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01 Nature Communications Extracorporeal photopheresis for the treatment of steroid-refractory immune related adverse events from immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: a multi-center phase Ib/II clinical trial Free
02 eLife The new paradox of women’s health research Free
03 Science Advances How high-pressure ices on large ocean worlds can support habitability: The compatibility of amino acids into ice VI and VII Free
04 Science Ultrarapid decision-making in an avian brain Free
05 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Uncertainty-Aware Deep Learning for the Lyα Forest: CNN-Based Absorber Detection and Characterization Free
06 PLOS Biology Host-virus interactions dominate fitness and conceal additive genetic variation Subscribers
07 Nature Communications Prefrontal cortex and striatum dissociate modality and learning order in cross-modal sensorimotor learning in mice Subscribers
08 Nature Communications Marine primary production enhances removal of hydrophobic organic contaminants from Eurasian Arctic shelf waters Subscribers
09 Science Advances Multiplexed and implantable fiber sensor for real-time blood monitoring Subscribers
10 Science Advances Climatic niche conservatism shapes the macroevolution, extinction, and survivorship of crocodile-line archosaurs Subscribers
11 PNAS Nexus Developmental asymmetries in equilibrium selection Subscribers
12 Nature Chemistry Coherent manipulation of Zr(III) aryloxide qudits Subscribers
13 Physical Review X Cosmological and High-Energy Physics Implications from Gravitational-Wave Background Searches in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s O1-O4a Runs Subscribers
14 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Local growth laws determine global shape of molluscan shells Subscribers
15 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Action features dominate cortical representation during natural vision Subscribers

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Nature Communications·23 October 2026

Roxane Riemer, Lukas M. Braun et al.

In 30 cancer patients, a blood treatment calmed severe immune reactions caused by cancer drugs.

A blood filtering treatment helped cancer patients whose immune systems attacked their own bodies after cancer drugs. The treatment is called photopheresis. In a trial of 30 patients, it was safe and worked for 96% of people with these harmful immune reactions. Patients also showed lower levels of inflammation markers in their blood and gut tissue.

The number 96.3%

The share of patients whose severe immune side effects improved after the blood treatment.

Small trial of 30 patients, no control group yet.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 24 October 2026. Roxane Riemer, Lukas M. Braun et al., Extracorporeal photopheresis for the treatment of steroid-refractory immune related adverse events from immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: a multi-center phase Ib/II clinical trial Read the source

eLife·23 October 2026

Ursula Debarnot, Alexandre Fouré

Strict hormone testing rules meant to help women's health research can block some studies instead.

Rules meant to include more women in research can backfire. Some rules demand detailed hormone or reproductive testing in every study on women. This can make studies too hard or costly to run, even when that testing is not needed. The authors say testing should fit what a study needs to prove, not be a fixed rule for everyone.

What it could change Rules meant to protect women's health research can make some studies too costly or hard to do.

The authors argue testing rules should match each study's actual goal, not a fixed checklist.

Opinion piece only, no new data or trial results.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 26 October 2026. Ursula Debarnot, Alexandre Fouré, The new paradox of women’s health research Read the source

Science Advances·23 October 2026

Jihua Hao, Can Liu et al.

In lab tests, dense ice absorbed meaningful amounts of two simple amino acids.

Large icy moons may hide oceans of liquid water under a thick shell of super dense ice. Scientists wondered if small life-building molecules could pass through this ice, instead of staying stuck near the rocky bottom. Lab tests squeezed two simple amino acids inside this type of ice under huge pressure. A good portion of each one, up to 40 percent, got soaked into the ice itself. Computer models showed these molecules can fit inside the ice as it grows, hinting the ice could help carry life's building blocks up toward the ocean.

The number 0.40

The share of the amino acid alanine absorbed into one type of dense ice during lab tests.

Lab experiment only, tiny samples, no real moon or ocean tested.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 28 October 2026. Jihua Hao, Can Liu et al., How high-pressure ices on large ocean worlds can support habitability: The compatibility of amino acids into ice VI and VII Read the source

Science·22 October 2026

Philipp Schmidbauer, Andreas Nieder

Crows make visual choices in 235 milliseconds, twice as fast as primates, with equal accuracy.

Carrion crows made choices in a classic visual test in about 235 milliseconds, roughly twice as fast as monkeys or humans, without losing accuracy. Brain cells in the crow's thinking region signaled the coming choice about 70 milliseconds after a pattern appeared. This was about 170 milliseconds before the bird moved. The signal grew stronger as the visual clue got clearer, peaking right when the crow acted.

The number 235 milliseconds

The average time crows took to decide and report a choice in a visual motion test.

One crow species, one task, lab setting only.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 28 October 2026. Philipp Schmidbauer, Andreas Nieder, Ultrarapid decision-making in an avian brain Read the source

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·23 October 2026

Paryag Sharma, Vikram Khaire et al.

A fast computer program can read gas clouds in quasar light almost as well as slow older methods, in simulations.

Light from distant quasars passes through gas clouds in deep space, leaving patterns called absorption lines. Scientists built a computer program that reads these patterns fast, using a method inspired by how brains process images. It trained on fake star light made by a computer simulation. It matched an older, slower method about 80% of the time on that fake data. On real telescope data it only matched about 50% of the time, because real light looks different from the practice data.

The number F1 score of about 0.8 on simulated data, about 0.5 on real data

How often the new fast method matched the old, slow method for finding gas clouds in quasar light.

Simulation-trained model only, real telescope accuracy dropped a lot.

Integrity screen: passed (3 checks) Checked 24 October 2026. Paryag Sharma, Vikram Khaire et al., Uncertainty-Aware Deep Learning for the Lyα Forest: CNN-Based Absorber Detection and Characterization Read the source

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PLOS Biology·22 October 2026

Aleksei Belyi, Yiyang Du et al.