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Pythons' extreme biology may hold clues for treating human disease
These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime.
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What’s overlooked in student mental health in South Africa: social connection and sexual wellbeing
Addressing student mental health in South Africa means prioritising both social connections and sexual wellbeing, fostering environments where students thrive instead of merely ...
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Reply to Chi et al.: Defining BRCA1P1 as a tumor-intrinsic immunoregulatory axis in breast cancer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026.
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Reply to Sun: Behavior affects epidemic outcomes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026.
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Technical sophistication is not evidence
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BRCA1P1 immunotherapy requires pseudogene-aware transcriptomics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026.
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APOBEC2 acts as an enforcer of lymphocyte lineage identity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026.
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Reading taste in a bee’s face
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026.
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Finding Turing islands through dynamical exploration
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The geometry of vision, set in motion
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Combined signals of scientific and social consensus best mobilize action on societal challenges even if government and industry oppose
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceTo successfully mobilize the public to address major societal challenges like climate change or health pandemics, we need to…
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Crowding controls the scaling of bus frequency with demand
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificancePublic transit agencies face the challenge of allocating limited resources across routes with varying demand. Analyzing bus…
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Zero-deforestation commitments in Indonesia’s palm oil sector achieve high compliance but no additionality
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceDespite public policy efforts, tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates. In response, companies have adopted…
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Inhibitory modulation of age-dependent behavior through dsx-expressing cells in honeybees
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceAge-dependent polyethism generates division of labor and is a hallmark of social organization. In honeybee colonies, young…
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Age-associated epigenetic drift trajectory and cross-national disparities in accelerated aging in domestic dogs
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceEpigenetic aging involves both directional DNA methylation changes and increasing variability across the genome, but how these…
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Paintable on-skin dry electrodes with robust skin and device connection for wireless sensing and human–machine interfaces
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceLong-term wearable health monitoring requires sensors to remain comfortably attached to the body while maintaining reliable…
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Developmental divergence in voice–reward circuitry differentiates autistic from typically developing children and adolescents
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceAdolescence is marked by a shift in social orientation from parents to nonfamilial peers, a process that helps young people…
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Pseudokinase-converting mutation in protein kinase C alpha drives chordoid glioma by pathway rewiring
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceChordoid glioma (ChG) is a very rare brain tumor that is estimated to occur in 1 in 30 million people worldwide. ChG is driven…
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Internal stress controls tendril writhing dynamics in climbing plants
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificancePlant tendrils are mechanosensitive organs known for touch-induced differential growth. Using cucumber tendrils under external…
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Evolutionary innovation through fusion of sequences from across the tree of life
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceEvolution forges novelty through the repurposing of available parts. Can recently acquired parts, previously foreign to an…
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Uninterrupted optical resolution of identical point scatterers undergoing nanometric changes in distance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceThe recent discovery that MINFLUX can superresolve, without interruption, several constantly emitting (i.e., nonblinking…
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HDA19-mediated deacetylation of histone H3.3 at lysines 27 and 36 regulates plant sensitivity to salt stress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceHistone acetylation is crucial for regulating chromatin states and transcription, yet the specific histone codes controlled by…
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Role of Pbr1, a putative oxidoreductase, in the ER quality control and folding of yeast Fks1 glucan synthase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceThe budding yeast genome has long served as a foundation for understanding eukaryotic cell biology, yet a small number of…
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Goal-directed modulation of the default network supports interactions between selective attention, working memory, and prior knowledge
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceAs humans go about their lives, they experience a continuous stream of novel and familiar stimuli, not all of which are…
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Experimental drought drives divergent succession of soil microbiota
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceDrought has become one of the most pervasive consequences of global warming, yet its long-term impacts on belowground…
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CD64 enables TCR-dependent, MHC-independent CTL cytotoxicity of AML cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceCytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) killing of tumor cells is often attributed to the T cell receptor (TCR) engaging with a specific…
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Raman imaging of the phycosphere reveals sharp gradients of organic matter exuded by single phytoplankton cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificancePhytoplankton cells release chemicals in water, generating a microzone called phycosphere where microbial interactions take…
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Fusarium oxysporum–induced ABA signaling triggers root vascular remodeling for plant defense
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceRoot-infecting vascular pathogens like the fungusFusarium oxysporum(Fo) threaten global agriculture and natural ecosystems by…
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Enteroendocrine cells wire the gut–brain vagal axis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceEnteroendocrine cells (EECs) are developmentally intertwined with the intestinal vagal sensory network. EECs in the intestinal…
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Orbitofrontal noradrenaline supports adaptive learning-rate adjustment in probabilistic reversal learning
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. SignificanceAdaptive behavior in uncertain and changing environments requires adjusting how strongly new evidence influences learning…