A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission. It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell. scim.ag/3W2F4hw

Researchers have developed a single-cell–level digital twin to simulate how different treatments can alter maternal immune pathways and affect the time to labor of individual patients. Learn more this week in Science Advances: scim.ag/4k8o4Ap

Vitamin D binding protein derived from the neurons of the ventral hippocampus of mice participates in the pathogenesis of stress-induced depression, marking it as a potential therapeutic target for major depressive disorder. scim.ag/4im47oo

Science Advances is publishing an Erratum for the October 2025 Research Article "The design and reconstructible history of the Mayan eclipse table of the Dresden Codex.” scim.ag/4hYawoi

By modeling the impacts of the Kikai-Akahoya eruption on the Jomon foraging communities then occupying the Japanese archipelago, researchers found evidence of both population collapse and increase in different communities after the catastrophe. @er_crema scim.ag/47TqdbT

Science Advances is publishing an Erratum for the August 2023 Research Article "FOXA1 O-GlcNAcylation–mediated transcriptional switch governs metastasis capacity in breast cancer.” scim.ag/3TSL7Vm

Coexposure to heatwaves and air pollution from landscape fires has been increasing globally over the past 2 decades, according to a new analysis. scim.ag/4dEcPf6

Bacteria can escape viral predators by collectively swimming along chemical gradients, which allows the population to outpace the spreading infection, according to a new study. @TheSquishyLab @Caltech @Princeton scim.ag/4im5B1W

Breast milk antibodies show broad antiviral activity and protect mice against influenza, according to new research. scim.ag/4ymmEWq

Muscle stem cells build a shield out of the glycoprotein Fibrillin-1 to stay dormant and protected from unusual growth factor signaling, depletion of the stem cell pool, and progressive decline in muscle function. scim.ag/4zyp0lZ

Burial data in ancient China reveal inequality’s deep roots before the rise of states, according to a new study. scim.ag/4yny5xf