Differences in the activity of an enzyme called CARM1 influence whether blastomeres become part of the embryo or the placenta.

    Ying Zhang, Qi Chen
    Insight

  • New university partnerships

    eLife is partnering with two leading UK universities on open access agreements that promote a more open and equitable approach to scientific publishing.

    Press Pack
We liked the idea of having an open 'conversation' with the reviewers during the process, and having the chance to polish the manuscript by following the editors and reviewers’ recommendations without the threat of rejection.

Patrick Allard, UCLA and eLife author

Researchers explain why they published in eLife

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    Marie-Cécile Dupas, Maria F Vincenti-Gonzalez ... Simon Dellicour
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    1. Neuroscience

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    Nare Karagulyan, Maja Überegger ... Christine Bandtlow
    Loss of RTN4RL2 disrupts synapse formation and function between inner hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons, leading to elevated auditory thresholds and highlighting its critical role in hearing.
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    The increasing knowledge of barrier tissue-resident memory macrophages and trained innate immunity (TII) will help develop both nontarget-specific and target-specific TII-based vaccine strategies.
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