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Leveraging AI tools, fostering collaborations, and engaging with the public can help scientists ensure continued progress during uncertain times.

Using termite and cockroach genomes, researchers built phylogenetic trees from transposons, paving a new way to differentiate difficult evolutionary lineages.  

New research shows that frequent head strikes strain the glymphatic system, potentially triggering long-term cognitive and emotional problems.

A cytokine activates a specific neural circuit that causes social withdrawal in mice when sick, offering insight into the brain-immune connection.

At the 2025 Society for Neuroscience meeting, scientists discussed how artificial intelligence can aid fundamental discoveries and have a clinical impact.

This postdoc decodes how root exudates and microbes team up to protect crops and sustain healthy soils.

“Zap-and-freeze” high-resolution imaging visualizes synapses in action and may lead to a better understanding of conditions like sporadic Parkinson’s disease.

Bridging physics and the environment, this postdoc develops imaging tools that expose microplastics hidden in plain sight.

Desensitization of neurons to dopamine is a well-known effect in addiction. However, researchers found a natural example of this phenomenon in fly mating behavior.

Max Telford translated the technical effort behind studying evolution into a relatable story for every reader in The Tree of Life: Solving Science’s Greatest Puzzle. 

The PubPlant database organizes the avalanche of new genomes that are revolutionizing agriculture.

This postdoc uses stem cell–derived organoids to uncover how the brain develops and what drives pediatric tumors.