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In Science, researchers report a strategy to stabilize metal halide perovskites by coating them with layers of protective shells. This provides a practical route for using the material in displays under diverse operating environments.
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In a new Science study, researchers report that bark microbes process methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, showing that bark is an important component of global trace gas dynamics.
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Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qX0MxL
Tree bark microbes for climate management
Microbes living in bark can process the greenhouse gases methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide
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January 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In a new Science study, researchers report that bark microbes process methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, showing that bark is an important component of global trace gas dynamics.
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Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qX0MxL
In a new Science study, researchers introduce DrugCLIP, a contrastive learning framework that virtually screens small molecules and protein pockets, analyzing protein-ligand interactions 10 million times faster than most standard molecular docking approaches. https://scim.ag/45FfSj2
Deep contrastive learning enables genome-wide virtual screening
Recent breakthroughs in protein structure prediction have opened new avenues for genome-wide drug discovery, yet existing virtual screening methods remain computationally prohibitive. We present DrugC...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
In a new Science study, researchers introduce DrugCLIP, a contrastive learning framework that virtually screens small molecules and protein pockets, analyzing protein-ligand interactions 10 million times faster than most standard molecular docking approaches. https://scim.ag/45FfSj2
People with autobrewery syndrome had increased levels of the ethanol-producing bacteria Escherichia coli, according to a new study.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
People with autobrewery syndrome had increased levels of the ethanol-producing bacteria Escherichia coli, according to a new study.
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Researchers identify PGBD5, a transposase-derived gene, as an essential regulator of normal brain development in mice and humans.
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/49SRrB8
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/49SRrB8
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Researchers identify PGBD5, a transposase-derived gene, as an essential regulator of normal brain development in mice and humans.
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/49SRrB8
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/49SRrB8
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Why is obesity often associated with dysregulated, low-grade chronic inflammation?
In our new paper in @science.org we show that obesity rewires nucleotide metabolism in immune cells, making inflammatory responses much easier to trigger. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In our new paper in @science.org we show that obesity rewires nucleotide metabolism in immune cells, making inflammatory responses much easier to trigger. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Nucleotide metabolic rewiring enables NLRP3 inflammasome hyperactivation in obesity
Obesity is a major disease risk factor due to obesity-associated hyperinflammation. We found that obesity induced Nod-like receptor pyrin domain–containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome hyperactivation and e...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Why is obesity often associated with dysregulated, low-grade chronic inflammation?
In our new paper in @science.org we show that obesity rewires nucleotide metabolism in immune cells, making inflammatory responses much easier to trigger. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In our new paper in @science.org we show that obesity rewires nucleotide metabolism in immune cells, making inflammatory responses much easier to trigger. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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My latest for @science.org. - Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work.
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
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Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
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Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work
Staff at the Panguana biological research station have received death threats
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January 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
My latest for @science.org. - Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work.
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
www.science.org/content/arti...
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
www.science.org/content/arti...
In a new Science study, researchers report an unexpected role for sensory nerves in bone healing, providing insights into communication between the nervous system and the cells responsible for bone repair.
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Not just a pain in the bone
Growth factors secreted by sensory nerves promote fracture healing
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January 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
In a new Science study, researchers report an unexpected role for sensory nerves in bone healing, providing insights into communication between the nervous system and the cells responsible for bone repair.
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Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/49vdOLG
More than 400 million years ago, during the Silurian Period, an evolutionary event led to the later emergence of spiders’ spinnerets—the abdominal organs that make silk—according to new #ScienceAdvances research. https://scim.ag/4sFX3pJ
An ancient genome duplication event drives the development and evolution of spinnerets in spiders
A genome duplication event during the Silurian played a crucial role in the evolutionary emergence of spinnerets in spiders.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
More than 400 million years ago, during the Silurian Period, an evolutionary event led to the later emergence of spiders’ spinnerets—the abdominal organs that make silk—according to new #ScienceAdvances research. https://scim.ag/4sFX3pJ
In the largest analysis of its kind so far, researchers find that scientists embracing any type of #AI—going all the way back to early machine learning methods—consistently make the biggest professional strides. https://scim.ag/49DAlWT
AI has supercharged scientists—but may have shrunk science
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
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January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
In the largest analysis of its kind so far, researchers find that scientists embracing any type of #AI—going all the way back to early machine learning methods—consistently make the biggest professional strides. https://scim.ag/49DAlWT
Researchers in #ScienceSignaling decode the signaling events that induce the generation of a calcium-mobilizing second messenger during the activation of #Tcells, according to new work involving mouse T cells and a human T cell line. https://scim.ag/45IfQXH
Multiple signaling events are required for NAADP synthesis by DUOX2 and formation of Ca2+ microdomains to initiate T cell activation
NAADP production in activated T cells is stimulated by Ca2+ and two distinct protein kinases.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Researchers in #ScienceSignaling decode the signaling events that induce the generation of a calcium-mobilizing second messenger during the activation of #Tcells, according to new work involving mouse T cells and a human T cell line. https://scim.ag/45IfQXH
Some young sea lions continue to nurse from their mothers even after reaching sexual maturity, a long-term study shows. https://scim.ag/3NJ200Z
For some nursing sea lions, it’s never too old for mom
Many young Galápagos sea lions suckle well after reaching sexual maturity
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January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Some young sea lions continue to nurse from their mothers even after reaching sexual maturity, a long-term study shows. https://scim.ag/3NJ200Z
Dandelions living in downtown areas of Japan have adapted to life in the big city—perhaps a bit too much.
Urban seeds have evolved to float shorter distances than rural ones, potentially leading to inbreeding problems that could threaten these metropolitan populations. https://scim.ag/49mV964
Urban seeds have evolved to float shorter distances than rural ones, potentially leading to inbreeding problems that could threaten these metropolitan populations. https://scim.ag/49mV964
Urban dandelions have evolved to stay close to home. That’s bad news
Small seed “parachutes” may be causing inbreeding
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January 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Dandelions living in downtown areas of Japan have adapted to life in the big city—perhaps a bit too much.
Urban seeds have evolved to float shorter distances than rural ones, potentially leading to inbreeding problems that could threaten these metropolitan populations. https://scim.ag/49mV964
Urban seeds have evolved to float shorter distances than rural ones, potentially leading to inbreeding problems that could threaten these metropolitan populations. https://scim.ag/49mV964
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In @science.org for chemsky this week, Ben List’s group crack open furans through a fascinating photo-oxidative dimerization reaction
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The photohydrolysis of furans
The defossilization of the chemical industry is accelerated by the shift from petroleum- to biomass-based feedstocks. At the center stage are bioderived furans, from which valuable platform chemicals ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
In @science.org for chemsky this week, Ben List’s group crack open furans through a fascinating photo-oxidative dimerization reaction
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Not a big baby! My commentary in @science.org about the latest Nanotyrannus research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Not a big baby
Multipronged approaches resolve the debate about the Nanotyrannus fossil species
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January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Not a big baby! My commentary in @science.org about the latest Nanotyrannus research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A study in @science.org from Paul Cohen's lab, led by @maschakoenen.bsky.social, demonstrates how beige fat directly influences blood pressure. The findings offer a new target for treating vascular disease and could lead to more precise therapies for hypertension: https://bit.ly/4pK0hGh
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
A study in @science.org from Paul Cohen's lab, led by @maschakoenen.bsky.social, demonstrates how beige fat directly influences blood pressure. The findings offer a new target for treating vascular disease and could lead to more precise therapies for hypertension: https://bit.ly/4pK0hGh
"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/3Zfm0e8 #NationalMentoringMonth
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/3Zfm0e8 #NationalMentoringMonth
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/3Zfm0e8 #NationalMentoringMonth
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/3Zfm0e8 #NationalMentoringMonth
"The High Seas Treaty was enabled by science. Now, science must be used to successfully implement the agreement and the protected areas it creates," write Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3YERGtu
January 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"The High Seas Treaty was enabled by science. Now, science must be used to successfully implement the agreement and the protected areas it creates," write Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3YERGtu
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This week on the @science.org podcast, we hear about reversing ecological destruction in the Galápagos from Sofia Quaglia—including a novel way of protecting native birds from invasive, bloodsucking fly larvae.
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Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This week on the @science.org podcast, we hear about reversing ecological destruction in the Galápagos from Sofia Quaglia—including a novel way of protecting native birds from invasive, bloodsucking fly larvae.
Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...
Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...
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Li et al. monitored a repeating fast radio burst (FRB). They identify a transient excursion of its rotation measure (RM), which increases by orders of magnitude for 2 weeks. Possible causes include a coronal mass ejection from a binary companion star. ☄️ #radioastro
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January 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Li et al. monitored a repeating fast radio burst (FRB). They identify a transient excursion of its rotation measure (RM), which increases by orders of magnitude for 2 weeks. Possible causes include a coronal mass ejection from a binary companion star. ☄️ #radioastro
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In Science, researchers report a strategy to stabilize metal halide perovskites by coating them with layers of protective shells. This provides a practical route for using the material in displays under diverse operating environments.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4pHWBEZ
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4pHWBEZ
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
In Science, researchers report a strategy to stabilize metal halide perovskites by coating them with layers of protective shells. This provides a practical route for using the material in displays under diverse operating environments.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4pHWBEZ
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4pHWBEZ
Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk. https://scim.ag/49QBSKi
How to cool down African homes—and keep mosquitoes out
Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk
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January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk. https://scim.ag/49QBSKi
Monitoring markers of tau protein in the blood can predict functional outcomes in patients recovering from ischemic stroke better than MRI, according to a comprehensive study of more than 1200 patients in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/49TTWTQ
Brain-derived tau for monitoring brain injury in acute ischemic stroke
Brain-derived tau in plasma reflects the extent of brain injury in acute ischemic stroke, predicts functional outcomes, and detects treatment effects.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Monitoring markers of tau protein in the blood can predict functional outcomes in patients recovering from ischemic stroke better than MRI, according to a comprehensive study of more than 1200 patients in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/49TTWTQ
“If you dressed up a Homo habilis individual in clothes and you saw her walking in the distance, would you do a double take? … This study shows us that the answer is YES!” https://scim.ag/4aSsPJT
The earliest Homo species did not look human, partial skeleton shows
Homo habilis, 2 million years old, was known mainly from teeth and jaw bones
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January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“If you dressed up a Homo habilis individual in clothes and you saw her walking in the distance, would you do a double take? … This study shows us that the answer is YES!” https://scim.ag/4aSsPJT
“They have what could be evidence of active whaling very early—earlier than it’s ever been demonstrated in the Northern Hemisphere.” https://scim.ag/4qke1bF
World’s oldest whale harpoons discovered in Brazil
Far from the icy Arctic, ancient South Americans hunted whales using whalebone tools
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January 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“They have what could be evidence of active whaling very early—earlier than it’s ever been demonstrated in the Northern Hemisphere.” https://scim.ag/4qke1bF
A large patient study suggests that testing for tau protein in blood can predict post-stroke outcomes, an antibody cocktail shields rodents from RSV while preventing viral escape, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/3YHiUQ2
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A large patient study suggests that testing for tau protein in blood can predict post-stroke outcomes, an antibody cocktail shields rodents from RSV while preventing viral escape, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/3YHiUQ2