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There’s been some panic about PubMed again, since a notice on the website warned it could be out of date because of the US government shutdown. Shutdown is dreadful, in so many ways. But that…

A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

The authors uncover a mechano-metabolic adaptation where confinement induces rapid mitochondrial relocalization to the nuclear periphery, generating localized nuclear ATP surges that support chromatin remodeling, DNA repair, and cell cycle progression.

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

The naturalist and activist died on October 1st, aged 91

In Sarm1-deficient mice, peripheral nervous system regeneration is delayed after injury.

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

To Kyoto is a collaboration between Allan Burns, a haiku poet who clearly understands the virtue of saying very little very well, and Ron Moss, an artist who works in the haiga tradition. The post Book of the Week – To Kyoto: Poems by Allan Burns | Art by Ron Moss appeared first on The Haiku Foundation.

Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.

Ionescu, Ankol et al. show that, in ALS mouse and iPSC models, TDP-43 aggregation at NMJs stems from aberrant axonal translation, normally repressed by muscle EV-derived miR126. Loss of miR126 in ALS increases TDP-43 buildup, impairs local synthesis and triggers degeneration.

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.