Clay weekly context brief for the Research News category (ISO week 2026-W36). Clay tracks publications from the Research News feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed. Recent publications: 1. Tides can be mapped much more locally using a new method based on satellite images Source: Phys.org Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tides-locally-method-based-satellite.html When high or low tide occurs, the water does not necessarily rise and fall uniformly along the entire coastline. In fact, the height of the tide in a bay can vary by up to one meter (3 feet) from one location to another just a few kilometers away. 2. How does football cause brain diseaseand why is it so hard to diagnose? Source: Science News Current Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-does-football-cause-brain-disease-and-why-it-so-hard-diagnose A startling study suggests at least one in four NFL players develops CTE, but doctors still cant identify it in living athletes 3. NSFs new plan to fund graduate students to work in industry covers familiar ground Source: Science Careers Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-s-new-plan-fund-graduate-students-work-industry-covers-familiar-ground Agency gives university-industry consortium $47 million to reinvent existing internship program 4. Beyond wrinkles Source: Science Journal Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aeh4348?af=R Science, Volume 393, Issue 6814, Page 863-865, August 2026. 5. LTBP4 deficiency induces MRC1+/CD44+ macrophages to drive cancer progression in preclinical colorectal cancer models Source: Science Technology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.aeb2189?af=R Science Translational Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 864, August 2026. 6. Truthful visualizations for mass spectrometry imaging enable high-spatial-resolution interactive m/z mapping and exploration Source: Science Advances Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aed3650?af=R Science Advances, Volume 12, Issue 35, August 2026. 7. Fat-fighting club cells Source: Science Signaling Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scisignal.ael6285?af=R Science Signaling, Volume 19, Issue 952, August 2026. 8. The Fault Is Not In Our Trees, But In Ourselves Source: Science Pipeline Link: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/fault-not-our-trees-ourselves This is an interesting paper at the intersection of chemistry, botany, and environmental science, and I think its probably going to get a fair amount of attention in the press. 9. From acrobatics to generality: Humanoid robots at an inflection point Source: Science Robotics Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.aek7970?af=R Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 117, August 2026. 10. Mist-ical memory: The airway defenses induced by FluMist vaccination in adults Source: Science Immunology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciimmunol.ael0169?af=R Science Immunology, Volume 11, Issue 122, August 2026. 11. Recent strengthening of eastern Pacific ENSO in the last millennium paleorecord Source: Science First Release Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.ady2660?af=R Science, Ahead of Print. 12. As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos Source: Phys.org Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-super-el-nino-climate-ninos.html A new study suggests that El Ninosthe natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperaturesare getting stronger because of human-caused climate change. 13. NASAs Roman telescope readies a sweeping view of the universe Source: Science News Current Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-s-roman-telescope-readies-sweeping-view-universe With a view 100 times larger than Hubble, the observatory will survey the cosmos for distant worlds and clues to dark energy 14. NSF shrinks support for social sciences in prestigious graduate fellowship program Source: Science Careers Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-shrinks-support-social-sciences-prestigious-graduate-fellowship-program New solicitation excludes students in seven fields and science education 15. Caring for myself while caring for others Source: Science Journal Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.ael7896?af=R Science, Volume 393, Issue 6814, Page 946-946, August 2026. 16. Tissue corticosteroid rhythms are dysregulated predominantly during sleep in primary aldosteronism Source: Science Technology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.aeb7517?af=R Science Translational Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 864, August 2026. 17. Programmable protein degraders enable selective knockdown of pathogenic -catenin subpopulations in vitro and in vivo Source: Science Advances Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aec8271?af=R Science Advances, Volume 12, Issue 35, August 2026. 18. Merck and Moderna's Melanoma Results Source: Science Pipeline Link: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/merck-and-moderna-s-melanoma-results Moderna and Merck have been working together for some years now on cancer therapies that would combine Mercks Keytruda antibody with personalized mRNA immunotherapy from Moderna (update: in a therapy co-developed and co-owned by both companies). 19. Evolution of humanoid locomotion control Source: Science Robotics Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.aed3973?af=R Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 117, August 2026. 20. PKM2 works off the books to drive effector T cell function in MS Source: Science Immunology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciimmunol.ael0168?af=R Science Immunology, Volume 11, Issue 122, August 2026. 21. Programmable design of synthetic plant immune receptors for pathogen protein recognition Source: Science First Release Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aee1792?af=R Science, Ahead of Print. 22. Infection kills gut cells, while diet reshapes existing ones, fruit fly study finds Source: Phys.org Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-infection-gut-cells-diet-reshapes.html The intestines rely on different strategies to rebuild themselves in response to diet changes versus infections, according to a new Cornell studya finding that can shed light on how gut health adapts to harsh conditions, flourishing ecosystems of microbes and variable diets. 23. Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest Source: Science News Current Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/climate-change-strengthening-el-niño-coral-records-suggest 1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle 24. Why I say yes to career opportunities that scare me Source: Science Careers Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/why-i-say-yes-career-opportunities-scare-me Stepping into these uncertain situations has helped me grow and uncover hidden passions, this professor writes Sources in this brief: Phys.org; Science Advances; Science Careers; Science First Release; Science Immunology; Science Journal; Science News Current; Science Pipeline; Science Robotics; Science Signaling; Science Technology. Selected 24 of 152 available items for this weekly brief.