Clay weekly context brief for the Research News category (ISO week 2026-W46). 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. JWST tracks more than 100 magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy Source: Phys.org Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-jwst-tracks-magnified-stellar-events.html Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers identified 104 magnified stellar events in a galaxy known as the Dragon, located around 6.5 billion light-years away. 2. Collateral damageor is love really blind? Source: Science Immunology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciimmunol.aen3921?af=R Science Immunology, Volume 11, Issue 125, November 2026. 3. Goodbye Swift: After 22 years, NASA spacecraft burns up in atmosphere Source: Science News Current Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/goodbye-swift-after-22-years-nasa-spacecraft-burns-atmosphere Astronomers mourn telescope that supercharged study of cosmic explosions 4. Life felt dark as an international researcher in the U.S., but Im finding breaks in the clouds Source: Science Careers Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/life-felt-dark-international-researcher-u-s-i-m-finding-breaks-clouds Im no longer waiting for all of the uncertainties to disappear before I allow myself to enjoy my work, my life, or an ordinary day, this postdoc writes 5. Targeting hormone conversion through dietary fiber improves polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome Source: Science Journal Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aed8952?af=R Science, Volume 394, Issue 6824, November 2026. 6. The Morning After the Midterms Source: Science Pipeline Link: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/morning-after-midterms Readers, youll have to bear with me for one morning as I do a politics post. 7. Explainable AI identifies recombination and chromatin environment as key predictors of subgenome evolution in maize and Brassica Source: Science Advances Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aee9459?af=R Science Advances, Volume 12, Issue 45, November 2026. 8. Erratum for the Research Article CRISPR-engineered human brown-like adipocytes prevent diet-induced obesity and ameliorate metabolic syndrome in mice Source: Science Technology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.aen4309?af=R Science Translational Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 874, November 2026. 9. Erratum for the Research Article NLRP12 interacts with NLRP3 to block the activation of the human NLRP3 inflammasome Source: Science Signaling Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scisignal.aen3918?af=R Science Signaling, Volume 19, Issue 962, November 2026. 10. Reducing energy and air consumption in scuba diving with underwater exoskeletons Source: Science Robotics Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.aed7305?af=R Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 119, October 2026. 11. Quantum gases below 10 picokelvin in space Source: Science First Release Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aea5324?af=R Science, Ahead of Print. 12. How space weather powers auroras in the sky and threatens power grids on the ground Source: Phys.org Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-space-weather-powers-auroras-sky.html An aurora is one of nature's most spectacular light shows: It looks like green or red curtains rippling across the night sky. When viewed from the ground, this colorful display might seem far away and disconnected from anything happening on Earth's surface. 13. Myeloid cells run amok in injured brains Source: Science Immunology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciimmunol.aen3917?af=R Science Immunology, Volume 11, Issue 125, November 2026. 14. Are brain-scanning hard hats a safety dreamor a privacy nightmare? Source: Science News Current Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/are-brain-scanning-hard-hats-safety-dream-or-privacy-nightmare Construction and mining firms are rolling out devices that track workers fatigue. Critics say the tech could be misused by authorities 15. For early-career scientists, the cost of AI can be a problem Source: Science Careers Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/early-career-scientists-cost-ai-can-be-problem Some researchers get top tools for next to nothingbut others pay out of pocket or go without 16. GLP-1 receptor agonists in addiction therapy Source: Science Journal Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aej9836?af=R Science, Volume 394, Issue 6824, Page 610-611, November 2026. 17. Taming Photochemistry Source: Science Pipeline Link: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/taming-photochemistry (It is of course Election Day here in the US, and yes, I am likely to jump straight up into the air at the slightest provocation and will be for some time to come, I fear. 18. Temporal dynamics of antigen-specific T cell expansion in primary SARS-CoV-2 infection Source: Science Advances Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aec4195?af=R Science Advances, Volume 12, Issue 45, November 2026. 19. Cancer-specific T cell receptor discovery using 150,000 clinical genomics samples Source: Science Technology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.aeh8192?af=R Science Translational Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 874, November 2026. 20. Subunit engineering enables the generation of human interleukin-39 as a proinflammatory cytokine Source: Science Signaling Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scisignal.adw9746?af=R Science Signaling, Volume 19, Issue 962, November 2026. 21. Robot autonomous agency by any other name Source: Science Robotics Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.aem6108?af=R Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 119, October 2026. 22. Emergence of Chern metal in a moiré Kondo lattice Source: Science First Release Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adv9181?af=R Science, Ahead of Print. 23. 100 buses long: Scientists map one of the world's largest known coral colonies Source: Phys.org Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-buses-scientists-world-largest-coral.html A huge coral colony stretching more than 1.5 kilometers (0.93 miles) along the outer reef of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has been identified by researchers, making it one of the largest known coral colonies ever recorded. 24. Programming immunity in situ: A new frontier of in vivo cell engineering Source: Science Immunology Link: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciimmunol.aed1027?af=R Science Immunology, Volume 11, Issue 125, November 2026. 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 153 available items for this weekly brief.