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01 Nature Communications Education-related polygenic scores show different associations with youth mental health in parent-offspring trios Free
02 PNAS Nexus Single-cell heterogeneity of adipose eosinophils is shaped by sex and RELMα and linked to macrophage communication networks in obesity Free
03 Geophysical Research Letters On the Stability and Sensitivity of Climate‐Informed Flood Frequency Models Free
04 eLife Large language models poorly capture how word order shapes representations of sentence meaning in the human brain Free
05 PNAS Nexus Learning epithelial elasticity via local tension remodeling Free
06 Nature Communications Predicting protein electrostatics with protein language models Subscribers
07 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society QUIJOTE scientific results - XII. Characterization of the polarized synchrotron emission at the power spectrum level in the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey Subscribers
08 Nature Communications Structural dynamics of substrate processing by the p97-Ufd1-Npl4-FAF1 machinery Subscribers
09 Nature Ecology & Evolution Dispersal corridors enhance modelled near-bed larval connectivity across deep-sea protected area networks Subscribers
10 PNAS Nexus Spatial organization of InSAR deformation-rate extremes across permafrost-transition and thermokarst contexts on the Tibetan Plateau Subscribers
11 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Deconfined criticality between an antiferromagnetic insulator and a nodal d -wave superconductor: A quantum Monte Carlo study Subscribers
12 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Capillary physics links HIV capsid geometry to nuclear pore translocation Subscribers
13 Science Advances Multiple allosteric sites allow for synergistic enhancement of GPCR signaling Subscribers
14 Science Advances Interpreting the Hall effect of highly doped conducting polymers Subscribers
15 Science Advances Spider-inspired bidirectional robotic joints driven by electrohydraulic multiaxial strain Subscribers

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Nature Communications·24 October 2026

José J. Morosoli, Elizabeth Orpwood et al.

Small genetic scores for school success link to both acting-out and anxious behavior in kids.

Genes linked to doing well in school also connect to children's behavior problems. A study of 3,223 mother-father-child groups split these scores into two kinds. One kind was tied to thinking skills. The other was tied to traits like patience or focus. Both kinds showed links to acting-out behavior, such as hyperactivity, and to inner struggles, such as anxiety. The links were bigger for acting-out behavior than for anxiety or sadness.

The number 3,223 trios

The number of mother-father-child groups studied to find these genetic links.

One UK study of families, links only, not proof of cause.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 26 October 2026. José J. Morosoli, Elizabeth Orpwood et al., Education-related polygenic scores show different associations with youth mental health in parent-offspring trios Read the source

PNAS Nexus·24 October 2026

Rebecca E Ruggiero-Ruff, Xinru Qiu et al.

In mice, fat tissue immune cells called eosinophils split into six types shaped by sex and a protein.

Fat tissue immune cells called eosinophils come in six different types in mice, not just one. Which types show up depends on sex, worm infection, and a protein called RELMα. Female mice and worm-infected mice have more calming, protective eosinophil types. Male mice and mice without RELMα have more inflammatory types, with different signals passing to another immune cell called macrophages.

The number Six cell types

The number of distinct eosinophil cell types found in mouse fat tissue.

Mice only, no human data yet.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 30 October 2026. Rebecca E Ruggiero-Ruff, Xinru Qiu et al., Single-cell heterogeneity of adipose eosinophils is shaped by sex and RELMα and linked to macrophage communication networks in obesity Read the source

Geophysical Research Letters·24 October 2026

Kichul Bae, Jeongwoo Hwang et al.

A capped flood model gave steadier, more realistic flood estimates than older climate-based methods.

Older models that predict floods from climate data can give wildly unrealistic flood sizes. A new model puts a cap on flood size and learns from nearby rivers with similar weather patterns instead of using every river the same way. Tested on 548 rivers across the United States, it gave steadier, more realistic flood estimates, especially during heavy rain.

The number 548 river basins

The number of United States river basins used to test the new flood model.

US basins only, model-based test, not real-world validation yet.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 28 October 2026. Kichul Bae, Jeongwoo Hwang et al., On the Stability and Sensitivity of Climate‐Informed Flood Frequency Models Read the source

eLife·23 October 2026

James Fodor, Carsten Murawski et al.

AI models fail to copy how brains track who did what to whom in sentences.

AI language models still get word order wrong when matching brain activity. Scientists scanned the brains of 30 people as they read 108 sentences built to test whether meaning depended on who did what to whom. Eight AI models that track word order matched brain patterns better than simple models that ignore order. But all eight still failed badly on sentences where knowing the doer and the receiver of an action mattered most.

The number 30 people, 108 sentences, 8 AI models

The scale of the brain scan study used to test AI language models against human brain activity.

One brain scan study, 30 people, lab setting only.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 26 October 2026. James Fodor, Carsten Murawski et al., Large language models poorly capture how word order shapes representations of sentence meaning in the human brain Read the source

PNAS Nexus·25 October 2026

Sadjad Arzash, Shiladitya Banerjee

In a tissue simulation, repeated squeezing trained cells to remember past forces and change future behavior.

A computer model of tissue, built from many connected cells, can act like it learns from being pushed and pulled. Each cell changes how hard it grips its neighbors based on past forces. This creates a kind of memory. That memory can even train the whole sheet to stretch sideways instead of squeezing, when pulled.

What it could change A simulated cell sheet learned to flip its stretch response, bulging sideways instead of squeezing, after repeated training.

Shows a model tissue can be trained into an unusual stretching behavior through repeated mechanical cycles, not built-in design.

Computer model only, no living tissue tested yet.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 30 October 2026. Sadjad Arzash, Shiladitya Banerjee, Learning epithelial elasticity via local tension remodeling Read the source

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Nature Communications·24 October 2026

Mingzhe Shen, Guy W. Dayhoff II et al.