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  1. eLife partners with leading UK universities on open access publishing agreements

    Imperial College London and the University of Sheffield have signed up to eLife’s uncapped scheme in support of a more open, equitable and sustainable science publishing system.

  2. Media Coverage: July roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in July 2025, including BBC News, IFLScience and New Scientist.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Changes in wing shape help small hoverflies stay aloft

    A study of 28 hoverfly species suggests that smaller insects compensate for their size by evolving proportionally longer and more force-efficient wings, rather than changing how they flap.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Origins of Wnt signalling reveal protein superfamily across the Tree of Life

    The molecule Wnt, which plays a role in cell communication during human development, evolved from a superfamily with a shared lipid-modifying mechanism originally involved in bacterial defence and immunity.
    1. Neuroscience

    Brain asymmetry shapes direction of mental number line in early life

    A study in newborn chicks provides evidence that brain lateralisation, where the left and right hemispheres are functionally different, is required for the development of directional number mapping.

  6. eLife adds publishing agreements to its offering to support an open research future

    eLife’s new open access agreements contribute towards a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable system for scientific publishing.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Gorillas’ personal circumstances dictate their aggression towards more or less powerful groupmates

    A 25-year observational study of female gorillas shows that individual circumstances and social context influence individual decisions to engage in more risky aggressive behaviours.

  8. Media Coverage: June roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in June 2025, including The Scientist, The Hindu, and Laboratory Equipment.

  9. Media Coverage: May roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in May 2025, including The Scientist, The Times of India, and IFL Science.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Fish species evolved different hunting strategies using distinct visual cues

    A comparison of hunting behaviours in five fish species reveals that larval prey-capture strategies differ dramatically across evolution.
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