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This study examines the relationship between host-plant specialization and chemosensory receptor copy numbers in butterflies, finding no significant association.

The paper evaluates the use of the X-to-autosome ratio (Rx) for sexing carnivores from faecal metagenomes, finding it effective above a certain read depth.

This study identifies BLIMP1 and CASZ1 as mutually repressive transcription factors that regulate intestinal enterocyte maturation during weaning and corticosteroid-induced maturation.

The paper identifies a microalgal strain from mangrove leaves using molecular markers and phylogenetic analysis, placing it closely related to Tetratostichococcus jenerensis.

This study evaluates a triple therapy of erythropoietin, melatonin, and TRPV4 antagonist in a rat model of congenital hydrocephalus, showing reduced ventricular expansion and inflammation.

RadMultiBench evaluates pre-trained vision-language models on medical imaging tasks, showing performance gaps in report generation and classification across thoracic and breast imaging.

The paper shows that bacterial swimming speed rankings change in confined spaces, with some species maintaining high speeds in narrow channels while others slow down.

This study identifies interdomain interactions in PB2 that regulate Influenza virus polymerase conformational transitions and transcription-replication balance, revealing a phosphomimetic adaptation mechanism in bat influenza viruses.

The paper introduces Yruler, a tool to measure Y chromosome satellite arrays from sequencing reads without alignment, revealing lineage-specific variations in satellite length and composition.

This paper develops a RIG-I reporter mouse model to track RIG-I expression and function in vivo, revealing its tissue distribution and identifying alveolar macrophages as key sensor cells.

The paper examines age-related accumulation of Biondi bodies in human choroid plexus epithelial cells, finding nonlinear increases in prevalence and load, and suggesting prion-like spread mechanisms.

This study identifies KHARON as a component of transition fibers that facilitate the transport of the glucose transporter GT1 into the flagellar membrane via interaction with IFT trains.

This study identifies LAP-TLR2 signaling as a key driver of inflammatory pathology in Listeria monocytogenes gastroenteritis, showing its role in epithelial damage and neutrophil recruitment.

The paper uses fibroblasts from 86 mammalian species to study virus-host susceptibility and innate immune responses across diverse mammals.

This study shows that trial-to-trial fluctuations in decision criterion can explain sequential effects in decision making, challenging the assumption that these effects are caused by updates to decision parameters.

The paper investigates how neural circuits in the primate frontal cortex support compositional generalization by separating computations into spatial and temporal components and identifying biases when these components are misaligned.

The paper identifies new genetic code variants in ciliates, including an unprecedented codon reassignment in Licnophora and a previously unreported reassignment in Balantidium ctenopharyngodoni.

The paper updates the Human Neocortical Neurosolver model to include biophysically realistic dynamics in human neurons, enabling better interpretation of EEG/MEG signals.

The paper uses metatranscriptomics to analyze viral diversity in freshwater and marine environments, identifying new RNA viruses associated with microalgae and proposing a new genus within Marnaviridae.

RoDPAA integrates multi-view microbiome data using dissimilarity-based principal angle analysis, recovering shared structure in IBD cohorts where log-ratio methods failed.