Wednesday 21 October
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Engineers built a one-gram wireless mesoscope that lets mice run, swim, and interact while recording more than 8,500 individual brain cells at once across their cortex.
Researchers found that immune cells detect a compound concentrated in muscle tissue, which explains how red meat and muscle damage can trigger inflammation.
A study of over 9,000 people suggests oestrogen helps gut bugs make a bile acid that could help shield female livers by managing cholesterol.
Broad ocean surveys can hide local sea-life loss, according to past records from the Northeast Atlantic. When a team tested small grid cells rather than whole zones, apparent safety gave way to sharp drops.
A 20-year study shows little auks cope with warming seas by changing their habits, but storms and toxic mercury place hard limits on their resilience.
A review shows how machine learning mimics slow quantum physics to model larger battery parts without losing fine detail.
