July 8, 2026 – Kavli Institute Pre-Print Publications

Age-related reorganization of locus coeruleus–cortical functional connectivity gradients

Posted by dbos July 8, 2026July 20, 2026NTNU

Kavli Affiliate: Maryam Ziaei | Authors: Arjun Dave, Shuer Ye, Xiaqing Lan, Alireza Salami, Heidi Jacobs and Maryam Ziaei | Summary: The locus coeruleus (LC) regulates attention, arousal, and adaptive behavior via widespread noradrenergic projections to cortex, yet its large-scale cortical organization and age-related vulnerability remain poorly understood. Using 7T MRI during naturalistic movie-viewing with […]

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Opposing GIPR brainstem circuits differentially control feeding behaviour

Posted by dbos July 8, 2026July 20, 2026UCSF

Kavli Affiliate: Zachary Knight | Authors: Natalie S Figueredo Burgos, Alejandro Lopez-Cruz, Cecilia Skoug, Anna G Roberts, Kathryn Xie, Iona Davies, Norio Harada, Nobuya Inagaki, Frank Reimann, Fiona M Gribble, Ben Jones, Daniel I Brierley, Stefan Trapp, Zachary A Knight and Alice E Adriaenssens | Summary: Central glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) signalling is required […]

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Boötes III is a Tidally Disrupting Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy on an Eccentric Polar Orbit

Posted by klaurent July 8, 2026July 20, 2026Chicago

Kavli Affiliate: Alexander Ji | Summary:We present updated systemic properties of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Boötes III from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S$^5$). We identify 21 high-probability members and measure a velocity dispersion of $σ_v = 1.69^+1.03_-0.85$ km s$^-1$, about six times smaller than the previously reported $10.7 pm 3.5$ km s$^-1$, and […]

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Decoupling Choice from Motor Response Reduces Choice-History Effects

Posted by dbos July 8, 2026July 20, 2026Columbia

Kavli Affiliate: Michael Shadlen | Authors: Sriram Thothathri, Bharath Chandra Talluri, S. Shushruth, Michael N. Shadlen and Hendrikje Nienborg | Summary: Perception and action form a loop as an organism interacts with its environment. Here, we probe the interdependence between the two in the context of choice-history effects, the tendency of past choices and their […]

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Rare sex punctuates strict asexual reproduction in the clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi

Posted by dbos July 8, 2026July 13, 2026Rockefeller

Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Kronauer | Authors: Kip D Lacy, Nicolas Châline and Daniel J.C. Kronauer | Summary: While asexual species can often outcompete their sexual counterparts over ecological timescales, their long-term evolutionary success is hindered by a diminished ability to purge deleterious mutations and to adapt to changing environments. However, some asexual species persist for […]

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Functional Organization of the Neonatal Basal Ganglia and Thalamus

Posted by dbos July 8, 2026July 13, 2026UCSD / Salk

Kavli Affiliate: Deanna J. Greene | Authors: Samantha Lynn Blake, Jeanette K. Kenley, Tara A. Smyser, Aidan Latham, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, Deanna J. Greene, Rachel E. Lean, Deanna M. Barch, Barbara B. Warner, Joan L. Luby, Cynthia E. Rogers, Christopher D. Smyser, Chad M. Sylvester and Ashley N. Nielsen | Summary: The basal ganglia and thalamus […]

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A Dynamic Multiplexing Policy for a Quantum Repeater

Posted by klaurent July 8, 2026July 20, 2026Delft

Kavli Affiliate: Stephanie Wehner | Summary:We consider a multiplexed quantum repeater that distributes entanglement between two end nodes. Multiplexing is achieved through optical integration of many quantum chips. Each chip hosts an optically addressable communication qubit and a separate memory qubit. The communication qubit serves as an entanglement generation interface between different quantum chips, and […]

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Design and Deployment Guidelines for UAV-Mounted RIS Under Position Uncertainty

Posted by klaurent July 8, 2026July 20, 2026Cornell

Kavli Affiliate: David Muller | Summary:UAV-mounted reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are a promising enabler for 6G networks, offering dynamic control of wireless propagation for coverage enhancement, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), and localization. By exploiting UAV mobility, RIS can maintain favorable line-of-sight links, improving channel quality in dynamic environments. However, UAV positioning uncertainties introduce channel […]

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Quantifying Environmental Effects on Galaxy Properties using Non-spherical Voids Identified from SDSS DR7

Posted by klaurent July 8, 2026July 20, 2026Peking

Kavli Affiliate: Yingjie Peng | Summary:Cosmic voids provide a distinct low-density region for studying the environmental effects of galaxy properties. Using the SDSS DR7 catalog, we identify non-spherical voids via Voronoi tessellation and the watershed algorithm, and classify void galaxies based on their local volume. We compare and find that void galaxies classified by this […]

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XRISM Reveals a Kinematically Coherent Core System of the Nearby Cool-Core Cluster Abell 2199

Posted by klaurent July 8, 2026July 20, 2026MIT

Kavli Affiliate: Eric Miller | Summary:We present the results of a deep 251 ks XRISM/Resolve observation of the cool core of the galaxy cluster Abell 2199. From the integrated spectrum of the central $3′ times 3’$ Resolve field of view ($104 times 104 mathrm~kpc^2$), we find that the intracluster medium (ICM) redshift is consistent with […]

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