A kilometer down in the ocean, football-sized roly-polies slowly clamber along the seafloor. Their metabolism is so slow that they can go years between meals. Now, researchers have found a…
Category: Life
Erliang Gao | Nitrogen enrichment in soil interrupts the ‘rhythms’ of plan-pollinator interactions in Tibetan alpine meadows – Functional Ecologists
In our latest ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Erliang Gao shares insights into the article “Anthropogenic nitrogen addition interrupts seasonal connectivity and structures of plant–pollinator networks“, which was published…
Long-Term Iron Accumulation Strips Neurons of Disease Resilience
Summary: Neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases afflict tens of millions of people worldwide, driven by a complex web of cellular vulnerabilities that scientists are actively racing to untangle.…
Personalized fMRI Scans Supercharge TMS Depression Treatment
Summary: A new randomized clinical trial suggests that using personalized brain imaging to guide transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may significantly improve outcomes for people with treatment-resistant depression. Investigators demonstrated that…
Sofia Etzold | The slow fade of forest vitality — What decades of monitoring reveal – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, author Sofia Etzold – a researcher at the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape – discusses the research article Decreasing water availability reduces…
GABA Immune Pathway Drives Female Brain Cancer Growth
Summary: Glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer, exhibits striking differences between men and women in its incidence, treatment responses, and survival rates. A groundbreaking study has…
Comfort Food Shuts Down Chronic Stress
Summary: When faced with prolonged psychological or environmental pressure, humans and animals naturally seek out comfort behaviors to soothe their emotional distress. Among the most universal and immediate strategies is…
