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Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 556-561, October 2026.
Constructing the history of a contested region
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 492-492, October 2026.
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3083 results
A computational pipeline for a neurotransmitter-centric analysis of the effects of psychiatric medication on EEG spectral power
IntroductionTraditional pharmaco-electroencephalography (EEG) studies have mainly examined the effects of psychotropic medications at the level of individual drugs or broad drug classes, limiting biological specificity and clinical translation. This study aimed to determine whether modeling EEG spectral power changes according…
Outcomes from the ASPEN intervention program: a randomized clinical trial of a culturally adapted parent-mediated intervention program in low-resource settings
This randomized controlled study examined the efficacy of a culturally adapted parent-mediated intervention for parents and young children with autism (n = 45) from low-resource households (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04505488). Families from these settings are often left out of autism intervention studies and…
Burnout and perceived health in medical residents after the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center cross-sectional study
IntroductionResidents have a high risk of burnout during the training period. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on work conditions and health of medical residents. We therefore estimated the prevalence of post-pandemic burnout and perceived health, and their…
Diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder among older adults: mapping physicians’ knowledge and practice, and evaluating the effectiveness of a brief targeted training program
BackgroundProlonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a psychiatric diagnosis with significant implications for individuals and society. Familiarity with its diagnostic criteria and recommended interventions is essential for early detection and effective treatment. As aging naturally involves multiple losses, older adults are…
Optimized R2 retroelement complexes for DNA insertion into plant genomes
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03197-yR2 retrotransposons are used to integrate DNA into plant and crop 25S ribosomal DNA sites.
Efficient site-specific gene addition using R2 retrotransposons in tobacco and rice
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03181-6Retrotransposons are applied in plants for safe-harbor transgene integration.
Voltage dynamics of cortical dendrites in vivo
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02339-4Simultaneous voltage imaging of soma and dendrites in layer 2/3 cortical neurons in live mice reveals rich dynamics of spike back-propagation, with amplitude shaped by spiking history, dendrite location and behavioral state.
A fatty acid amide activates myeloid cells and improves neurovascular outcomes in retinal degeneration
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02341-wErucamide, a fatty acid amide reduced in degenerating retinas, activates myeloid cells via TMEM19 to release neurotrophic and angiogenic factors, rescuing photoreceptors and vasculature in mouse models of retinal degeneration.
Tryptamine from wake-active monoaminergic neurons regulates sleep homeostasis
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02332-xCao et al. identify tryptamine as a sleep signal in mice. Wake-active monoaminergic neurons release tryptamine, which binds to GPR139 in POA neurons that suppress wake-promoting neurons. GPR139 agonists could be a new…
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were thin,…
Brain-computer interface trials are taking off
This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers who worked with him. Harrell is paralyzed and unable to speak coherently without the…
The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality,…
Federal grant delays could jeopardize essential disability services, research
Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on.
Opinion: Maternity deserts aren’t accidents. They’re the result of a design flaw
Shrinking fertility should mean less strain on doctors. But nearly half of U.S. counties lack a practicing obstetrician or gynecologist.
Opinion: STAT+: The real work for making dramatic gains against pancreatic cancer is just beginning
The co-founders of Darwin Health write that the real work for making dramatic gains against pancreatic cancers is just beginning.
Tennessee pharmacies sell potent ivermectin, led by anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken ‘bucketloads’
Tennessee pharmacies are selling potent versions of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, led by an anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken "bucketloads."
Publisher Correction: Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03221-1Publisher Correction: Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein
STAT+: CMS recalculates Medicare Advantage star ratings again, adding more volatility to program
Medicare Advantage plans that receive four out of five stars or better get bonus payments, which have ballooned to $16 billion this year.
STAT+: FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna mRNA flu vaccine that was subject of controversy
A panel of advisers to FDA gave its endorsement to a seasonal mRNA flu vaccine that was developed by Moderna and that earlier this year became the subject of controversy.
News Feed
Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 556-561, October 2026.
Constructing the history of a contested region
Science, Volume 394, Issue 6823, Page 492-492, October 2026.
News
3083 results
A computational pipeline for a neurotransmitter-centric analysis of the effects of psychiatric medication on EEG spectral power
IntroductionTraditional pharmaco-electroencephalography (EEG) studies have mainly examined the effects of psychotropic medications at the level of individual drugs or broad drug classes, limiting biological specificity and clinical translation. This study aimed to determine whether modeling EEG spectral power changes according…
Outcomes from the ASPEN intervention program: a randomized clinical trial of a culturally adapted parent-mediated intervention program in low-resource settings
This randomized controlled study examined the efficacy of a culturally adapted parent-mediated intervention for parents and young children with autism (n = 45) from low-resource households (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04505488). Families from these settings are often left out of autism intervention studies and…
Burnout and perceived health in medical residents after the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center cross-sectional study
IntroductionResidents have a high risk of burnout during the training period. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on work conditions and health of medical residents. We therefore estimated the prevalence of post-pandemic burnout and perceived health, and their…
Diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder among older adults: mapping physicians’ knowledge and practice, and evaluating the effectiveness of a brief targeted training program
BackgroundProlonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a psychiatric diagnosis with significant implications for individuals and society. Familiarity with its diagnostic criteria and recommended interventions is essential for early detection and effective treatment. As aging naturally involves multiple losses, older adults are…
Optimized R2 retroelement complexes for DNA insertion into plant genomes
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03197-yR2 retrotransposons are used to integrate DNA into plant and crop 25S ribosomal DNA sites.
Efficient site-specific gene addition using R2 retrotransposons in tobacco and rice
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03181-6Retrotransposons are applied in plants for safe-harbor transgene integration.
Voltage dynamics of cortical dendrites in vivo
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02339-4Simultaneous voltage imaging of soma and dendrites in layer 2/3 cortical neurons in live mice reveals rich dynamics of spike back-propagation, with amplitude shaped by spiking history, dendrite location and behavioral state.
A fatty acid amide activates myeloid cells and improves neurovascular outcomes in retinal degeneration
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02341-wErucamide, a fatty acid amide reduced in degenerating retinas, activates myeloid cells via TMEM19 to release neurotrophic and angiogenic factors, rescuing photoreceptors and vasculature in mouse models of retinal degeneration.
Tryptamine from wake-active monoaminergic neurons regulates sleep homeostasis
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02332-xCao et al. identify tryptamine as a sleep signal in mice. Wake-active monoaminergic neurons release tryptamine, which binds to GPR139 in POA neurons that suppress wake-promoting neurons. GPR139 agonists could be a new…
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were thin,…
Brain-computer interface trials are taking off
This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers who worked with him. Harrell is paralyzed and unable to speak coherently without the…
The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality,…
Federal grant delays could jeopardize essential disability services, research
Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on.
Opinion: Maternity deserts aren’t accidents. They’re the result of a design flaw
Shrinking fertility should mean less strain on doctors. But nearly half of U.S. counties lack a practicing obstetrician or gynecologist.
Opinion: STAT+: The real work for making dramatic gains against pancreatic cancer is just beginning
The co-founders of Darwin Health write that the real work for making dramatic gains against pancreatic cancers is just beginning.
Tennessee pharmacies sell potent ivermectin, led by anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken ‘bucketloads’
Tennessee pharmacies are selling potent versions of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, led by an anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken "bucketloads."
Publisher Correction: Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03221-1Publisher Correction: Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein
STAT+: CMS recalculates Medicare Advantage star ratings again, adding more volatility to program
Medicare Advantage plans that receive four out of five stars or better get bonus payments, which have ballooned to $16 billion this year.
STAT+: FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna mRNA flu vaccine that was subject of controversy
A panel of advisers to FDA gave its endorsement to a seasonal mRNA flu vaccine that was developed by Moderna and that earlier this year became the subject of controversy.