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3D illustration of a foot covered in pins with round red balls on the end. This depicts the sensation of pins and needles that is created when a limb is cut off from oxygen and then the nerves overreact.

What Causes the Pins and Needles Sensation?

A cartoon blue man, representing sparse autoencoders and the AI tools that work with them, untangles black jumbled thread, representing the convoluted and densely packed information in the neural networks of protein language models (PLMs).

Researchers Decode How Protein Language Models Think, Making AI More Transparent

Red, molten planet with space in the background.

RNA: From the Origin of Life to the Future of Medicine

Black-and-white microscopy image of bacteria individually wrapped in nanonets formed by the self-weaving antimicrobial peptides.

Sequence Shifts Help Net-Forming Peptides Trap and Kill Bacteria

Illustration shows a human placenta with branching blood vessels.

Game Theory in Pregnancy: Conflict or Cooperation?

A koala, who has received a chlamydia vaccine, is reaching for fresh eucalypt leaves.

A World-First Chlamydia Vaccine for Koalas Receives Approval

A circulating tumor cell moves through a vein, surrounded by red blood cells.

How Circulating Tumor Cells Can Help Diagnose Cancer Early

A cartoon hand with gloves holds a vial with red liquid, signifying blood. The person seems to be wearing a lab coat, indicating scientists’ attempt to produce artificial blood in the lab.

An Overlooked Protein May Advance Artificial Blood Production

A picture of Kishore Kumar S Narasimhan, a postdoc at Texas A&M University, against a background of neurons.

Postdoc Portrait: Kishore Kumar S Narasimhan

A woman capturing a photograph of an elephant, while on a safari. Such salient moments can strengthen the memory of mundane stuff that occurred before or after.

Why Do Some Memories Stick, But Others Fade Away?

A woman with grey hair sits at the edge of her bed, bending down and holding her right knee. She seems to be in pain—joint pains are characteristic of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, though researchers recently found that their immune system may have become activated before their symptoms emerge.

Inflammation Starts Long Before the Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Illustration of Robertsonian chromosomes within a cell—researchers recently discovered how these structural variants form and are transmitted through rounds of cell division. Two acrocentric chromosomes, in blue and orange (with pink centromeres), are close to each other, as Robertsonian chromosomes would be before fusion.

Exact Breakpoints in Robertsonian Chromosomes, Common Structural Variants, Revealed

Illustration of a developing fetus surrounded by a clear fluid with a subtle yellow tinge, representing amniotic fluid.
January 2026

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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