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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificancePhenotypes cannot be predicted solely from the presence of a pathogenic allele, as individuals carrying identical mutations…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceUnderstanding how genes regulate one another is fundamental to biology, yet existing methods for single-cell CRISPR…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceSelective inhibition of the protein ARID1B shows promise as a therapy for the ~9% of human cancers that have mutations in…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceHuman infants generalize object categories from limited visual experiences. We captured infants’ egocentric experiences of…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceCoordinating actions requires common knowledge: not just knowing something, but knowing that others know it, and so on. This…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceNeovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) leads to severe vision loss and is a prominent cause of blindness in…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceRecombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are widely used gene delivery vectors, yet the intracellular trafficking steps…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThe criminal justice system is an interconnected pipeline, yet research often examines policing and courts in isolation…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceL-amino acid oxidases are widespread enzymes that play strikingly different biological roles, from immune modulation in…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThis study demonstrates that large-scale genomic inversions can act as critical engines of evolutionary divergence. We…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceUnderstanding how proteins interact within living cells is essential to deciphering cellular architecture and function…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceTransposable elements (TEs) are “selfish” genomic elements that, in addition to vertical inheritance from parent to…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceWhen presented with the same options, can animals arrive at different decisions? Cognitive theory proposes that different…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThe Advanced Placement (AP) program offers students a richer educational experience, advantages in college admissions, and a…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceMany amyloid protein fibrils possess a close-packed core structure that excludes water. While amyloid fibril structures have…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThe recognition of natural Watson–Crick base pairs between substate and its DNA template by RNA polymerases is based on the…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceA crucial brain function that remains largely mysterious is building robust working memory by integrating stimuli across…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. Burton Singer, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and the National Academy of Medicine in 2005, died on February 15…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
The clinical definition of caregiving in Lewy body dementia (LBD) leaves something to be desired for millions of caregivers experiencing the diseaseâs effects in real time. This commentary is a personal experience of a…
A new computational model explains why dopamine levels gradually rise as animals approach a reward. By combining fast mental maps with slow habit formation, the dual-process theory resolves a long-standing puzzle about…
Flirting is easy to describe after the fact but often hard to read in the moment. AÂ smile during a conversation could signal sexual interest or simply friendliness. This ambiguity makes early romantic encounters…
For the first time, researchers have used artificial intelligence to generate novel viruses in a laboratory setting, according to a paper in the journal Science.
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