Blood feeding triggers the terminal differentiation of precursor cells in tick salivary glands Blood feeding rewires cell fate in tick salivary glands.

A new #ScienceAdvances study identifies a cellular mechanism that ticks use to feed on their hosts.

This finding may help develop strategies to disrupt tick feeding and pathogen transmission. scim.ag/41zTULP

Contents | Science Advances 12, 13

New research provides insight into succulent development and could be applied in agricultural contexts to engineer water conservation strategies.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/4dEP7A0

Blood feeding triggers the terminal differentiation of precursor cells in tick salivary glands Blood feeding rewires cell fate in tick salivary glands.

We are pleased to share our recent study published in #ScienceAdvances, describing a previously unrecognized cellular mechanism underlying the dynamic gene expression of tick salivary glands during blood feeding. scim.ag/4c8lmGE
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Leaves of Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, a member of the Crassulaceae family of succulents also containing Kalanchoë laxiflora.

New research provides insight into succulent development and could be applied in agricultural contexts to engineer water conservation strategies.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4bNDGUj

Blood feeding triggers the terminal differentiation of precursor cells in tick salivary glands Blood feeding rewires cell fate in tick salivary glands.

A new #ScienceAdvances study identifies a cellular mechanism that ticks use to feed on their hosts.

This finding may help develop strategies to disrupt tick feeding and pathogen transmission. https://scim.ag/4s295bD

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Oligomerization enables the selective targeting of an intrinsically disordered region by a small molecule

By S. Bielskutė-García et al in #ScienceAdvances

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Dengue infection elicits skin tissue-resident and circulating CD8+ T cells associated with protection from hospitalization Dengue infection induces marked reshaping of the skin T cell compartment and elicits skin tissue-resident CD8+ T cells.

An analysis of skin and blood after #dengue infection in #ScienceAdvances shows a more dramatic reshaping and enrichment of T cells in the skin, indicating that vaccinations bolstering the skin’s immune response could help protect against dengue infection. https://scim.ag/41ga4Kg

Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized COVID-19 deaths recorded as other causes of death in the United States A machine learning approach suggests that COVID-19 deaths were undercounted unevenly across sociodemographic groups in 2020–2021.

#COVID19 may have caused 155,536 more deaths in the United States between March 2020 and December 2021 than were officially recorded, according to a new #ScienceAdvances study. https://scim.ag/3NpxJ7T

Contents | Science Advances 12, 12

Researchers report the earliest known clay ornamental tradition outside of Europe, offering insights into the social organization of craft production.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/4sgewo8

A butterfly clay bead from Eynan-Mallaha (Upper Jordan Valley), colored red with ochre and marked with fingerprints from a child who modeled it 12,000 years ago.

Researchers report the earliest known clay ornamental tradition outside of Europe, offering insights into the social organization of craft production.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3N8v0Qd

A huge thanks to all our colleagues for their feedback and support throughout this journey! 🥂✨

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Ground penetrating radar observations of ancient large-scale deltaic structures in Jezero crater, Mars Ancient deltaic and fluvial structures detected with radar in Jezero crater, Mars hold implications for habitability.

The Perseverance rover has revealed traces of an ancient river system on Mars, detailing another chapter in the watery history of the Red Planet.

Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3PjqKOw

Modeling identities among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay personal ornaments in Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia The discovery of the earliest clay ornaments in Southwest Asia (15,000 years ago) made by children and adults is reported.

Félicitations @laurent-davin.bsky.social pour cet article et la couverture du nouveau numéro de #ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Human Organ Atlas The Human Organ Atlas provides open access to 3D images of human anatomy spanning whole organs to cellular scale resolution.

The Human Organ Atlas, a new resource for researchers, clinicians, and educators, is an open-access database of 3D imaging of intact human organs.

The portal includes donor samples with conditions from congenital disorders to COVID-19.

Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4btmhQI

Multiannual environmental forcing shapes breeding phenology and success in a sub-Antarctic seabird A two-year environmental history sets the fate of reproduction in a polar seabird: Insights from an exceptional breeding advance.

New #ScienceAdvances research finds king penguins in the Southern Ocean show a marked resilience to #ClimateChange. https://scim.ag/4sdXFma

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🎯UV-laser microsurgery was used to precisely injure zfish larval fins during live imaging, helping reveal how wound-adjacent cells initiate a tissue-scale Ca²⁺ wavefront & organ-wide repair response.
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Câncer de fígado pode crescer mais devagar com menos proteína na dieta Dieta com baixo teor de proteína mostrou reduzir crescimento de tumores hepáticos em estudo recente

Menos proteína na dieta pode desacelerar o câncer de fígado, aponta estudo liderado por Xinlu Han e publicado na Science Advances. 🧬
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Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently Chimpanzees and bonobos differ in aggression distribution but not magnitude.

Bonobos bully as much as chimpanzees—but their victims differ by sex, according to new #ScienceAdvances research. scim.ag/40YdJw7

Contents | Science Advances 12, 11

A new study shows that trained dogs exploit indecisiveness to herd sheep and divide the flock.

Based on this, the authors developed an Indecisive Swarm Algorithm that can more efficiently control time-varying networks. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/40n4e9J

A new study shows that trained dogs exploit indecisiveness to herd sheep and divide the flock.

Based on this, the authors developed an Indecisive Swarm Algorithm that can more efficiently control time-varying networks. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4boe8Nm

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Another study showing that interacting with #biased #AI assistants can change one's views, even when people are aware of interacting with a biased algorithm.

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Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on #societal issues […]

Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently Chimpanzees and bonobos differ in aggression distribution but not magnitude.

Bonobos bully as much as chimpanzees—but their victims differ by sex, according to new #ScienceAdvances research. https://scim.ag/4sgXciX

Picoeukaryote-based biohybrid microrobots for active delivery in the kidney A biohybrid microrobot is created for active delivery within ultrasmall complex biological environments in the kidney.

Researchers in #ScienceAdvances last year developed a biohybrid microrobot based on picoeukaryotes, tiny planktonic organisms, that delivers drugs to the kidney in mice through autonomous navigation and deep tissue penetration.

Learn more on #WorldKidneyDay: scim.ag/3U0qumj

Picoeukaryote-based biohybrid microrobots for active delivery in the kidney A biohybrid microrobot is created for active delivery within ultrasmall complex biological environments in the kidney.

Researchers in #ScienceAdvances last year developed a biohybrid microrobot based on picoeukaryotes, tiny planktonic organisms, that delivers drugs to the kidney in mice through autonomous navigation and deep tissue penetration.

Learn more on #WorldKidneyDay: https://scim.ag/4ukTztQ

Direct detection of an asteroid’s heliocentric deflection: The Didymos system after DART NASA’s DART mission changed the orbit of the Didymos system, revealing insights into the physical traits of its two asteroids.

Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have determined that NASA’s 2022 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first to cause a deliberate change in the heliocentric orbit of a celestial body. https://scim.ag/4aNL1ny

Multi-isotope analysis of mammal bones provides environmental context for the adoption of agriculture in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico Isotopic values of animal bones reflect environmental conditions during the origins of agriculture in south-central Mexico.

Animal bones reveal that maize cultivation in ancient Mexico began during a relatively wet period in the Holocene and intensified centuries later.

Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4rNpEZt

Science Advances’ special issue on women’s health highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Articles cover a range of studies from the interplay between menopause and Alzheimer’s risk to the menstrual cycle’s influence on the brain-heart connection. It also describes the opportunities pregnancy provides to research aspects of both physical and mental health. By prioritizing women’s unique physiological and psychological experiences, research can expand the frontiers of knowledge in ways that benefit everyone.

In #ScienceAdvances last year, a special issue on #WomensHealth highlighted a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences.

Learn more on #InternationalWomensDay: https://scim.ag/4b5vlLq

Contents | Science Advances 11, 10

A special issue of #ScienceAdvances last year highlighted some of the most exciting areas of discovery in women’s health science. The group of articles also explored psychological, systemic, and policy issues that shape women’s well-being.

Archeological data with AI- and physics-based modeling explain typhoon-induced disasters in inland China around 3000 yr B.P. Intensified typhoons caused extreme rainfall and floods in inland China, threatening cultural development, around 3000 yr B.P.

During the Bronze Age in China, intensifying typhoons contributed to population decline in the inland “Cradle of Civilization,” according to new #ScienceAdvances research involving ancient scripts, paleoclimate radiocarbon data, and additional archaeological evidence. scim.ag/4svm4n0

Contents | Science Advances 12, 10

Using volume electron microscopy in the warty comb jelly, researchers reveal that the aboral organ forms synaptic connections between cells in the nerve net—and may use both synaptic and nonsynaptic forms of communication.

Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/4cXQfOU