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Research at ETH Zurich’s Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) brings together scientists from diverse disciplines to explore fundamental questions about the origins life. As part of this […]

Human accelerated regions (HARs) have been implicated in human brain evolution. However, insight into the genes and pathways they control is lacking, hindering the understanding of their function. Here, we […]

Human accelerated regions (HARs) have been linked to human brain evolution, but their function has not been well understood — until now. A study by NOMIS researcher James Noonan and […]

In a new international study on public trust in science, conducted across 68 countries, investigators including NOMIS Awardee Manos Tsakiris and NOMIS researcher Ryan McKay found that most people trust […]

Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years […]

Fernanda Pérez-Verdugo is a NOMIS–ISTA Fellow at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), who is working with the research groups of Anđela Šarić (Computational Soft and Living Matter) […]

Scientists at the Salk Institute — including Director of the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Susan Kaech, NOMIS researcher Gerald Shadel, former NOMIS Fellow Siva Karthik Varanasi and […]

The impacts of degradation and deforestation on tropical forests are poorly understood, particularly at landscape scales. We present an extensive ecosystem analysis of the impacts of logging and conversion of […]

The metabolic landscape of cancer greatly influences antitumor immunity, yet it remains unclear how organ-specific metabolites in the tumor microenvironment influence immunosurveillance. We found that accumulation of primary conjugated and […]

A research team led by the University of Oxford and which includes NOMIS Awardee Robert Ewers has conducted the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to […]

Adolescence is a developmental period of relative volatility, where the individual experiences significant changes to their physical and social environment. The ability to adapt to the volatility of one’s surroundings […]

NOMIS researcher Tom Battin, together with a team of scientists led by EPFL, have published papers in Nature and Nature Microbiology that shed light on the uniqueness, complexity and climate-related vulnerability […]

What do transitions have to do with pioneering research? In a sponsored feature in Science, the 2024 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Awardees — Andrea Ablasser, Elena Conti and Whitney […]

“Cognitive economics is in effect a science of mistakes,” writes NOMIS researcher Andrew Caplin in his new book, An Introduction to Cognitive Economics: The Science of Mistakes, published by Springer […]

Glacier-fed streams (GFS) feature among Earth’s most extreme aquatic ecosystems marked by pronounced oligotrophy and environmental fluctuations. Microorganisms mainly organize in biofilms within them, but how they cope with such […]

Judith Smit is a NOMIS–STRI Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Gamboa, Panama. Smit is a biologist with a fascination for understanding animal behavior, particularly the complexities […]

Jenna Kohles is a NOMIS–STRI Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. She is conducting her postdoctoral research at STRI under the mentorship of Rachel Page at […]

Ricardo Cossio is a NOMIS–STRI Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama City, Panama). He is conducting his research under the mentorship of William Wcislo and Rachel Page in […]

The rapid melting of mountain glaciers and the vanishing of their streams is emblematic of climate change1,2. Glacier-fed streams (GFSs) are cold, oligotrophic and unstable ecosystems in which life is […]

The Question Imagine you receive this message from a friend: “It finally happened, I got the confirmation letter in the mail this morning, let’s go out tonight to debrief.” As […]