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Research · Articlepublished 8d

Human cortical organoids form working circuits in cortex-depleted mice

A peer-reviewed Nature study transplanted human stem-cell-derived cortical organoids into mice genetically engineered to lack most cortical and hippocampal glutamatergic neurons. The grafts occupied much of the vacant cortical space, formed organised activity and connected into the host nervous system, creating a new in-vivo model for human neurodevelopment and injury.

Nature — Developmental xenocortication using human-derived organoids in mice · Stanford Medicine — advanced model for studying brain development and disorders

Research · Articlepublished 8d

Half-century satellite record puts polar ice loss at 11.3 trillion tonnes

A peer-reviewed Scientific Data assessment combining 42 independent estimates from 27 satellite missions finds Greenland and Antarctica lost 11,309 ± 565 billion tonnes of ice from 1979 to 2023. The authors attribute 84% of the combined loss to glacier dynamical imbalance rather than surface mass balance.

Scientific Data — Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023 · Northumbria University — Speeding glaciers drive half a century of polar ice loss