PNAS Nexus

Interdisciplinary grants produce fewer papers and lower-impact work than disciplinary grants. Counterintuitively, deeply disciplinary grants are disproportionately more likely to produce high-impact interdisciplinary research. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/sOKl50YBfJn

One of the most-viewed PNAS Nexus articles in the last week is “The microtubule nexus linking amyloid beta and tau: A simple and unifying theory for the underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/jkjB50YBg0m To learn more about submitting your own research, visit PNAS Nexus at https://ow.ly/rlz550YBg0o.

Lady beetles have declined in abundance by 39% since 1993 in experimental plots in Michigan. Rather than a steady decline, researchers found ups and downs with different rates of change and apparent drivers among species and across habitats. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/Hxbs50YAFBI

In Discover Magazine: https://ow.ly/cQH650YAGgw In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/lEap50YAGgu

How can science improve access to safe water and sanitation? Read PNAS and PNAS Nexus research on water quality, infrastructure, and hygiene innovation. Explore the SDG 6 Research Collection: https://ow.ly/Za5y50YyTlW #SDG6 #CleanWater #PNAS #PNASNexus #WaterSecurity

Surveys allow comparison of the ideological position of the average American voter and Supreme Court decisions. Since 2022, the institution was often further right than the public but, at other times, closer to the average voter. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/vLeu50YySUV

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When tested for creativity, LLMs did as well or better than human respondents—but their responses were much more similar to one another, even across AI models and companies, than human responses were to other human responses. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/RFuF50YySTH

In this week’s Advance Articles: Reconstructing 3D crystal growth from transmission optical microscopy images; orbiting, colliding, and merging liquid lenses on a soap film; and more. Explore now: https://ow.ly/lZw450YyTtq

PNAS Nexus publishes high-quality, open access research on ocean systems, climates, and ecosystems. Explore the Ocean Studies collection and learn more about publishing your research with PNAS Nexus. Learn more: https://oxford.ly/3NrUw2L