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By probing the compositions of atmospheric aerosols down to 3 nanometers during a heat wave, researchers discovered an essential role of carboxylic acids in new particle formation. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4rGT5vS
Like professional football players, snapping shrimp shield their brains and eyes from concussive forces with protective headgear, according to a new study.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Like professional football players, snapping shrimp shield their brains and eyes from concussive forces with protective headgear, according to a new study.
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At least 50 students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. https://scim.ag/3MsRbA7
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
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February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
At least 50 students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. https://scim.ag/3MsRbA7
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This week on the @science.org podcast, the science helping more puppies graduate into service dogs w/
@mcleanka.bsky.social and @david-grimm.bsky.social
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@mcleanka.bsky.social and @david-grimm.bsky.social
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February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
This week on the @science.org podcast, the science helping more puppies graduate into service dogs w/
@mcleanka.bsky.social and @david-grimm.bsky.social
Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...
@mcleanka.bsky.social and @david-grimm.bsky.social
Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...
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Exciting chemsky work out First Release in @science.org from @gracegdhan.bsky.social and collaborators, scrunching up pyrimidones so tight with UV light that the strain release can boil water!
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Molecular solar thermal energy storage in Dewar pyrimidone beyond 1.6 MJ/kg
Storing sunlight in a compact and rechargeable form remains a central challenge for solar energy utilization. Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage systems, which harness photon energy and rel...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Exciting chemsky work out First Release in @science.org from @gracegdhan.bsky.social and collaborators, scrunching up pyrimidones so tight with UV light that the strain release can boil water!
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Very happy to share the final chapter of my postdoc work with Boris Reizis @NYU @uchicagocoi.bsky.social published today in @science.org! We identify and define the role of transcription factor ETV3 in the tolerogenic function of dendritic cells (DCs). 1/
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Transcription factor Etv3 controls the tolerogenic function of dendritic cells
Dendritic cells (DCs) facilitate the maintenance of immunological tolerance in the steady state. We report that transcription factor Etv3 is preferentially expressed in mature DCs, including tissue-de...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Very happy to share the final chapter of my postdoc work with Boris Reizis @NYU @uchicagocoi.bsky.social published today in @science.org! We identify and define the role of transcription factor ETV3 in the tolerogenic function of dendritic cells (DCs). 1/
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Never thought I would be involved in a paper on the cover of @science.org! It was awesome being involved in this collaborative project.
Detecting supramolecular organic nanoparticles during heat wave | Science www.science.org/eprint/H4ETN...
Detecting supramolecular organic nanoparticles during heat wave | Science www.science.org/eprint/H4ETN...
Detecting supramolecular organic nanoparticles during heat wave
New particle formation (NPF) represents a major source of tropospheric fine aerosols. A common viewpoint is that NPF hinges thermodynamically on the volatility of condensing species and is unfavorable...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Never thought I would be involved in a paper on the cover of @science.org! It was awesome being involved in this collaborative project.
Detecting supramolecular organic nanoparticles during heat wave | Science www.science.org/eprint/H4ETN...
Detecting supramolecular organic nanoparticles during heat wave | Science www.science.org/eprint/H4ETN...
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Ok, I know promised a thread on the fascinating and important new research explaining what happened with the rare, serious side effects of AstraZeneca's and Johnson&Johnson's Covid-19 vaccines.
So, @science.org story is here and 🧪🧵 is coming:
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So, @science.org story is here and 🧪🧵 is coming:
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Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
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February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Ok, I know promised a thread on the fascinating and important new research explaining what happened with the rare, serious side effects of AstraZeneca's and Johnson&Johnson's Covid-19 vaccines.
So, @science.org story is here and 🧪🧵 is coming:
www.science.org/content/arti...
So, @science.org story is here and 🧪🧵 is coming:
www.science.org/content/arti...
A new #ScienceEditorial argues the scientific community must “maximize the impact of scientific institutions and collaborations that serve the public—and turn sharply away from breaking them down.” https://scim.ag/4rkxedW
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
A new #ScienceEditorial argues the scientific community must “maximize the impact of scientific institutions and collaborations that serve the public—and turn sharply away from breaking them down.” https://scim.ag/4rkxedW
By probing the compositions of atmospheric aerosols down to 3 nanometers during a heat wave, researchers discovered an essential role of carboxylic acids in new particle formation. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4rGT5vS
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
By probing the compositions of atmospheric aerosols down to 3 nanometers during a heat wave, researchers discovered an essential role of carboxylic acids in new particle formation. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4rGT5vS
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NSF's graduate research fellowship (GRF) program is designed to teach aspiring scientists how to write a winning grant proposal. So why are so many applicants being denied that learning experience? www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
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February 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
NSF's graduate research fellowship (GRF) program is designed to teach aspiring scientists how to write a winning grant proposal. So why are so many applicants being denied that learning experience? www.science.org/content/arti...
Since becoming Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make her homeland “a technology-driven nation.”
That ambition has the science community cheering a landslide victory by Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections this week. https://scim.ag/3M5hRa5
That ambition has the science community cheering a landslide victory by Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections this week. https://scim.ag/3M5hRa5
Japan’s election result could bring a research funding boost
Landslide win by Liberal Democratic Party clears path for targeted R&D spending plan
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February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Since becoming Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make her homeland “a technology-driven nation.”
That ambition has the science community cheering a landslide victory by Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections this week. https://scim.ag/3M5hRa5
That ambition has the science community cheering a landslide victory by Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections this week. https://scim.ag/3M5hRa5
What are the genetic origins of early-onset #obesity?
Studying a cohort of young adults in China, researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine performed deep sequencing and identified a loss-of-function variant in the gene TUB that impairs sensitivity to leptin. https://scim.ag/4rg1Qxl
Studying a cohort of young adults in China, researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine performed deep sequencing and identified a loss-of-function variant in the gene TUB that impairs sensitivity to leptin. https://scim.ag/4rg1Qxl
The TUB variant impairs leptin sensitivity and AgRP neuronal response, leading to obesity
Rare human TUB variants impair leptin sensitivity through disruption of STAT3 activation, leading to hyperphagic obesity.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
What are the genetic origins of early-onset #obesity?
Studying a cohort of young adults in China, researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine performed deep sequencing and identified a loss-of-function variant in the gene TUB that impairs sensitivity to leptin. https://scim.ag/4rg1Qxl
Studying a cohort of young adults in China, researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine performed deep sequencing and identified a loss-of-function variant in the gene TUB that impairs sensitivity to leptin. https://scim.ag/4rg1Qxl
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More than half of dogs trained to help people with blindness, PTSD, autism, and other conditions fail to graduate. New scientific approaches could help, getting more--and better--working dogs into the hands of people who need them most. My new feature for @science.org!
Can science build a better working dog?
New approaches could put talented canines into the hands of more people with disabilities
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February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
More than half of dogs trained to help people with blindness, PTSD, autism, and other conditions fail to graduate. New scientific approaches could help, getting more--and better--working dogs into the hands of people who need them most. My new feature for @science.org!
During the Iron Age, people in Vietnam used pasty iron-rich paint to turn their teeth glossy black, researchers report—a tradition that persists in some parts of the country today. https://scim.ag/4rfX0jB
How did ancient Vietnamese people get such black smiles?
Iron salt toothpaste darkened pearly whites
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February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
During the Iron Age, people in Vietnam used pasty iron-rich paint to turn their teeth glossy black, researchers report—a tradition that persists in some parts of the country today. https://scim.ag/4rfX0jB
Geoscientists will soon have two powerful new eyes on Earth, offering unprecedented views of the changes occurring within the planet’s upper atmosphere and on its surface. https://scim.ag/3Mg0Xpa
NASA greenlights two earth science missions, to researchers’ relief
Orbiting satellites will monitor changes in the stratosphere and on the planet’s surface
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February 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Geoscientists will soon have two powerful new eyes on Earth, offering unprecedented views of the changes occurring within the planet’s upper atmosphere and on its surface. https://scim.ag/3Mg0Xpa
This week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is out!
Patient-specific inflammatory "entotypes" may predict outcomes in severe trauma, deep sequencing identifies a gene variant that may drive early obesity in young adults, and more. https://scim.ag/4kyuFm7
Patient-specific inflammatory "entotypes" may predict outcomes in severe trauma, deep sequencing identifies a gene variant that may drive early obesity in young adults, and more. https://scim.ag/4kyuFm7
February 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is out!
Patient-specific inflammatory "entotypes" may predict outcomes in severe trauma, deep sequencing identifies a gene variant that may drive early obesity in young adults, and more. https://scim.ag/4kyuFm7
Patient-specific inflammatory "entotypes" may predict outcomes in severe trauma, deep sequencing identifies a gene variant that may drive early obesity in young adults, and more. https://scim.ag/4kyuFm7
"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
Not all marine snow—oceanic dandruff made of fecal flakes, dead phytoplankton, and more—makes it to the seafloor.
Researchers in #ScienceAdvances describe the deep-sea squeeze that causes carbon from these particles to leak into seawater before reaching the ocean’s bottom. https://scim.ag/3Zh1kCU
Researchers in #ScienceAdvances describe the deep-sea squeeze that causes carbon from these particles to leak into seawater before reaching the ocean’s bottom. https://scim.ag/3Zh1kCU
Hydrostatic pressure induces strong leakage of dissolved organic matter from “marine snow” particles
Particles sinking into the deep ocean come under pressure and leak dissolved organic matter, which affects marine carbon cycling.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Not all marine snow—oceanic dandruff made of fecal flakes, dead phytoplankton, and more—makes it to the seafloor.
Researchers in #ScienceAdvances describe the deep-sea squeeze that causes carbon from these particles to leak into seawater before reaching the ocean’s bottom. https://scim.ag/3Zh1kCU
Researchers in #ScienceAdvances describe the deep-sea squeeze that causes carbon from these particles to leak into seawater before reaching the ocean’s bottom. https://scim.ag/3Zh1kCU
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
February 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
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Congratulations to the inaugural ASU– @science.org Prize for Transformational Impact winner, Meha Jain! An associate professor at the University of Michigan, Jain is recognized for using satellite data and machine learning to study how small-scale farmers adapt to climate stress
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February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Congratulations to the inaugural ASU– @science.org Prize for Transformational Impact winner, Meha Jain! An associate professor at the University of Michigan, Jain is recognized for using satellite data and machine learning to study how small-scale farmers adapt to climate stress
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Excited to share our newest study “Antigen-specific TH17 cells offset the age-related decline in durable T cell immunity” now published in Science Advances @science.org!
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Antigen-specific TH17 cells offset the age-related decline in durable T cell immunity
Aging impairs the CD8+ T cell VZV vaccine response, while effective VZV vaccination functions through inducing TH17 CD4+ T cells.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Excited to share our newest study “Antigen-specific TH17 cells offset the age-related decline in durable T cell immunity” now published in Science Advances @science.org!
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The February 2026 issue of #ScienceImmunology is out!
This month's cover highlights how the cohesin complex shapes genome organization in dendritic cells to regulate their differentiation and function. https://scim.ag/4agVpT8
This month's cover highlights how the cohesin complex shapes genome organization in dendritic cells to regulate their differentiation and function. https://scim.ag/4agVpT8
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Check it out! New content each week!!!
A new Review discusses the immune makeup within the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities, including changes that occur during conditions such as cancer and endometriosis.
Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/4aeAAYr
Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/4aeAAYr
Immunobiology of the serous cavities
Local immune function and cross-tissue communication in the serous cavities are reviewed.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A new Review discusses the immune makeup within the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities, including changes that occur during conditions such as cancer and endometriosis.
Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/4aeAAYr
Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/4aeAAYr
A Japanese university established to set a new paradigm for higher education in the country has hit another stumbling block. https://scim.ag/4qk14xL
Leader’s departure marks latest setback for ambitious Japanese science university
Thirteen-year-old Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology hopes to become a global science leader
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February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A Japanese university established to set a new paradigm for higher education in the country has hit another stumbling block. https://scim.ag/4qk14xL
The Mani Peninsula, off the southern coast of Greece, is home to a group of genetically isolated people called Deep Maniots.
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
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A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The Mani Peninsula, off the southern coast of Greece, is home to a group of genetically isolated people called Deep Maniots.
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qrtW7k
A new DNA analysis links them to Greece’s premedieval past.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qrtW7k