Anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script. Its existence shows that African people labeled illiterate for not writing in French were anything but. When his father died in 1996, Ngom returned to Senegal from where he was teaching French and linguistics at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. Ngom participated in the funeral services, spent time with

For the first time since it was proposed more than 80 years ago, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have demonstrated the phenomenon of "quantum recoil," which describes how the particle nature of light has a major impact on electrons moving through materials. The research is published online today (January 19) in the journal Nature Photonics.

A worrying trend for stargazers.

The red junglefowl—the wild ancestor of the chicken—is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds, according to a new study led by Frank Rheindt of the National University of Singapore published January 19 in the journal PLOS Genetics.

Imagine overhearing the Powerball lottery winning numbers, but you didn't know when those numbers would be called—just that at some point in the next 10 years or so, they would be. Despite the financial cost of playing those numbers daily for that period, the payoff is big enough to make it worthwhile.

Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite that can cause European honey bee colonies to collapse by spreading Deformed wing virus as they feed. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Zachary Lamas and colleagues at the USDA-ARS and the University of Maryland suggests a relatively small number of mites can contribute to a large number of infected bees.

Despite not being an essential element for plant growth, silicon increases plants' tolerance of biotic stresses, such as pests and diseases; and abiotic ones, such as drought and salinity. The effects of this element, the second most abundant in the planet's crust, have not been widely studied, in general, and with regard to olive trees knowledge has been even scarcer.

Invasive land snail species can displace native species and harm human health. A recent study by the Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change Analysis (LIB) compiles an overview of the exponential increase and dynamic spread of land snail species introduced to Europe and the Mediterranean from other continents.

As opioid-related deaths continue to rise in the US, researchers are prohibited from studying the very substances that could provide antidotes to overdose, says chemist Gregory Dudley

Invasive land snail species can displace native species and harm human health. A recent study by the Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change Analysis (LIB) compiles an overview of the exponential increase and dynamic spread of land snail species introduced to Europe and the Mediterranean from other continents.

The European Union had 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy installed in 2021, and this is projected to increase by at least 25 times in the next ten years. While an expanding renewable energy sector is necessary to replace fossil fuels and slow climate change, it must not come at a cost to Earth's embattled wildlife.

Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world—and until recently, by some margin.

The European Union had 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy installed in 2021, and this is projected to increase by at least 25 times in the next ten years. While an expanding renewable energy sector is necessary to replace fossil fuels and slow climate change, it must not come at a cost to Earth's embattled wildlife.

Biomedical engineers have created semi-living 'cyborg cells.' Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg cells could have a wide range of applications, from producing therapeutic drugs to cleaning up pollution.

Early life made an inhospitable Earth more habitable, and aliens could be doing the same thing on their worlds, new research proposes.

From weight loss to digestive health, could savoring every mouthful have a positive impact on wellbeing?

If you spent time over the holidays with elderly relatives or friends, you may have heard many of the same stories repeated—perhaps stories you'd heard over the years, or even over the past few hours.

Graphene-based olfactory sensors that can detect odor molecules based on the design of peptide sequences were recently demonstrated by researchers at Tokyo Tech. The findings indicated that graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) functionalized with designable peptides can be used to develop electronic devices that mimic olfactory receptors and emulate the sense of smell by selectively detecting

For years, fishers have suspected sharks of stealing their spanner crab catch. Now a University of the Sunshine Coast study has cleared sharks and instead uncovered three unexpected culprits taking a bite out of Australia's commercial crab industry.

Griffith University researchers have analyzed 50 years of tropical cyclone tracks to better understand their behavior in the hopes it could develop some level of prediction for future cyclones in light of our changing climate.

Improving the public's ability to interact with bots will ensure that more humans have better experiences with commercial and public services that rely on bots, according to University of Surrey researchers.

New research uses AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered protein structure database, to accelerate the design and synthesis of a drug to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer. It is the first successful application of AlphaFold to hit identification process in drug discovery.

The race toward net-zero emissions depends heavily on lithium—to power electric vehicles, to store wind and solar power.

A few weeks ago, Zara, the Spanish fashion chain with stores all over the world, announced that it was branching into the second-hand market. With a pilot test in the United Kingdom, through the Zara Pre-Owned platform, it is set to offer the option of reselling a Zara garment, having it repaired or donating used garments from any season to the Red Cross.

Agricultural Research Service scientists and their Chinese colleagues have identified a specific metabolic pathway that controls how honey bees apportion their body's resources such as energy and immune response in reaction to stresses such as winter's cold temperatures, according to recently published research.

Dr. Lauren McWhinnie from Heriot-Watt's Institute of Life and Earth Sciences contributed to a new study investigating the nature and extent of whale entanglements in Scottish fishing gear.

New research and a five-year study of red squirrel behavior indicates that conservation efforts targeting one of Scotland's most-loved species need a rethink.

What's your relationship status with social media?

A team of archaeologists from the Universities of Chester and Manchester has made discoveries which shed new light on the communities who inhabited Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.

Scotch whisky could be in for a revamp from a 200-year-old barley crop.

While the Earth absorbs a lot of energy from the sun, a lot of it is reflected back into space. The sunlight reflected from Earth is called Earthshine. We can see it on the dark portion of the moon during a crescent moon. The Farmer's Almanac said it used to be called "the new moon in the old moon's arms."

Black swallowwort is a difficult to control invasive vine that thrives in natural areas and perennial cropping systems across northeastern North America. To date, though, no scientific studies have been conducted to determine how the weed responds to common controls, such as mowing and broad-spectrum herbicides.

The ever-expanding gig economy has brought with it the rise of the independent contractor, from delivery drivers to personal shoppers and dog walkers. Compared to traditional employees, independent contractors are classified as self-employed and do not benefit from a minimum wage, paid time off, or other protections. This kind of work arrangement is becoming increasingly common, with a recent stud

Salps are transparent, tube-shaped jellies well known for their propulsive jetting movements. According to new research, they also take quite a bit of carbon along for the ride.

The submarine-size ocean creatures were not always behemoths. Now, a new study has found that the secret to a whale's size may be in its genes.

For years, fishers have suspected sharks of stealing their spanner crab catch. Now a University of the Sunshine Coast study has cleared sharks and instead uncovered three unexpected culprits taking a bite out of Australia's commercial crab industry.

Agricultural Research Service scientists and their Chinese colleagues have identified a specific metabolic pathway that controls how honey bees apportion their body's resources such as energy and immune response in reaction to stresses such as winter's cold temperatures, according to recently published research.

Dr. Lauren McWhinnie from Heriot-Watt's Institute of Life and Earth Sciences contributed to a new study investigating the nature and extent of whale entanglements in Scottish fishing gear.

New research and a five-year study of red squirrel behavior indicates that conservation efforts targeting one of Scotland's most-loved species need a rethink.

Scotch whisky could be in for a revamp from a 200-year-old barley crop.

Black swallowwort is a difficult to control invasive vine that thrives in natural areas and perennial cropping systems across northeastern North America. To date, though, no scientific studies have been conducted to determine how the weed responds to common controls, such as mowing and broad-spectrum herbicides.

New research uses AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered protein structure database, to accelerate the design and synthesis of a drug to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer. It is the first successful application of AlphaFold to hit identification process in drug discovery.

Biomedical engineers have created semi-living 'cyborg cells.' Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg cells could have a wide range of applications, from producing therapeutic drugs to cleaning up pollution.

Hype Trough OpenAI's AI chatbot ChatGPT, which is based on the startup's latest version of its GPT-3 language model, has taken the internet by storm ever since being made to the public in November thanks to its uncanny ability to come up with anything from entire college essays , malware code , and even job applications from a simple prompt. But the company's leader is warning that OpenAI's long-

Playing God Scientists playing God — or in this case, Zeus — have managed to divert lightning for the first time using lasers, opening up new possibilities of protecting buildings and people from nature's destructive electric strikes. Lightning rods have already been in use for centuries and are pretty effective overall — but they have one big drawback as well. "Metal rods are used almost everywh

Lurking beneath the ocean surface is a little-known chorus of sounds made up of everything from the grunts of a Bocon toadfish and the cough of an alewife to the rasp and ticks made by sablefish.

When it comes to sharing content of children on social media—particularly via sponsored posts and brand deals—what's legal isn't always what's ethical.

The extreme flooding and mudslides across California in recent weeks took many drivers by surprise. Sinkholes swallowed cars, highways became fast-moving rivers of water, entire neighborhoods were evacuated. At least 20 people died in the storms, several of them after becoming trapped in cars in rushing water.

Lurking beneath the ocean surface is a little-known chorus of sounds made up of everything from the grunts of a Bocon toadfish and the cough of an alewife to the rasp and ticks made by sablefish.

Growing awareness of microplastics in the ground and in freshwater highlights the need to tackle an environmental threat generally associated with oceans.

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36009-x

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35909-2 Within the nucleus, the genome of eukaryotes folds into partially organized three-dimensional structures specific to each organism. Here the authors perform physical simulations to study the genome architecture of Aedes aegypti, which reveal an ensemble of 3D chromosomal structures that are folded over and pa

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36027-9 Volatile compounds to be released from the plant cell to the atmosphere must cross the cell wall. Here the authors show that cell-wall localized non-specific lipid transfer proteins facilitate the diffusion of volatiles across the hydrophilic cell wall.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00129-7 Analysis shows that some researchers publish a considerable proportion of their own work in journals they edit.

Asian diets feature rice as a staple grain, contributing towards nearly 90% of the world's rice consumption. Brown rice, in particular, is known to have several health benefits. As a regular addition to the diet, it can help reduce body weight, lower cholesterol, and suppress inflammation. The ability of brown rice to neutralize reactive oxygen species and prevent cellular damage is vital to many

Scientific Reports, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28014-3

Scientific Reports, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28050-z Author Correction: Genetic approaches for assessment of phosphorus use efficiency in groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.)

Scientific Reports, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-25613-4

Catenanes — materials made of interlocking molecules, similar to medieval chain mail — have proved laborious to make since their discovery 25 years ago. Now, chemists have found a way to make unlimited quantities of catenanes in one single chemical step. Using reticular chemistry, they modified covalent organic frameworks to create a 3D network that is flexible and tough. These catena-COFs could

Researchers compared two methods of corneal transplant tissue preparation for a procedure that saves sight in patients with Fuchs' dystrophy.

Long-term measurements in the urban area of Innsbruck, Austria, show that the fraction of ozone near the surface tends to be overestimated in atmospheric models. Consequently, a fundamental assumption for air quality forecasting has to be reinterpreted for urban areas. Direct nitrogen dioxide emissions are also likely overestimated.

Scientists have shed new light on the 'self-cleaning' capacity of the atmosphere.

Asian diets feature rice as a staple grain, contributing towards nearly 90% of the world's rice consumption. Brown rice, in particular, is known to have several health benefits. As a regular addition to the diet, it can help reduce body weight, lower cholesterol, and suppress inflammation. The ability of brown rice to neutralize reactive oxygen species and prevent cellular damage is vital to many

ChatGPT is a powerful language model developed by OpenAI that has the ability to generate human-like text, making it capable of engaging in natural language conversations. This technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with computers, and it has already begun to be integrated into various industries.

SBM has teamed with director/producer Tjardus Greidanus and producer Laura Davis to host a virtual screening of their documentary Virulent: The Vaccine War , followed by a Zoom Q&A. We also all thought it appropriate to dedicate the showing of this excellent documentary about vaccine hesitancy and the antivaccine movement to our recently departed colleague, Dr. Harriet Hall. The post Announcing a

Three years into the global fight against SARS-CoV-2, the arsenal to combat long COVID remains depressingly bare. Being vaccinated seems to reduce people's chances of developing the condition, but the only surefire option for avoiding long COVID is to avoid catching the coronavirus at all —a proposition that feels ever more improbable . For anyone who is newly infected, "we don't have any interve

Last May, when it became clear that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would ascend to the presidency of the Philippines, Maria Ressa, the Nobel laureate (and Atlantic contributing writer ) who has become legendary in her fight for freedom of the press and democracy, was despondent. " This is how it ends, I said to myself that evening," Ressa wrote in her book How to Stand Up to a Dictator . "You can't have in

Researchers have designed the first "living medicine" to treat lung infections. The treatment targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that is naturally resistant to many types of antibiotics and is a common source of infections in hospitals.

A new study demonstrates the benefits of music education to adolescent health and wellbeing.

Researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body's immune system to fight back against both chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.

Las Vegas, with its rapid urbanization and desert landscape, is highly vulnerable to flooding. For this reason, flood managers have built an extensive system of drainage ditches and detention basins to protect the public. Now, a new study shows how intentional engineering and urban development are interacting with climate change to alter the timing and intensity of flood risk.

A new personalised cancer treatment can radically improve the outlook for some patients with bile duct cancer, finds an international multicenter trial.

The search for nectar costs insects a lot of energy, so they have to be as efficient as possible. Colorful patterns on the petals can help with that.

A new modelling study shows that the Seychelles and other islands in the western Indian Ocean are not responsible for most of the plastic waste that accumulates on their beaches. Indonesia, India, and Sri Lanka were found to be the main sources of land-based plastic debris. The Seychelles also accumulate significant amounts of plastic debris of marine origin from fisheries and shipping lanes. • Th

A laboratory in photonics and renewable energy has developed a new method for measuring the solar energy produced by bifacial solar panels, the double-sided solar technology which is expected to meet increased global energy demands moving forward.

Many planets that have the right temperatures for liquid water on their surfaces used to be too hot or too cold, which may affect their ability to host life now

Researchers have designed the first "living medicine" to treat lung infections. The treatment targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that is naturally resistant to many types of antibiotics and is a common source of infections in hospitals.

A Cornell researcher has completed a decades-long program to develop new varieties of tomato that naturally resist pests and limit transfer of viral disease by insects.

The folded leaf of an oak tree, faded yellow, dotted with dark spots. We pick up on the information contained in leaves almost subconsciously when strolling through the forest. But the researchers at UZH's Remote Sensing Laboratories are taking this ability to the next level.

Researchers from the Victoria University of Wellington have demonstrated a link between invasive ant species and increased levels of diseases in bees.

Violence and warfare were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe, a period associated with the adoption of farming, new research suggests.

A Cornell researcher has completed a decades-long program to develop new varieties of tomato that naturally resist pests and limit transfer of viral disease by insects.

The folded leaf of an oak tree, faded yellow, dotted with dark spots. We pick up on the information contained in leaves almost subconsciously when strolling through the forest. But the researchers at UZH's Remote Sensing Laboratories are taking this ability to the next level.

One of last year's space highlights was the NASA DART mission's collision with Dimorphos, the small moon of the binary asteroid Didymos (seen left). The impact measurably shifted the target asteroid's orbit around its primary while casting a plume of debris thousand of kilometers out into space.

Researchers from the Victoria University of Wellington have demonstrated a link between invasive ant species and increased levels of diseases in bees.

Analysis of world-renowned plant fossils in north-east Scotland has revealed the oldest evidence for environmental clean-up on Earth, over 400 million years ago.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have identified a mechanism in a 3D-printed alloy—termed "load shuffling"—that could enable the design of better-performing lightweight materials for vehicles.

Students who take math in the 12th grade improve their chances of enrolling and continuing in higher education, according to a new report by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA.

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) from the atmosphere is crucial to limit global warming, in addition to rapid cuts to emissions—that is the stark conclusion of today's first Oxford-led "State of Carbon Dioxide Removal" report.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00122-0 Federal judge hands down light sentence in latest rebuke of the US government's China Initiative.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04561-z A trio of tracers has debunked a long-held model of the origins of spring water on Mount Fuji, revealing interactions between shallow and deep aquifer layers, and providing a fresh approach for probing mountain groundwater flow.

The discovery of a tightly packed nesting ground from the Cretaceous period in India suggests that titanosaurs laid eggs and left their offspring behind.

Good Boy You know what they say: don't go into business with your friends, lest you build a multi-billion-dollar crypto empire, commit several alleged felonies together along the way, and ultimately watch the whole thing collapse as a result. You'll probably get arrested , your friends will turn on you to save themselves — and your parents will have to buy you a 75-pound German shepherd named San

Surgeons reattached a woman's scalp by meticulously stitching the skin and blood vessels back together after her hair was caught in a column drill and torn off

Our memories and bodies give us clues about who we are, but what happens when this guidance shifts? In this mind-bending talk, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy shares how the experiences of "altered selves" — resulting from schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, foreign limb syndrome or other conditions — shed light on the constructed nature of identity. He breaks down where our sense of self comes from an

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36011-3

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36006-0 The limitation in metal-semiconductor contact has been a major challenge for high-performance organic field-effect transistors. Here, the authors fabricate the contact by transferring platinum electrode on solution-processed organic films, realizing ultralow total contact resistance down to 14 Ω ∙ cm.

The gut microbiome plays a key role in the health of our brains, new research in mice suggests. A growing pile of evidence indicates that the tens of trillions of microbes that normally live in our intestines—the so-called gut microbiome—have far-reaching effects on how our bodies function. Members of this microbial community produce vitamins, help us digest food, prevent the overgrowth of harmfu

Even though one in 10 U.S. households is food insecure, only 28% of those 13.5 million households took advantage of food pantries in 2021—partly because of the perception that food pantry offerings are lower quality than what's available in grocery stores, according to new Cornell research.

Where does the water come from that provides drinking water to people in a particular region? What feeds these sources and how long does it take for groundwater to make its way back up to the surface? This hydrological cycle is a complex interplay of various factors. A better grasp of the system allows us to understand, for example, why pollution is worse in some spots than others, and it can help

New results from the FinnGen research consortium demonstrate the benefits of Finnish health research environment for genomic research. Among the wealth of novel genetic discoveries are previously unknown genetic risk factors for many debilitating diseases. These findings have potential to facilitate the development of new therapies.

Heliozoan axopodia are important for their motility. However, the underlying mechanism of their axopodial contraction has remained ambiguous. Recently, researchers have reported that microtubules are simultaneously cleaved at multiple sites, allowing the radiating axopodia in a heliozoan, Raphidocystis contractilis, to disappear almost instantly. They have now identified the gene set and proteins

Astronomers using the Hubble Telescope have captured rare footage of a black hole tearing a star into a celestial donut. But this donut might give even Homer Simpson pause. The torus is the size of our entire solar system. The astronomers first caught this "stellar snacking event" on March 1, 2022, with the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ( ASAS-SN , pronounced "Assassin"). ASAS-SN is a n

New research published in Scientific Reports reveals the genes that likely allowed whales to grow to giant sizes compared to their ancestors. The findings highlight the role of four genes (called GHSR, IGFBP7, NCAPG, and PLAG1), and suggest that they promote large body sizes while mitigating potentially negative effects, such as increased cancer risk.

Companies like Meta are still betting big on immersive virtual worlds, but people who have been building digital spaces for years don't see the long-term potential.

Live to Lead , a Netflix documentary series that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle produced, cites the legacy of Nelson Mandela as its inspiration. Because he was my grandfather, I was contacted recently by an Australian newspaper to comment on this. Call me naive, but I did not suspect that I was being recruited to a press vendetta against the royal couple; I was shocked when my remarks were misuse

The green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 1 before sailing off into deep space for millions of years.

Shoot for the stars with our beginners guide to astrophotography.

New research published in Scientific Reports reveals the genes that likely allowed whales to grow to giant sizes compared to their ancestors. The findings highlight the role of four genes (called GHSR, IGFBP7, NCAPG, and PLAG1), and suggest that they promote large body sizes while mitigating potentially negative effects, such as increased cancer risk.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology reveal how a methane-generating microbe can grow on toxic sulfite without becoming poisoned.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology reveal how a methane-generating microbe can grow on toxic sulfite without becoming poisoned.

PLUS. Udledningerne af kvælstof til havet – der er hovedårsagen til iltsvind – er stort set uændrede, viser ny NOVANA-rapport, der også tegner et billede af dansk natur i fortsat forfald. Landbruget skulle ellers reducere udledningen ifølge politisk aftale.

Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, 77-year-old feet into a pair of sneakers made by Veja, a French brand.

The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost—the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's food chain.

As damaging as it was for more than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow to fall on California since Christmas, a worst-case global warming scenario could juice up similar future downpours by one-third by the middle of this century, a new study says.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00072-7 A device made using 3D printed components is a snap to assemble.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00120-2 The new design can print twisting helix shapes with varying properties.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00123-z Senior academics need to understand how the two differ, and how sponsorship can promote diversity in research.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28115-z

With global temperatures still on the rise, even the most sceptical of scientists agree that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is crucial to meet the Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming below two degrees Celsius.

A team of researchers from the University of Queensland, La Trobe University and Monash University, all in Australia, has found evidence that suggests the evolutionary loss of a ryanodine receptor isoform may explain how muscles in warm-blooded creatures evolved to allow for the generation of heat even when at rest. The paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Patients in England, Scotland and Wales missed out on starting blood pressure-lowering drugs, British Heart Foundation says Thousands of people are at risk of avoidable heart attacks and strokes, experts have warned, after nearly 500,000 people in England, Scotland and Wales missed out on starting blood pressure-lowering drugs during the pandemic. Researchers said that thousands of people could s

Re-engineered bacteria able to target drug-resistant infections in mice, research finds Genetically modified bacteria could be used to treat intractable lung infections, according to research aiming to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance . The research, in mice, showed that a re-engineered bacteria could be used to target drug-resistant infections and make them susceptible to antibiotics t

Future of Work In an apparent attempt to both appeal to the broader public and ink every corporate partnership fathomable, Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has put a lot of effort into marketing his expensive metaverse as the future of work. Tech is already integral to the modern workplace, and a lot of people already work fully remote or hybrid schedules — why not join your coworkers in

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36010-4

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35140-5 Extrusion bioprinting can be used to produce living materials but controlling cell microenvironments is challenging. Here, the authors use a type of core-shell microgel ink that decouples cell culture from material processing to produce functional materials with a range of potential applications.

The fungus from "The Last of Us" may seem scary, but in reality, it's not a threat to humans.

The rapid growth of plastic waste is an ever-growing environmental and energy challenge. Selectively converting waste plastics to naphtha, a main feedstock for ethylene and the plastic industry, shows high potential to partially replace petroleum-route naphtha and alleviate global net carbon emissions.

In an unprecedented feat, researchers from Japan have developed an organic, air-stable, highly conducting neutral molecular crystal with unique electronic properties.

A team of researchers from the University of Queensland, La Trobe University and Monash University, all in Australia, has found evidence that suggests the evolutionary loss of a ryanodine receptor isoform may explain how muscles in warm-blooded creatures evolved to allow for the generation of heat even when at rest. The paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers at McMaster University, University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind.

Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by traveling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-China fervor stoked consumer discrimination that cost Chinese restaurants $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020—losses 18.4 percent greater than at other types of restaurants—according to a new study by researchers from Boston College, the University of Michigan, and Microsoft Research, published today in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.

Nearly 100 million years ago, the Earth experienced an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from the oceans and led to elevated marine extinction levels that affected the entire globe.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have pioneered a simple, fast and effective technique to remove PFAS chemicals from water.

Climate change and human activities strongly influence forests, but researchers have not fully understood the pervasiveness of these stressors and how they will shape future forest structure.

A University of Maryland-led team of scientists has deciphered the first comprehensive, continuous genome for a parasite responsible for transmitting Lyme disease and other serious infections to hundreds of thousands of Americans yearly. With their newly described genome for the black-legged tick, or deer tick, the researchers identified thousands of novel genes and new protein functions, includin

Monkey puzzle tree leaves can live for over two decades. And Picea growing in the Gongga Mountains in China can thrive for thousands of years, growing slowly in severe environments with leaves that last twenty years on average.

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I'm watching a Johnny Harris YouTube video about the current importance of Microchips in our global economy and political establishment. I thought to myself how the microchip Engineers in the 80's were either super lucky or prophetic to see their profession become so influential, 20, 30, 40 years later. If you were born this year and started college around 2040, what do you think would be the bes

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Unlike their portrayal in Jurassic Park, curved-clawed dinos may have used their sharp appendages to pin and grasp, not slash.

Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers at McMaster University, University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind.

A University of Maryland-led team of scientists has deciphered the first comprehensive, continuous genome for a parasite responsible for transmitting Lyme disease and other serious infections to hundreds of thousands of Americans yearly. With their newly described genome for the black-legged tick, or deer tick, the researchers identified thousands of novel genes and new protein functions, includin

Monkey puzzle tree leaves can live for over two decades. And Picea growing in the Gongga Mountains in China can thrive for thousands of years, growing slowly in severe environments with leaves that last twenty years on average.

Human development starts from the fertilization of a fully matured oocyte. Oocyte maturation, fertilization, and early embryo development before zygotic activation is characterized by the absence of new transcription from the genome. Thus, the process of oocyte-to-embryo transition before zygotic genome activation is largely controlled by post-transcriptional regulation of maternal mRNA stored in

This week, we get honest about our attachments to our gas stoves, and debate whether to replace them or just continue breathing their fumes.

Research suggests that once low fertility becomes the norm, it's unlikely to rebound. But this doesn't need to spell disaster for the country or those with similar trends.

Human development starts from the fertilization of a fully matured oocyte. Oocyte maturation, fertilization, and early embryo development before zygotic activation is characterized by the absence of new transcription from the genome. Thus, the process of oocyte-to-embryo transition before zygotic genome activation is largely controlled by post-transcriptional regulation of maternal mRNA stored in

More than 40% of all land vertebrates may be subjected to extreme heat events by 2099 under current maximum estimates of future global temperatures, according to a study published in Nature. Prolonged exposure to high temperatures could be dangerous for the future of many species across the globe.

Circadian rhythms are inherent cycles of approximately 24 hours that regulate various biological processes, such as sleep and wakefulness. A research group at Nagoya University in Japan has recently revealed that neural networks play an important role in the regulation of circadian rhythms through the mediation of an intracellular molecule called cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

(Image: Jesse Orrico/Unsplash) What if you could "edit" heart disease out of a person? Thanks to a new gene-editing technique, this could eventually be a possibility. A researcher in Texas has devised a sort of genetic pen that allows scientists to modify a person's DNA sequence, thus eliminating cardiac risk. Some forms of heart disease manifest via the hyperactivation of specific proteins. One

The luxury brand embraces augmented reality retail with an in-store gadget that renders pieces of jewelry on your hands in 4K.

Astronomers suggest more galaxies formed in the early universe than previously thought. In their new study, the researchers discovered 87 galaxies that could be the earliest known galaxies in the universe. "…we might need to revise our previous understanding of galaxy formation." The finding gets the astronomers one step closer to finding out when galaxies first appeared in the universe—about 200

People aren't eating pulses—a category of food that includes beans, lentils, and peas—due to lack of awareness and tradition, research in Europe finds. Pulses, which have two- to three-times the protein as cereals, could replace meat protein while being sustainable and climate friendly. Pulses have a unique ability to capture nitrogen from the air and fix it to soil to create fertilizer, which be

People are more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccination when they know how many other people in their community plan to get one, researchers report. Public health messaging that touts the accurate percentage of people who intend to receive vaccines is more effective than a campaign focused on the dangers of refusing vaccination. That's according to a pair of new research papers that make use of a l

Circadian rhythms are inherent cycles of approximately 24 hours that regulate various biological processes, such as sleep and wakefulness. A research group at Nagoya University in Japan has recently revealed that neural networks play an important role in the regulation of circadian rhythms through the mediation of an intracellular molecule called cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

In a recent study, researchers led by Chen Qihong and Jin Kui from the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) used an ionic-liquid gating technique to tune the transition temperature (Tc) of FeSe, the structurally simplest iron-based superconductor, and found a universal quantitative relationship between superconductivity and the strange-metal state, which gives insigh

A team of researchers at Academia Sinica in Taiwan, working with two colleagues from Kyoto University in Japan and another from Taipei Medical University, also in Taiwan, has identified the toxic material emitted by oyster mushrooms as a means of killing prey.

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that interbreeding varieties of cotton can produce new varieties that can be used to make non-flammable fabrics. In their paper posted in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, the group describes studying multiple interbred varieties of flammable cotton to find new varieties with anti-flammable properties.

A team of researchers at Academia Sinica in Taiwan, working with two colleagues from Kyoto University in Japan and another from Taipei Medical University, also in Taiwan, has identified the toxic material emitted by oyster mushrooms as a means of killing prey.

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that interbreeding varieties of cotton can produce new varieties that can be used to make non-flammable fabrics. In their paper posted in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, the group describes studying multiple interbred varieties of flammable cotton to find new varieties with anti-flammable properties.

Oak and beech 15th-century vessel is being returned to Welsh city where it was found in riverside mud in 2002 The final pieces of what has been compared to a huge, heavy – but also very delicate – 3D medieval puzzle are being returned to the Welsh city where they were found in riverside mud two decades ago. Now experts can look forward to putting back together the 2,500 or so pieces of timber and

WiFi Vision A team of researchers have come up with a machine learning-assisted way to detect the position of shapes including the poses of humans to an astonishing degree — using only WiFi signals. In a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, first spotted by Vice , researchers at Carnegie Mellon University came up with a deep learning method of mapping the position of multiple human subjects by analyzin

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A new technique, called Unclearing Microscopy, physically inflates and then stains cells to circumvent the need for expensive microscopes.

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Two major astronomy research programs, called EMU and PEGASUS, have joined forces to resolve one of the mysteries of our Milky Way: where are all the supernova remnants? A supernova remnant is an expanding cloud of gas and dust marking the last phase in the life of a star, after it has exploded as a supernova. But the number of supernova remnants we have detected so far with radio telescopes is t

A class of nonvolatile memory devices, called MRAM, based on quantum magnetic materials, can offer a thousandfold performance beyond current state-of-the-art memory devices. The materials known as antiferromagnets were previously demonstrated to store stable memory states, but were difficult to read from. This new study, now published in Nature, paves an efficient way for reading the memory states

You can learn a lot about an animal by how it communicates. Birds tweet melodies to attract mates and defend their territory. Dogs befriend each other with wagging tails and smelly pheromones. Even plants communicate by diffusing chemicals through the soil, networking with the root systems of the flora around them.

Scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology have successfully constructed an inference and prediction system of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) by using a deep-learning method and realized the valid prediction of the ITF transport.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00126-w Moderna reports that its vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus is effective in older adults. Plus, how your first brush with COVID changes your immunity and the first-ever transgenic ants glow to show brain activity.

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35986-3 Monolayer graphene can support the quantum Hall effect up to room temperature. Here, the authors provide evidence that graphene encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride realizes a novel transport regime where dissipation in the quantum Hall phase is mediated predominantly by electron-phonon scattering rather t

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36077-z In this work the authors report the cryo-EM structure of the laminin polymer node and reveal the molecular basis of calcium-dependent formation of laminin lattice. The work provides insights into laminin polymerization defects manifesting in human disease.

A new study of tectonic plate thickness across the Denali Fault in Alaska begins to fill major gaps in understanding about how geological faults behave and appear as they deepen. When the rigid plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere brush against one another, they often form visible boundaries, known as faults, on the planet's surface. Strike-slip faults, such as the San Andreas Fault in Cal

Hikers appear to have a strong negative influence on the movement of wildlife, research finds. A study of Glacier National Park hiking trails during and after a COVID-19 closure adds evidence to the theory that humans can create a "landscape of fear," as do other apex predators. Their presence seems to change how species use an area. Researchers found that when human hikers were present, 16 out o

Discover the scientific facts that debunk these eight common sleep myths.

People are being advised to follow 12 simple rules to cut their risk of dementia but their effects are probably minor and some may have no benefit at all

As Bill Gates tells the story, Warren Buffett once challenged him to a game of dice. Each would select one of four dice belonging to Buffett, and then they'd roll, with the higher number winning. These weren't standard dice — they had a different assortment of numbers than the usual 1 through 6. Buffett offered to let Gates choose first, so he could pick the strongest die. But after Gates examine

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Much of the US is in the grip of an unusually brutal winter, with highways shut down and entire cities being snowed in. But that's nothing compared with Saturn's moon Enceladus. The moon is famous for the cryovolcanism that blankets it in ice particles, but a new analysis shows the snow cover is much deeper than it should be based on current eruptions. Could it be that Enceladus has been much mor

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Imagine if a t-shirt could analyze sweat, potentially alerting the wearer to any health abnormalities. Well, this is now closer to reality thanks to a research group's recent innovation.

Statens Serum Institut har sat gang i et ambitiøst klinisk udviklingsprogram, der skal udvikle en ny tuberkulosevaccine til gavn for millioner af mennesker. Udviklingsprogrammet er blevet muligt, fordi den amerikanske Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation har støttet projektet med 68 mio. kr.

Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered.

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Implement a scalable platform to simultaneously track all lab instruments' performance.

The oil's omega-3 fatty acids accumulate in the mice's skin, triggering an immune response that causes hair loss.

Research combining wearable eye-tracking technology and AI body detection software suggests our eyes aren't drawn to the faces of passers-by as much as previously thought.

By bringing together the right materials duking it out, a Cornell-led collaboration has for the first time used voltage to turn on and off a material's crystal symmetry, thereby controlling its electronic, optical and other properties—a discovery that could have a profound impact on building future memory and logic devices.

A group of researchers has recently unveiled a novel mechanism that leads to further suppression of thermal conductivity in thermoelectric materials, something that will help develop new guidelines for producing high-performance thermoelectric materials.

Imagine if a t-shirt could analyze sweat, potentially alerting the wearer to any health abnormalities. Well, this is now closer to reality thanks to a research group's recent innovation.

A new approach can help governments and businesses eliminate harmful chemicals from daily use and exposure, according to a paper published today in Environmental Science & Technology.

In the premiere of HBO's big budget video game adaption "The Last of Us," a scientist on a 1960s Dick Cavett-like talk show raises the idea that a fungal, not viral, infection will spell the end of humanity. On the surface, it's laughable, and the idea is met with bemused laughter by the host and audience.

Aerosols are tiny particles that can have a significant impact on Earth's climate and human health.

In a series of three papers on extracellular vesicles (EVs)—particles that cells use to communicate—Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have presented two methods for extracting EVs from blood samples for diagnosing certain types of cancer and other diseases, as well as a technique for coaxing cells into "taking the medicine" by making drug molecules appear like EVs. The studies were publish

Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species—known as the fire ant—is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed within the context of the theory of active matter, which would explain the ants' group behavior as a reaction to the intrinsic mechanisms in the system. This is one of the conclusions of the article published i

In the premiere of HBO's big budget video game adaption "The Last of Us," a scientist on a 1960s Dick Cavett-like talk show raises the idea that a fungal, not viral, infection will spell the end of humanity. On the surface, it's laughable, and the idea is met with bemused laughter by the host and audience.

In a series of three papers on extracellular vesicles (EVs)—particles that cells use to communicate—Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have presented two methods for extracting EVs from blood samples for diagnosing certain types of cancer and other diseases, as well as a technique for coaxing cells into "taking the medicine" by making drug molecules appear like EVs. The studies were publish

A study by the University of Liverpool's Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNET) provides new insights into the breeds, ages and geographical origins of ear-cropped dogs in the U.K.

An international team of astronomers has performed a comprehensive spectroscopic and photometric study of a pulsating eclipsing binary star known as AI Hya. Results of the study, published January 11 on the arXiv pre-print server, deliver important insights into the nature of this system.

A study by the University of Liverpool's Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNET) provides new insights into the breeds, ages and geographical origins of ear-cropped dogs in the U.K.

Conservationists say an off-leash pet dog can cause unexpected harm in natural spaces, including habitat disturbance and wildlife stress or attacks.

A feature of server motherboards intended to allow remote updates can be abused to trick the machines into damaging themselves beyond repair

My new novel The Terraformers explores what you might include – and leave out – if you were building an Earth-like planet. I spoke to some scientists to see what might work, says Annalee Newitz

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34642-6 Richter syndrome (RS) is the transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) into aggressive lymphoma, in most cases diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Here, the authors characterize the DNA methylation and transcriptomic profiles of RS samples, find a clonally-related CLL epigenetic imprint, and de

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36035-9 Many kinases phosphorylate proteins on multiple sites, however in most cases it is not known which sites are functionally important. Here, the authors describe a high-throughput approach to quantitatively evaluate the contribution of each phosphosite within a multisite phosphorylated domain.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28375-9

Earth can still be saved, but we've seen plenty of cautionary tales and worst-case scenarios on the big screen. Here are our picks for the best disaster movies.

Twitter's pseudo-democracy has failed to live up to its grand ideals, but the dream of a digital town square lives on.

Tests on cabbage plants suggest fertilisers derived from human urine and faeces are safe and could help bring down food prices

The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a collective. Researchers at the University of Cologne's Institute for Biological Physics have discovered this connection between the electrical properties and the lifestyle of bacteria.

Dartmoor landowners to be paid by national park in return for letting people wild camp on their land.

Has they hype outpaced the evidence when it comes to cannabis? A new clinical trial fails to show any benefit of CBD oil in patients with advanced cancer. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .

In a new journal article, EPFL professor Tom Battin reviews our current understanding of carbon fluxes in the world's river networks. He demonstrates their central role in the global carbon cycle and argues for the creation of a global River Observation System.

The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a collective. Researchers at the University of Cologne's Institute for Biological Physics have discovered this connection between the electrical properties and the lifestyle of bacteria.

Using a quantum simulator, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have observed pairs of charge carriers that may be responsible for the resistance-free transport of electric current in high-temperature superconductors. So far, the exact physical mechanisms in these complex materials are still largely unknown.

Ofta kopplas metabol ohälsa ihop med fetma, men man behöver inte vara överviktig för att lida av metabol ohälsa. Nu visar forskning att metabola syndrom ökar risken för cancerformer kopplade till fetma även vid normalvikt. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .

Nutidens ungdom kommer ikke tilbage fra pause og lugter af røg, for deres last er de røgfri nikotinprodukter. Snus, nikotinposer og andre røgfri nikotinprodukter er især et ungdomsfænomen, viser ny rapport. Lægeforeningen ønsker stramninger på området.

I den kommunale ældrepleje bruger vi mindst 1.500 fuldtidsstillinger årligt på, at nogle sundhedsfaglige skal være visitatorer, der skal bestemme, hvad andre sundhedsfaglige medarbejdere, som ellers arbejder tæt på og derfor kender borgerne, skal gøre med og for de borgere, der får hjælp fra en kommune. Det er komplet absurd, skriver Sidsel Vinge.

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Gene editing for the masses is coming We know the basics of healthy living by now. A balanced diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction can help us avoid heart disease—the world's biggest killer. But what if you could take a vaccine, too? And not a typical

Simulations of ocean warming show that future marine heatwaves that last more than 13 days would kill off all of the world's common sea stars

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00125-x An emergency helpline and online resource is now available to researchers in the Netherlands.

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British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are 'worthless' Greenwashing or a net zero necessity? Scientists on carbon offsetting Carbon offsets flawed but we are in a climate emergency The fossil fuel firm Shell has set aside more than $450m (£367m) to invest in carb

An artificial intelligence picked up on audio samples where the speaker was probably infected with omicron with 80 per cent accuracy, potentially offering an inexpensive way of tracking cases

An office chair fitted with sensors detects how you are sitting and uses artificial intelligence to classify it – the long-term aim is to tell you how to improve your posture

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. T urn your mind for a moment to a friend or family member you cherish but don't spend as much time with as you would like. This needn't be your most significant relationship, just someone who makes you feel energized w

" How to Build a Life " is a column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life . "Ō dī et amō," the Roman poet Catullus wrote of his lover Lesbia about 2,000 years ago. "I hate and I love . Why I do this, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured." Maybe y

This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by Derek Thompson about work, technology, and how to solve some of America's biggest problems. Sign up here to get it every week . For most of my life, I thought I was pretty good at asking questions. After all, that is sort of my job as a journalist. Explaining complex ideas in simple terms requires pulling myself out of a pit of ignorance using the rope of

Spädbarn som börja tidigt med små smakprov av fast föda får en kortare amningstid. Något som gör att både mamman och barnet går miste om de hälsofördelar som amningen har. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .

Even without hunting rifles, humans appear to have a strong negative influence on the movement of wildlife. A study of Glacier National Park hiking trails during and after a COVID-19 closure adds evidence to the theory that humans can create a "landscape of fear" like other apex predators, changing how species use an area simply with their presence.

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Even without hunting rifles, humans appear to have a strong negative influence on the movement of wildlife. A study of Glacier National Park hiking trails during and after a COVID-19 closure adds evidence to the theory that humans can create a "landscape of fear" like other apex predators, changing how species use an area simply with their presence.

Antingen är de bra på att folkbilda eller inte (Ledare) "Jag tänker att om man nu satt sig ner och konstaterat att Sabaton är ett band som sprider mycket saklig … Continued Inlägget dök först upp på Vetenskap och Folkbildning .

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35958-7 Modification of RNA with N6-methyladenosine can regulate RNA metabolism. Here they developed scm6A-seq to profile the methylome and transcriptome in single cells, and reveal the functions of m6A modification during oocyte maturation and early embryo development.

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35734-z Comparing experimental mass spectra to reference spectra can enable natural product identification, but these spectral libraries are often incomplete and not universally applicable. Here, the authors present SNAP-MS, a tool that allows assigning compound families without experimental or calculated reference s

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35556-z Quantum random number generators should ideally rely on few assumptions, have high enough generation rates, and be cost-effective and easy to operate. Here, the authors show an untrusted-homodyne-based MDI scheme that does not rely on i.i.d. assumption and is secure against quantum side information.

(Image: Dan Bartlett/NASA) The comet known as C/2022 E3 (ZTF) only swings past Earth every 50,000 years. That means anyone reading this is in for a particularly serendipitous treat: The comet is visible now and is expected to brighten over the next couple of weeks. We first touched on C/2022 E3 (ZTF) earlier this month when astronomers confirmed that the rare comet would soon be making a special

Your body generates enough energy to power wearables, medical sensors, and implanted devices—and tech designers are plugging in.

Expert players of the popular vehicular soccer game have been caught out by lesser players using a superhuman bot built on cutting-edge machine learning.

Focusing wasn't much easier in the time before electricity or on-demand TV. In fact, you probably have a lot in common with these super-distracted monks.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00108-y Mathieu Lefebvre discusses his innovative company and what it is like to work in Grenoble, France.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00109-x Despite its small size, the French city's long history of science and business means it punches above its weight in scientific output.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00079-0 Cécile Moro studies the use of near-infared light to treat Parkinson's disease in the French Alps.

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I Lægeforeningen har vi længe forsøgt at få politikere og myndigheder til at indse, at antallet af hoveduddannelsesstillinger skal øges med cirka 200 om året, hvis vi skal kunne tilbyde alle patienter med behov adgang til specialiseret behandling, skriver formand Camilla Rathcke.

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. When strangers find out that I'm a climate technology reporter, they often have a lot of questions for me, or concerns to share. Some have heard that birds fly into wind turbines. Or that too many charging EVs will cause power outages. Some of these questio

After 50 years of disappointment, technological breakthroughs might again start improving our lives

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Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35563-0 Our understanding of the genetic contribution to human adiposity is incomplete, as few studies measure adiposity directly. Here, the authors impute whole-body imaging adiposity phenotypes in large biobanks, enhancing their power to discover genes driving human adiposity, and further investigate one such gene

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Most hospitals ban all drinks for two hours before surgery, but there is growing evidence that these guidelines are out of date, says Clare Wilson

Ett fickultraljud, en smarttelefon och en algoritm kopplad till tusentals kliniska bröstbilder. Med hjälp av detta hoppas Lundaforskare möjliggöra diagnostik av bröstcancer i låg- och medelinkomstländer.

Researchers have studied the physics behind heavy stones skipping across the surface of water. They say these findings could be applied to real-world problems like de-icing airplanes. (Image credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Rain and snowfall this season are above average, but the state has seen some wild weather in past years.

Chile's government on Wednesday torpedoed a controversial billion-dollar mining project due to be built near a nature reserve that is home to a rare species of penguin.

The fashion industry is estimated to contribute upwards of two percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is on track to get even worse if there isn't major change.

Capping global warming at liveable levels will be impossible without massively scaling up the extraction of planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the first global assessment of CO2 removal warned Thursday.

CRISPR for high cholesterol is one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2023. Explore the rest of the list here. We know the basics of healthy living by now. A balanced diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction can help us avoid heart disease—the world's biggest killer. But what if you could take a vaccine, too? And not a typical vaccine—one shot that would alter your DNA

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.

A comprehensive new study led by Professor Gwen Robbins Schug at UNC Greensboro traces the impact of rapid climate change events on humans over the past 5,000 years and offers lessons for today's policymakers. The meta-analysis of approximately a decade's worth of bioarchaeology data was published today as a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences perspective article by a team of 25 author

New research from the University of Nevada, Reno, is expected to play an important role in the global battle against airborne mercury pollution, a serious health threat to people and wildlife alike.

​ Number Of Parameters GPT-3 vs. GPT-4 The rumor mill is buzzing around the release of GPT-4. People are predicting the model will have 100 trillion parameters. That's a trillion with a "t". The often-used graphic above makes GPT-3 look like a cute little breadcrumb that is about to have a live-ending encounter with a bowling ball. Sure, OpenAI's new brainchild will certainly be mind-bending and

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36018-w Generating continuous power by ionic thermoelectric material modules remains challenging. Here, the authors find the ionic thermoelectric material exhibiting bipolar thermopower property by manipulating the interactions between ions and electrodes.

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35870-0 Strategies to improve the specificity of nuclease-based prime editor (PEn) are needed. Here the authors report a 53BP1-inhibitory ubiquitin variant-assisted PEn platform (uPEn) to inhibit NHEJ and enable precise prime editing for generation of insertions, deletions and replacements.

Some tech industry insiders have speculated that ChatGPT-style bots might revolutionize, or even replace, traditional internet search. Although ChatGPT is good at what it does — generating what appears to be knowledge in a conversational manner — a search engine it is not, argues tech writer Tristan Greene.

Open access notables Bad news delivered by an all-star cast of familiar researchers: Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans . From the abstract: In 2022, the world's oceans, as given by OHC, were again the hottest in the historical record and exceeded the previous 2021 record maximum. According to IAP/CAS data, the 0–2000 m OHC in 2022 exceeded that of 2021 by 10.9 ± 8.3 ZJ (1 Zetta Joules =

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35813-9 To role that carceral institutions play in Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission remains somewhat unknown. Authors perform a prospective genomic surveillance study, to assess transmission dynamics in prisons and surrounding communities in Paraguay.

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35983-6 Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a versatile method to synthesize 2D materials, but usually requires high growth temperatures. Here, the authors report a BiOCl-assisted CVD approach to grow 2D nanosheets from 27 different layered and nonlayered materials at temperatures <500 °C, which are compatible with ba

Hit-and-run infections could have lifelong consequences.

Inside Moran Cerf's quest to modernise the decision-making process that could end life on earth

Algae. It's what's for dinner. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it's no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution. In turn, the climate crisis and ecosystem degradation threaten long-term food security for billions of people around the world.

Algae. It's what's for dinner. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it's no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution. In turn, the climate crisis and ecosystem degradation threaten long-term food security for billions of people around the world.

PLUS. Det er ikke så svært at bygge et batteri til lagring af el i hjemmet. Men reglerne er vanskelige at gennemskue.

PLUS. Hele den danske vestkyst er forurenet med PFAS, men særligt ét lille område skiller sig markant ud.

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An independent watchdog warns that England is facing a 'deeply concerning decline in biodiversity'.

Nature Communications, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35927-0 Witte et al show that previously acquired substitutions in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enable the acquisition of new antibody escape substitutions. New and old substitutions interact to enable escape from broadly neutralizing antibodies.

A new study suggests that athletes who recover more slowly from concussion may be able to return to play with an additional month of recovery beyond the typical recovery time, according to a new study. Slow recovery was defined as taking more than 14 days for symptoms to resolve or taking more than 24 days to return to play, both of which are considered the typical recovery times for about 80% of

High blood pressure and diabetes are known risk factors for stroke, but now a new study shows that the amount of risk may decrease as people age.

Five years after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, researchers document persistent differences in cognitive function among survivors.

Researchers are developing a new biosensor that can be used to screen for Alzheimer's disease and other diseases.

Patients hospitalized with fractures typically receive an injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood clots. A new clinical trial, however, found that inexpensive over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective.

Here's what you need to know about the risks.

If you plop these thin wafers, made up of several layers of a stretchy material called 'liquid crystal elastomers,' onto a hot plate, they will begin to warp. Then, suddenly and explosively, they leap into the air.

If you plop these thin wafers, made up of several layers of a stretchy material called 'liquid crystal elastomers,' onto a hot plate, they will begin to warp. Then, suddenly and explosively, they leap into the air.

Emission cuts must be accompanied by greater efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere a new report says.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00110-4 Detailed radio observations turn up previously unseen remnants of dying stars in our galaxy.

A different kind of foreplay.

First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid 'eBiobots' are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics, said researchers.

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects — arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented survey were taken with the Dark Energy Camera.

Our solar system is estimated to be about 4.57 billion years old. Previous analyses of ancient meteorites have shown that minerals were created through chemical reactions with water as far back as 4.5 billion years ago. New findings from the Ryugu asteroid samples indicate that carbonates were forming from water-rock reactions several million years earlier, even closer to the solar system's beginn

First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid 'eBiobots' are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics, said researchers.

Got them from his mummy.

Investigators found that conditions in three of the company's facilities risk "serious physical harm" to workers.

When your life flashes before your eyes.

Scientists have predicted the return of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year. Its arrival will result in even higher global temperatures and supercharged extreme weather events. Ian Sample speaks to environment editor Damian Carrington about what we can expect from El Niño and whether we're prepared. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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Scientists have predicted the return of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year. Its arrival will result in even higher global temperatures and supercharged extreme weather events. Ian Sample speaks to environment editor Damian Carrington about what we can expect from El Niño and whether we're prepared According to early forecasts, the El Niño climate phenomenon will return this year, as t

From snake bombs to mosquito armies, biological warfare dates back to ancient empires. Even though they sometimes backfired on their users — and caused many more deaths than intended.

It's not entirely their fault.

Association found between higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids from seafood and reduced risk of kidney problems Eating at least two portions of oily fish such as mackerel, sardines or herrings a week is linked to a lower risk of chronic kidney disease and a slower decline in the organ's function, research suggests. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects about 700 million people worldwide. It can le

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. House Republicans are readying their subpoenas. But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic . The greatest nuclear threat we face is a Russian victory. Take detransitioners seriously. Who's

World's oldest person dies in France, chalks up her longevity to chocolate and wine.

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Question of the Week What do you think of the diversity-training and DEI industries? Do you have personal experiences with them? I'd l

Pass Me Those Tools Boston Dynamics' bipedal robot Atlas has picked up even more impressive new skills. The parkour expert showed off its problem solving skills in a video titled " Atlas Gets a Grip ," released by the robot maker today. In it, the bot navigates a mocked up construction site with ease — and even tosses a bag of tools to a construction worker standing on top of some scaffolding. At

A provocative court case rests on a fascinating question: whether or not a man's recurrent nightmares were evidence of medical malpractice. As the San Diego Union-Tribune reports , Randy Dalo claims in his case that went to court this week that since getting spinal surgery for a cervical disc issue at UC San Diego in 2017, he's had recurring nightmares about waking up during the procedure, and be

Las Vegas, with its rapid urbanization and desert landscape, is highly vulnerable to flooding. For this reason, flood managers have built an extensive system of drainage ditches and detention basins to protect the public. Now, a new study shows how intentional engineering and urban development are interacting with climate change to alter the timing and intensity of flood risk.

The latest University of Southern California (USC) research on the impact of music education shows that for adolescents, the benefits appear to extend beyond a surge in neural connections in their brains. It actually boosts their well-being.

There are discounts on vibrators, lube, and other accessories—it's a great time to stock up for Valentine's Day.

Mineral samples collected from the Ryugu asteroid by the Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft are helping UCLA space scientists and colleagues better understand the chemical composition of our solar system as it existed in its infancy, more than 4.5 billion years ago.

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects—arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented survey were taken with the Dark Energy Camera, built by the US Department of Energy, at the NSF's Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NOIRLab.

The Dental Anthropology Group of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has participated in a paper published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology on the dental remains of Homo antecessor, the species recovered from level TD6 of the Gran Dolina site (Atapuerca, Burgos), which reveals new aspects of the biology of this species.

An investigational HIV vaccine regimen tested among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people was safe but did not provide protection against HIV acquisition, an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) has determined. The HPX3002/HVTN 706, or 'Mosaico,' Phase 3 clinical trial began in 2019 and involved 3,900 volunteers ages 18 to 60 years in Europe, North America and South

Two eggs laid by a pair of nesting bald eagles in California are the latest symbol of success for the once-imperiled species

University of Queensland researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body's immune system to fight back against both chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.

Although discovered in the United States only seven years ago, tar spot has wreaked havoc on corn yield—resulting in an estimated 1.2-billion-dollar loss in 2021 alone. The miscreant behind this devastating plant disease, Phyllachora maydis, is an emergent fungal pathogen whose biology remains obscure. This lack of understanding significantly limits disease management strategies, and no corn germp

University of Queensland researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body's immune system to fight back against both chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.

Although discovered in the United States only seven years ago, tar spot has wreaked havoc on corn yield—resulting in an estimated 1.2-billion-dollar loss in 2021 alone. The miscreant behind this devastating plant disease, Phyllachora maydis, is an emergent fungal pathogen whose biology remains obscure. This lack of understanding significantly limits disease management strategies, and no corn germp

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By engineering structures out of DNA, scientists could potentially prevent larger viruses, like coronaviruses and influenza viruses, from interacting with cells.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals ended a global trial after independent experts determined the vaccine was not effective. But there are other possibilities in the pipeline, scientists said.

Get Laid (Off) Amid rumors of a multi-billion dollar deal with OpenAI, Microsoft has announced that it's laying off a whopping 10,000 employees, making it the latest tech company to let go of a large chunk of its workers. In a memo sent to employees and published on the company's blog , CEO Satya Nadella said that over the next few months, the company would be laying off up to five percent of its

University of California, Berkeley, chemists have created a new type of material from millions of identical, interlocking molecules, that for the first time allows the synthesis of extensive 2D or 3D structures that are flexible, strong and resilient, like the chain mail that protected medieval knights.

Abstract The most effective charities are hundreds of times more impactful than typical charities. However, most donors favor charities with personal/emotional appeal over effectiveness. We gave donors the option to split their donations between their personal favorite charity and an expert-recommended highly effective charity. This bundling technique increased donors' impact without undermining

Abstract The life span of leaves increases with their mass per unit area (LMA). It is unclear why. Here, we show that this empirical generalization (the foundation of the worldwide leaf economics spectrum) is a consequence of natural selection, maximizing average net carbon gain over the leaf life cycle. Analyzing two large leaf trait datasets, we show that evergreen and deciduous species with di

Abstract Snap-through mechanisms are pervasive in everyday life in biological systems, engineered devices, and consumer products. Snap-through transitions can be realized in responsive materials via stimuli-induced mechanical instability. Here, we demonstrate a rapid and powerful snap-through response in liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs). While LCEs have been extensively examined as material a

Abstract Nitrogen oxides (NO x ) play a central role in catalyzing tropospheric ozone formation. Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) has recently reemerged as a key target for air pollution control measures, and observational evidence points toward a limited understanding of ozone in high-NO x environments. A complete understanding of the mechanisms controlling the rapid atmospheric cycling between ozone (O

Abstract Coronaviruses are a diverse family of viruses that crossed over into humans at least seven times, precipitating mild to catastrophic outcomes. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic renewed efforts to identify strains with zoonotic potential and to develop pan-coronavirus vaccines. The analysis of 2181 coronavirus genomes (from 102 host species) confirmed the limite

Abstract Exceptional points (EPs) represent a distinct type of spectral singularity in non-Hermitian systems, and intriguing physics concepts have been studied with optical EPs recently. As a system beyond photonics, the mechanical oscillators coupling with many physical systems are expected to be further exploited EPs for mechanical sensing, topology energy transfer, nonreciprocal dynamics, etc.

Abstract Active matter, which includes crowds of organisms, is composed of constituents that independently consume and dissipate energy. Some active matter systems have been shown to sustain the propagation of various types of waves, resulting from the interplay between density and alignment. Here, we examine a type of solitary wave in dense two-dimensional columns of Solenopsis invicta , fire an

Abstract Rel stringent factors are bifunctional ribosome-associated enzymes that catalyze both synthesis and hydrolysis of the alarmones (p)ppGpp. Besides the allosteric control by starved ribosomes and (p)ppGpp, Rel is regulated by various protein factors depending on specific stress conditions, including the c-di-AMP–binding protein DarB. However, how these effector proteins control Rel remains

Abstract Particulate nitrate ( Please refer to original article for complete formulae. ) has long been considered a permanent sink for NO x (NO and NO 2 ), removing a gaseous pollutant that is central to air quality and that influences the global self-cleansing capacity of the atmosphere. Evidence is emerging that photolysis of can recycle HONO and NO x back to the gas phase with potentially impo

Abstract Epigenetic resetting in the mammalian germ line entails acute DNA demethylation, which lays the foundation for gametogenesis, totipotency, and embryonic development. We characterize the epigenome of hypomethylated human primordial germ cells (hPGCs) to reveal mechanisms preventing the widespread derepression of genes and transposable elements (TEs). Along with the loss of DNA methylation

Abstract The riverine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) flux is of similar magnitude to the terrestrial sink for atmospheric CO 2 , but the factors controlling it remain poorly determined and are largely absent from Earth system models (ESMs). Here, we show, for a range of European headwater catchments, that electrolyte solubility theory explains how declining precipitation ionic strength (IS) has i

Abstract A critical stage of T cell development is β-selection; at this stage, the T cell receptor β (TCRβ) chain is generated, and the developing T cell starts to acquire antigenic specificity. Progression through β-selection is assisted by low-affinity interactions between the nascent TCRβ chain and peptide presented on stromal major histocompatibility complex and cues provided by the niche. In

Abstract Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing costs billions of dollars per year and is enabled by vessels obfuscating their identity. Here, we combine identities of ~35,000 vessels with a decade of GPS data to provide a global assessment of fishing compliance, reflagging patterns, and fishing by foreign-owned vessels. About 17% of high seas fishing is by potentially unauthorized or

Abstract Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), as an effective method to produce green hydrogen, is greatly impeded by inefficient mass transfer, i.e., bubble adhesion on electrode, bubble dispersion in the vicinity of electrode, and poor dissolved H 2 diffusion, which results in blocked electrocatalytic area and large H 2 concentration overpotential. Here, we report a superaerophilic/superaerophobi

Abstract The murine embryonic–trophoblast–extra-embryonic endoderm (ETX) model is an integrated stem cell–based model to study early postimplantation development. It is based on the self-assembly potential of embryonic, trophoblast, and hypoblast/primitive/visceral endoderm-type stem cell lines (ESC, TSC, and XEN, respectively) to arrange into postimplantation egg cylinder–like embryoids. Here, w

Abstract Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations between terrestrial plants and fungi in which fungi obtain nutrients in exchange for plant photosynthates. However, it remains unclear how different types of mycorrhizae affect their host interactions and productivity. Using a long-term experiment with a diversity gradient of arbuscular (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) tree species, we show that the t

Abstract Memory encoding and retrieval rely on specific interactions across multiple brain areas. Although connections between individual brain areas have been extensively studied, the anatomical and functional specificity of neuronal circuit organization underlying information transfer across multiple brain areas remains unclear. Here, we combine transsynaptic viral tracing, optogenetic manipula

Abstract A confluence of evidence indicates that brain functional connectivity is not static but rather dynamic. Capturing transient network interactions in the individual brain requires a technology that offers sufficient within-subject reliability. Here, we introduce an individualized network-based dynamic analysis technique and demonstrate that it is reliable in detecting subject-specific brai

Abstract The carnivorous mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus uses an unknown toxin to rapidly paralyze and kill nematode prey upon contact. We report that small lollipop-shaped structures (toxocysts) on fungal hyphae are nematicidal and that a volatile ketone, 3-octanone, is detected in these fragile toxocysts. Treatment of Caenorhabditis elegans with 3-octanone recapitulates the rapid paralysis, calciu

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to affect the world, and the design of strategies to curb disease outbreaks requires close monitoring of their trajectories. We present machine learning methods that leverage internet-based digital traces to anticipate sharp increases in COVID-19 activity in U.S. counties. In a complementary direction to the efforts led by the Centers for Dis

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00071-8 Genetic variants that confer fire resistance could replace the artificial flame retardants currently added to textiles.

A new type of polysulfate compound that can form thin, flexible films has properties that could make it a material of choice for many high-performance electrical components, according to a study from chemists and materials scientists at Scripps Research and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

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Ok so, simply put, I'm lay-person, blue collar worker who enjoy technology. I love that my home is wired up, that we're exploring the depths of space, that we're looking at better and better augmetics, and that fission and other technologies are coming online; lets bring on that Star Trek, Star Wars, or whatever future. I love my apple watch, and self-driving cars. But, AI has me worried for our

New Paper asks about Pace of Science Funny I almost posted about this yesterday asking for 'predictions' and historical examples of serendipitous and stroke-of-genius discoveries. Penicillin took about a dozen years from accidental discovery to application. Computing was incremental for decades, so was the development of the Internet, both only started to ramp up in the mid to late 90's and becom

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As artificial intelligence advances at a rapid pace, it is not unusual for people to raise worries about the possible ramifications for human labour. The recent statement by a team of Microsoft researchers that they have built a new AI system capable of successfully mimicking a human speech using only a three-second audio sample adds gasoline to these fears. This technological accomplishment illu

Boston Dynamics has been at the forefront of creepy robot videos for years. Just when we were getting used to the idea of a humanoid robot that can run and do backflips, the company has gone and given Atlas hands and taught it to throw things. It's all on display in the company's latest video, in which Atlas fetches a forgotten bag of tools. In the video, a "worker" is standing atop a scaffold wh

Everyone knows that holding two magnets together will lead to one of two results: they stick together, or they push each other apart. From this perspective, magnetism seems simple, but scientists have struggled for decades to really understand how magnetism behaves on the smallest scales. On the near-atomic level, magnetism is made of many ever-shifting kingdoms — called magnetic domains — that

In a study of patients with a history of facial keratinocyte carcinoma, 20.9% of those treated with nonablative fractional lasers experienced a subsequent keratinocyte carcinoma, compared with 40.4% of patients who did not receive laser treatment.

New findings begin to fill major gaps in understanding about how geological faults behave and appear as they deepen, and they could eventually help lead future researchers to develop better earthquake models on strike-slip faults, regions with frequent and major earthquakes.

Seasonal temperature, moisture loss from plants and wind speed are what primarily drive fires that sweep across the same landscape multiple times, a new study reveals. These findings and others could help land managers plan more effective treatments in areas susceptible to fire, particularly in the fire-ravaged wildland-urban interfaces of California.

A team reveals the eventful migration history of planets bordering the Hot Neptune Desert, these extrasolar planets that orbit very close to their star.

Carbon dioxide removal is key to meeting the climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. A new study analyzes what fair and equitable burden-sharing means for nature-based carbon dioxide removal in developing countries.

From her kitchen table in rural Illinois, Ms. Richter started a global foundation for families who shared her son's rare genetic disorder.

Moderna announced positive results from its late-stage RSV vaccine trial in older adults.

Archaeologists unearth "world's oldest runestone" in Norway

Space Cadet Freshman congressman — and comically prodigal serial fabulist — George Santos will soon be sitting on a committee charged with overseeing NASA. Along with being assigned to the House of Representatives' Small Business Committee, Santos was this week placed on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. As the American Institute of Physics notes , the House Science committee is

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00074-5 Repeating bursts of X-rays lead scientists to a black hole that eats in spurts.

An increase in marine heatwaves due to global climate change in the coming decades will have a significant impact on lifeforms in this environment, including those at the bottom of the food chain, according to a paper published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science by Brazilian researchers working in Brazil, Norway and the United States.

An increase in marine heatwaves due to global climate change in the coming decades will have a significant impact on lifeforms in this environment, including those at the bottom of the food chain, according to a paper published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science by Brazilian researchers working in Brazil, Norway and the United States.

Seasonal temperature, moisture loss from plants and wind speed are what primarily drive fires that sweep across the same landscape multiple times, a new study reveals. These findings and others could help land managers plan more effective treatments in areas susceptible to fire, particularly in the fire-ravaged wildland-urban interfaces of California.

When it comes to broken promises, children as young as 3 to 5 recognize that some excuses are better than others. "At 3 to 5 years old, kids are on to you. They know when you're giving a bad excuse," says first author Leon Li, who did the research with developmental psychologist Michael Tomasello as part of his PhD in psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. For the study in the journal Co

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Old Yellow Enzymes (OYEs) were discovered in the 1930s and have been the subject of much research ever since. This is because these biocatalysts — coloured yellow by an auxiliary molecule — are capable of performing reactions that are very valuable for the chemical industry, such as producing drug precursors or fragrances. Even though OYEs are found in many organisms, their natural role for thes

A new electromagnetic device that enables high-precision measurements of a broad range of soft biological tissues, has established a new standard of precision in the mechanobiology field, say researchers. The method allows for the mechanical testing of tissues the size of human biopsy samples, making it particularly relevant for studies of human disease.

Intense, extremely short-wave X-ray pulses in the nanometer wavelength range are difficult to produce, but now a new, simpler method has been developed: the starting point is not a titanium-sapphire laser, which had mostly been used for this purpose, but an ytterbium laser. The crucial trick is that the light is then sent through a gas in order to change its properties.

Scientists and engineers have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain.

Scientists have discovered that the striking orange and black wings of monarch butterflies not only send the message to predators that these butterflies are highly toxic, but that the storage of toxins and development of the colorful wings come at a cost to the butterfly's body. The team reared monarch caterpillars on their milkweed food plants that had different levels of toxins. Monarchs that ha

The federal agency that oversees nursing homes has tightened rules around the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs.

Vox Efx via Wikimedia A highly cited economics paper that suggested people raised during recessions were more likely to vote for left-leaning political parties has been retracted, apparently due to a coding error that rendered the results invalid. The retraction marks a rarity among economics papers, which research has shown are infrequently retracted compared to papers on other subjects. The art

A study suggests that ancient humans were writing way before what was once believed, backdating the tradition by thousands of years.

The start of the 2023 school year in Kenya marks an important occasion: the first cohort of pupils to adopt a new curriculum in 2017 are entering junior secondary school.

After 30 years in orbit, mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have ended, after the failure of the spacecraft's remaining data recorder.

When the rigid plates that make up Earth's lithosphere brush against one another, they often form visible boundaries, known as faults, on the planet's surface. Strike-slip faults, such as the San Andreas Fault in California or the Denali Fault in Alaska, are among the most well-known and capable of seriously powerful seismic activity.

The earlier infants begin to taste small samples of solid food, the earlier they eat more food and stop breastfeeding. This is shown in a new study, in which the mothers of 1,251 infants from all over Sweden participated. Almost half of the infants received tastings at the age of four months.

Perseverance has now completed its investigation of the atmosphere throughout the first Martian year (which lasts approximately two Earth years). Specifically, astronomers have studied seasonal and daily cycles of temperature and pressure, as well as their significant variations on other time scales resulting from very different processes.

New research hints at why some cancer cells develop drug resistance, and how to kill them.

A new electromagnetic device that enables high-precision measurements of a broad range of soft biological tissues, has established a new standard of precision in the mechanobiology field, say researchers. The method allows for the mechanical testing of tissues the size of human biopsy samples, making it particularly relevant for studies of human disease.

White cotton can normally only be made fire resistant by adding toxic flame retardants, but a new form could enable us to make inherently non-flammable cotton fabrics

The fungus that produces oyster mushrooms preys on tiny animals by releasing a paralysing nerve gas called 3-octanone before growing into their bodies

A study of more than 250 fossil eggs found in India suggests long-necked titanosaurs nested in large groups, but left hatchlings to fend for themselves

A drone has revealed information on the animals inhabiting a tree's canopy simply by brushing against branches and collecting loose particles of environmental DNA with its sticky surfaces

Michigan's gray wolf population remains stable and might have reached its natural ceiling after mounting a decadeslong comeback in the Upper Peninsula, state biologists said after the latest survey.

An expanded, high-quality chemical library provides efficient hit series identification of drug candidates.

Credit: SK Hynix (Credit: SK Hynix) Even though DDR5 is still relatively new to the market, overclockers have already begun cranking its volume knob up to 11. An in-house overclocker at Gigabyte has now set the bar quite high, as he was able to overclock a single DDR5 stick all the way up to 11,136MT/s. What's even more impressive was he was able to do it without using extravagant cooling. Sure,

Tesla's Autopilot system used to bring nothing but positive attention to the electric vehicle company, but now Autopilot and the more advanced Full Self-Driving (FSD) are the subjects of lawsuits and government investigations. In recently uncovered testimony from a summer 2022 court case, a Tesla engineer has admitted that a widely distributed video purporting to show a Tesla driving itself is ac

This Siri speaker comes with upgrades to audio quality and smart home automation—but yes, it's still expensive.

Our loss was also our gain.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00118-w Social contacts throughout a person's lifetime seed the body with microbes that could influence health and disease.

Michigan's gray wolf population remains stable and might have reached its natural ceiling after mounting a decadeslong comeback in the Upper Peninsula, state biologists said after the latest survey.

A new computational system uses satellite data to identify sites on land where people dispose of waste, providing a new tool to monitor waste and revealing sites that may leak plastic into waterways. Caleb Kruse of Earthrise Media in Berkeley, California, Dr. Fabien Laurier from the Minderoo Foundation in Washington DC, and colleagues present this method in PLOS ONE.

Neanderthals in Combe-Grenal (France) preferred to hunt in open environments, and their hunting strategies did not alter during periods of climatic change, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Emilie Berlioz of the CNRS/Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France, and colleagues, as part of research carried out in the ANR DeerPal project.

The 40-meter-high monitoring tower of the Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory near the city center of Innsbruck in Austria continuously provides data on the composition of the atmosphere near the surface. Every hour, 36,000 data points are recorded. Using a special measuring method—the so-called eddy covariance method—the concentration of air components can be continuously monitored.

Mycorrhizal symbiosis helps plants expand their root surface area, giving plants greater access to nutrients and water. Although the first and foremost role of mycorrhizal symbiosis is to facilitate plant nutrition, how mycorrhizal types mediate the nutrient acquisition and interactions of coexisting trees in forests has not been clear to scientists.

The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most efficient methods for producing green hydrogen. However, the inefficient mass transfer of hydrogen has greatly impeded HER efficiency.

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new, rubber-like film that can leap high into the air like a grasshopper—all on its own and without needing outside intervention. Just heat it up and watch it jump!

Scientists have shed new light on the "self-cleaning" capacity of the atmosphere.

A new study published today in Science Advances combines a decade's worth of satellite vessel tracking data with identification information from more than 40 public registries to determine where and when vessels responsible for most of the world's industrial fishing change their country of registration, a practice known as "reflagging", and identify hotspots of potential unauthorized fishing and a

Crocodiles were mummified in a unique way at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawā during the 5th Century BC, according to a study published January 18, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Bea De Cupere of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium, and the University of Jaén, Spain, and colleagues.

The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Harsha Dhiman of the University of Delhi, New Delhi and colleagues.

According to a new analysis, the total number of people employed full-time by the U.S. federal government remained largely unchanged by the end of the Trump administration, but with significant variation in growth, downsizing, and turnover between agencies. Brian Libgober of Northwestern University and Mark Richardson of Georgetown University present these findings in PLOS ONE.

Nominating and electing more female politicians can help to diffuse polarization and reduce levels of hostility and distrust across party lines, a study shows.

A new behavioral model explains a long-standing health care mystery: Why do so many terminally ill patients undergo intense last-ditch end-of-life treatments with little chance of meaningful life extension? Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed. Previous analy

Astronomers have captured a radio signal from a distant galaxy at a specific wavelength known as the 21 cm line. With the help of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India, this is the first time this type of radio signal has been detected at such a large distance. How do stars form in distant galaxies? Astronomers have long been trying to answer this question by detecting radio signals emitte

A newly-designed peptide can suppress the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, research with mice shows. The new study, which appears in iScience , describes the first specific treatment designed to prevent the deadly disease, which can appear in patients with severe lung injury from infections with bacteria and viruses, like pneumonia, flu, respiratory

Found beneath an ancient dump, the mummies shed light on ancient Egyptian mummification practices and the many lives of a necropolis.

Mycorrhizal symbiosis helps plants expand their root surface area, giving plants greater access to nutrients and water. Although the first and foremost role of mycorrhizal symbiosis is to facilitate plant nutrition, how mycorrhizal types mediate the nutrient acquisition and interactions of coexisting trees in forests has not been clear to scientists.

A new study published today in Science Advances combines a decade's worth of satellite vessel tracking data with identification information from more than 40 public registries to determine where and when vessels responsible for most of the world's industrial fishing change their country of registration, a practice known as "reflagging", and identify hotspots of potential unauthorized fishing and a

The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Harsha Dhiman of the University of Delhi, New Delhi and colleagues.

The Day After In the event of a nuclear blast, let's face it: you're probably screwed . Fortunately, the good researchers at the University of Nicosia decided to simulate a nuclear bomb explosion to see how it would affect people taking shelter indoors, and while the results may be grim, their findings just might increase your odds of surviving. For the study , published this week in the journal

Researchers introduce a method for analyzing RNA sequencing data genome-wide using a 'pantranscriptome,' which combines a transcriptome and a pangenome, creating a richer reference that can address reference bias and lead to much more accurate mapping.

Four fundamental processes shaping biodiversity should be taken into account to explain why some ecosystems are more sensitive than others to human impacts such as climate change and habitat destruction. The knowledge gained from this approach can be used to protect biodiversity on land and in freshwaters, researchers conclude in a recent publication in the journal Ecology Letters. One of the auth

New Cornell research shows how the rise of consumers' influence changed the tune of contemporary country music and led to the creation of more songs that span multiple genres.

Four fundamental processes shaping biodiversity should be taken into account to explain why some ecosystems are more sensitive than others to human impacts such as climate change and habitat destruction. The knowledge gained from this approach can be used to protect biodiversity on land and in freshwaters, researchers conclude in a recent publication in the journal Ecology Letters. One of the auth

Old Yellow Enzymes have been known for almost 100 years, but their function in organisms has remained largely unknown. A Bochum-based research team published first findings on microalgae.

Old Yellow Enzymes have been known for almost 100 years, but their function in organisms has remained largely unknown. A Bochum-based research team published first findings on microalgae.

According to a new study led by Dr. Asaf Tzachor at Reichman University's School of Sustainability, the small country of Iceland can play a pivotal role in European food security, providing over 40 million Europeans with a safe, sustainable, and locally-produced protein source over the next decade, while mitigating over 700 million tons of CO2 emissions.

According to a new study led by Dr. Asaf Tzachor at Reichman University's School of Sustainability, the small country of Iceland can play a pivotal role in European food security, providing over 40 million Europeans with a safe, sustainable, and locally-produced protein source over the next decade, while mitigating over 700 million tons of CO2 emissions.

An international team of scientists has reviewed the effectiveness of reanalysis data products for studying the climate over West Africa. Reanalysis data provides scientists with a blend of observations combining past weather forecasts rerun with modern forecasting models. These reanalysis datasets are beneficial alternatives that can be used to investigate climate conditions of any given geograph

Astronauts are heading back to the moon, and this time they are focusing on establishing the first long-term presence. Afterward, NASA has its sights set on a trip to Mars.

If 1,500 captive mammals suffocated to death in a zoo, their suffering would spark an outcry. So when a Berlin hotel aquarium exploded at the end of 2022, why did so few people comment on the welfare of the fish? Aquatic species don't seem to induce the same emotional response. And this disparity is clouding our understanding of their lives in captivity.

Deep inside all matter in the universe, electrons are buzzing around and behaving as if they are twirling around on their axes like spinning tops. These "spinning" electrons are fundamental to quantum physics and play a central role in our understanding of atoms and molecules. Other subatomic particles spin, too, and the study of spin has technical applications in the fields of chemistry, physics,

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Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28181-3 Author Correction: Magnetostructural coupling in R FeO 3 ( R = Nd, Tb, Eu and Gd)

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Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-27970-0 Ho:YAG laser at 2097 nm pumped by a narrow linewidth tunable 1.91 μm laser

Artificial intelligence has in recent years proved itself to be a quick study, although it is being educated in a manner that would shame the most brutal headmaster. Locked into airtight Borgesian libraries for months with no bathroom breaks or sleep, AIs are told not to emerge until they've finished a self-paced speed course in human culture. On the syllabus: a decent fraction of all the survivi

This is the first ever real-world demonstration of the effect

If 1,500 captive mammals suffocated to death in a zoo, their suffering would spark an outcry. So when a Berlin hotel aquarium exploded at the end of 2022, why did so few people comment on the welfare of the fish? Aquatic species don't seem to induce the same emotional response. And this disparity is clouding our understanding of their lives in captivity.

Davos 2023 is the World Economic Forum's (WEF) first in-person annual meeting since the start of the COVID pandemic. The yearly gathering sees business, political and civil society leaders convene in the Swiss mountain resort with academics, journalists and celebrities to discuss global economic agendas. Many regard it as essentially a forum for the wealthy, but the 2023 Davos summit has returned

Proteins are often called the building blocks of life. While true, the analogy evokes images of Lego-like pieces snapping together to form intricate but rigid blocks that combine into muscles and other tissues. In reality, proteins are more like flexible tumbleweeds—highly sophisticated structures with "spikes" and branches protruding from a central frame—that morph and change with their environm

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00107-z At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00115-z Follow-up APS survey finds an increase in awareness of ethics guidelines — but not in compliance.

Inflation, followed by poverty and social inequality are the most pressing issues worrying people around the world right now. Canada has not been immune from the rising cost of living and is still fighting an inflation rate above the two percent target preferred by the Bank of Canada.

Antony Aumann, a philosophy professor at Northern Michigan University, caught a student using ChatGPT to write a suspiciously coherent and well-structured essay about burqa bans. The student later confessed, as The New York Times first reported , ushering in a strange future for higher ed in a world in which powerful chatbots can generate entire essays from a single prompt. "I had them rewrite th

As generative AI has exploded into the mainstream , both excitement and concern have quickly followed suit . And unfortunately, according to a collaborative new study from scientists at Stanford, Georgetown, and OpenAI, one of those concerns — that language-generating AI tools like ChatGPT could turn into chaos engines of mass misinformation — isn't just possible, but imminent. "These language mo

People high in antagonistic personality traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—are more likely to endorse negative beliefs about homosexual and transgender people, research finds. Those negative beliefs include the conviction that gay men should not be allowed to work with children and that gender affirmation surgery is morally wrong. In an article in the Journal of Homosexuality ,

Heliozoan axopodia are important for their motility. However, the underlying mechanism of their axopodial contraction has remained ambiguous. Recently, researchers from the Okayama University reported that microtubules are simultaneously cleaved at multiple sites, allowing the radiating axopodia in a heliozoan, Raphidocystis contractilis, to disappear almost instantly.

Heliozoan axopodia are important for their motility. However, the underlying mechanism of their axopodial contraction has remained ambiguous. Recently, researchers from the Okayama University reported that microtubules are simultaneously cleaved at multiple sites, allowing the radiating axopodia in a heliozoan, Raphidocystis contractilis, to disappear almost instantly.

It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation's bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than 500 homes were destroyed.

Ask most people what they picture when thinking about natural "carbon sinks"—ecosystems that absorb and store greenhouse gases—and they'll probably describe a forest. Reforestation is a common feature of climate change plans.

Astronomers have begun using a sophisticated suite of simulations, an advanced machine learning model of the formation of galaxy clusters, and an exotic relationship between galaxies to understand the origins of dark matter and dark energy.

Future historians might look back on this time and call it the "exoplanet age." We've found over 5,000 exoplanets, and we'll keep finding more. Next, we'll move beyond just finding them, and we'll turn our efforts to finding biosignatures, the special chemical fingerprints that living processes imprint on exoplanet atmospheres.

The result might be better AI

They can't hide out there for ever

Three rival missions raise tricky questions about who owns lunar resources

PLUS. Med konceptet LeadENG skal de ingeniørstuderende arbejde tværfagligt på en måde, der mimer den virkelighed, som venter dem ude i virksomhederne.

His and a colleague's breakthroughs in high-temperature superconductors were honored with a Nobel Prize in Physics and opened up a world of scientific possibilities.

The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century.

It's hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the same conversation.

Sustainable methods to produce synthetic ammonia for fertilizer can be cost competitive with the current fossil-fuel based method, according to a Washington State University study. The findings indicate that these methods are plausible commercial options that can reduce carbon emissions and help increase market stability in an industry that is critical to food production.

People with marginalized gender and sexual identities can have safer experiences participating in ecological field research when leaders incorporate better field safety protocols and advocate for systemic changes, according to a new paper authored by scientists from Earlham College, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and other institutions.

Vast amounts of plastic debris accumulate on beaches across the Seychelles and other small island developing states. Observational analysis (for instance, plastic bottle labels) suggest that much of this waste originates from distant sources and not from the islands themselves. But until now, the likely sources of this debris have not been quantified.

Mark Sklansky, a pediatric cardiologist at UCLA, has not shaken a hand in several years. The last time he did so, it was only "because I knew I was going to go to the bathroom right afterwards," he told me. "I think it's a really bad practice." From where he's standing, probably a safe distance away, our palms and fingers are just not sanitary. "They're wet; they're warm; they're what we use to t

In many West African cultures, griots are the keepers of memory, their oral traditions simultaneously positioning them as fabulists, historians, genealogists, entertainers, and messengers. To serve as a voice for a people is a heavy burden—colonization has dispossessed many Indigenous communities of the cultural artifacts that hold their history, and the triangular slave trade decimated the lands

Scientists have developed a revolutionary new method for capturing high-resolution images of fluctuations in materials at the nanoscale using powerful X-ray sources. The technique, which they call Coherent Correlation Imaging (CCI), allows for the creation of sharp, detailed movies without damaging the sample by excessive radiation. By using an algorithm to detect patterns in underexposed images,

Given the choice of three different 'spin' orientations, certain particles emerging from collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), an atom smasher, appear to have a preference. Recent results reveal a preference in global spin alignment of particles called phi mesons. Conventional mechanisms — such as the magnetic field strength or the swirliness of the matter generated in the par

Physicists have developed a protocol to verify the accuracy of quantum experiments.

Engineers fabricated 2D materials that could lead to next-generation transistors and electronic films.

The quantum nature of objects visible to the naked eye is currently a much-discussed research question. A team has now demonstrated a new method in the laboratory that could make the quantum properties of macroscopic objects more accessible than before. With the method, the researchers were able to increase the efficiency of an established cooling method by an order of a magnitude.

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that changes magnetic topology and converts magnetic energy to plasma kinetic energy. Spatially resolved spectroscopic observations covering extended regions in the solar atmosphere are rare, and thus the distribution and energy partition of reconnection remain unclear.

All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) have observed a sample of planets located at the edge of this hot Neptune desert to understand

Only about 1 in 200 teachers in Texas are sanctioned for misbehavior, but the largest portion of those sanctions involve sexually related offenses. That's according to a new study we published recently in the Journal of Education Human Resources. The study describes the reasons teachers in Texas are sanctioned for misbehavior, including the frequency and type of violation.

If you work for an organization that believes diversity can increase organizational performance and employee well-being, we have a secret to share with you: despite what is commonly espoused about diversity, very few organizations have actually achieved benefits through current diversity approaches.

Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons—it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because Antarctica is a desert, and its dry climate limits the degree of weathering the meteorites experience. On top of the dry conditions, the landscape is ideal for meteorite hunting: the black space rocks stand ou

Hate crimes in the United States have increased in frequency in recent years. The rise of antisemitism, white supremacy and religious extremism has prompted the federal government and many states to pass several pieces of legislation targeted at crimes motivated by hate.

Comprehensive advice on careers and study pathways, delivered across the student life cycle, is essential to overcome the long-term impacts of disadvantage, a new study has found.

Physicists have developed a protocol to verify the accuracy of quantum experiments.

Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study led by researchers at Linköping University. The researchers have studied historical variations in precipitation and vegetation in southeastern Iran over the last 4,000 years. The study highlights the vulnerability of human societies to

A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for biofuels production and carbon sequestration.

Economic inactivity and the rising cost of out-of-work benefits are high on the UK government's agenda right now. But new research into working patterns during the COVID furlough scheme suggests that both employers and the government could be missing a trick in this area by not making part-time working easier and more available.

One highlight of my Grade 3 life was dying from dysentery at the hands of a video game. I was ahead on schoolwork, and allowed to use the classroom computer to pioneer a family across America in the game The Oregon Trail.

A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for biofuels production and carbon sequestration.

A rare native fish has been photographed in Wellington Harbor and researchers believe it's one of the few times the species has been caught on camera in its natural habitat.

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That's leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier—the deep ocean seabed.

Queen Mary researchers have revealed unexpected variation in bee neural receptors, challenging current safety assessments of insecticides, which work by targeting these receptors.

A temperature reconstruction from ice cores of the past 1,000 years reveals that today's warming in central-north Greenland is surprisingly pronounced. The most recent decade surveyed in a study, the years 2001 to 2011, was the warmest in the past 1,000 years, and the region is now 1.5 °C warmer than during the 20th century, as researchers report. Using a set of ice cores unprecedented in length a

A new study shows that North American bird communities containing functionally diverse species have changed less under climate change during the past 50 years than functionally simple communities.

Eating disorders are stereotypically associated with adolescents and young adults. Growing evidence, however, suggests that these conditions can occur at any time during a woman's lifespan, including at midlife. A new study finds that body dissatisfaction is a primary cause of eating disorders, especially during perimenopause.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a WHO grade IV brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Although post-surgical radiation chemotherapy combined with temozolomide is the standard line of treatment, GBM cells surviving radiotherapy contribute to tumor progression and recurrence even more aggressively. Researchers have now unveiled the mechanism of radioresistance in GBM cells, identifying therapeutic targets to over

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Size Medium Scientists are proffering a macabre potential explanation for why a specific subset of exoplanets seem not to exist. Since the discovery of planets outside our Solar System, scientists have discovered a strange pattern: that there doesn't appear to be a happy medium between planets the size of rocky "super-Earths," which are about 1.4 times wider than our pale blue dot, and icy or wat

A rare native fish has been photographed in Wellington Harbor and researchers believe it's one of the few times the species has been caught on camera in its natural habitat.

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That's leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier—the deep ocean seabed.

Queen Mary researchers have revealed unexpected variation in bee neural receptors, challenging current safety assessments of insecticides, which work by targeting these receptors.

A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while addressing the issue of pandemic learning loss.

Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. What's more: the global food system could be heading toward collapse. Detailing the technological solutions we need to radically reshape food production — from lab-grown, protein-rich foods to crops that don't require plowing — Monbiot shares a future-focused vision of how humanity could feed itself

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Sunspots are the most noticeable manifestation of solar magnetic field concentrations in the photosphere. A typical mature sunspot has an umbra and a penumbra. Light bridges (LBs) are the strip-like bright features, two ends of which connect the penumbra and span the umbra of a sunspot.

Research in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising has investigated how online social networks can influence our choice of holiday destination. The team found that about two-thirds of people interviewed use sites such as Instagram and Facebook to help them decide on the places they would like to visit. LinkedIn had a lot less influence on such decisions, the team found. Th

Anthocyanins are one kind of natural pigments commonly found in plants and can act as metabolic markers of nutrient deficiency, especially phosphorous (P) deficiency. Although anthocyanin biosynthesis has been well studied, the molecular mechanism of how plants respond to environmental stresses, such as P deficiency, via anthocyanin synthesis has been rarely reported.

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Germany, working with a colleague from South Africa, has used isotope and ancient DNA analysis to learn more about the mobility of Anatolian and Levantine populations during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (the ninth to eighth millennium BC).

A team of researchers at the University of St Andrews, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the University of Portsmouth, also in the U.K., has tested young children and chimpanzees to learn more about when attention shifting develops in humans. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes experiments they conducted with children between the ages of thr

A major new research report into the flexible furlough scheme from Cranfield University's School of Management urges government and employers to invest in an expansion of part-time working, with experts saying this could unlock a boost to national GDP.

Leading social media platforms are introducing features that allow users to share content that can only be viewed once. For example, consumers can set chats to be deleted immediately after being viewed on communication apps like Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp.

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these edges aren't interchangeable: A graph could represent a road map on which some roads are slower than others or have higher tolls. Computer scientists account for these differences by pairing each edge..

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33626-w The shared genetics between upper respiratory diseases have not been well studied. Here, the authors find shared and distinct genetic loci for pharyngeal and sinonasal inflammatory conditions, which show shared heritability with autoimmune conditions and immune deficiency, highlighting the TNFR2 pathway.

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35937-y Any planarian fragment regenerates the missing head and tail in the proper end. Early activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway changes the chromatin accessibility of the cells of the posterior-facing wound to regenerate a tail.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05698-1

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00117-x After decades of research, experiment shows potential for using lasers to protect large infrastructure.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05467-6 Chiral metasurfaces have been produced, with experimental observation of intrinsic chiral bound states in the continuum, which may lead to applications in chiral light sources and detectors, chiral sensing, valleytronics and asymmetric photocatalysis.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05611-2 Photometric recordings and optogenetic manipulation show that dopamine fluctuations in the dorsolateral striatum in mice modulate the use, sequencing and vigour of behavioural modules during spontaneous behaviour.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05517-z A reconstruction of temperatures in central and north Greenland from ad 1000 to 2011 shows that that the final decade of this period was on average 1.5 ± 0.4 °C warmer compared to pre-industrial temperatures, accompanied by increased meltwater run-off.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05500-8 A review of current river ecosystem metabolism research quantifies the organic and inorganic carbon flux from land to global rivers and demonstrates that the carbon balance can be influenced by a changing world.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05437-y The direct observation of hole pairing in a doped Hubbard model is demonstrated using ultracold atoms in a quantum gas microscope setting by engineering mixed-dimensional fermionic ladders.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05420-7 An analysis of biobank data from the FinnGen project examines dosage effects of genetic variants on disease, andidentifies a benefit when considering more complex inheritance in the genetics of common as well as Mendelian diseases.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05623-y Mass spectrometry and structural studies demonstrate the specific changes in protein composition that accompany the transition of ribosomes in zebrafish and Xenopus eggs from a dormant to an active state during early embryogenesis.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05463-w The authors report observation of tunnelling magnetoresistance in an all-antiferromagnetic tunnel junction consisting of Mn3Sn/MgO/Mn3Sn, laying the foundation for the development of ultrafast and efficient spintronic devices using antiferromagnets.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05503-5 The direct observation of in-plane charged domain walls in BiFeO3 ferroelectric films a few nanometres thick, their deterministic creation, manipulation and annihilation by applied voltage, as well the demonstration of their memristive functionality is reported.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05442-1 An emergent randomness arising from partial measurement of an interacting many-body system is uncovered, and a widely applicable fidelity estimation scheme is presented that works at shorter evolution times and with reduced experimental complexity.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05614-z Analysis of data collected from mice learning a trace conditioning paradigm shows that phasic dopamine activity in the brain can regulate direct learning of behavioural policies, and dopamine sets an adaptive learning rate rather than an error-like teaching signal.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05626-9 Through iterative cycles of viral challenge and rechallenge over ten years, mouse T cells are demonstrated to have essentially infinite potential for population expansion and longevity without malignant transformation or loss of functional competence.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05461-y A new exchange-bias effect between two different antiferromagnetic layers enables the fabrication of all-antiferromagnetic structures that have a large room-temperature tunnelling magnetoresistance and potential applications for ultrafast memory technologies.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05589-x The simultaneous observation of spin–orbit interaction enhancement and chirality represented by a pair of oppositely polarized spins is reported for an organic chiral superconductor in the vicinity of the superconducting transition temperature.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05473-8 Genome-wide association studies of individuals from an isolated population (data from the Finnish biobank study FinnGen) and consequent meta-analyses facilitate the identification of previously unknown coding variant associations for both rare and common diseases.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05488-1 A direct star-counting method of about 93,000 M-dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood indicates a variable stellar initial mass function that depends on both metallicity and stellar age.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05537-9 Nanoscale magnetic fluctuations are spatiotemporally resolved beyond conventional resolution limits using coherent correlation imaging, in which frames in Fourier space are recorded and analysed using an iterative hierarchical clustering algorithm.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05490-7 A 3D printing platform comprising a rotational multimaterial printhead is demonstrated, enabling the fabrication of helically architected filaments and lattices with programmable subvoxel control.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05620-1 Data from more than 9,700 human stool and oral metagenomes has been used to decipher the strain transmission patterns of the human microbiome from mother to infant, within households and within populations.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05606-z Future extreme thermal events will force many vertebrate species and assemblages into constant severe thermal stress; however, lowering emissions would greatly reduce overall exposures.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05592-2 Vertical organic electrochemical transistors demonstrating unprecedented performances in both p- and n-type operation modes have been synthesized from new electro-active and ion-permeable semiconducting polymers by the interface engineering of electro-active blend layers.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05524-0 Geometric confinement on arbitrary substrates promotes, without epitaxial seeding, the layer-by-layer growth of two-dimensional single-crystal monolayers and bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05557-5 At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, observations of two meson species produced by heavy-ion collisions, ϕ and K*0, show surprising patterns of global spin alignment, being unexpectedly large and consistent with zero, respectively.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04517-3 The variation in the mass of newly born stars has been debated for decades. A star-count analysis now reveals that the initial mass of stars varies with their levels of metal elements, and that populations of stars born earlier in the Universe's history contain fewer low-mass stars than do younger populations.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04529-z Immune cells called T cells were activated in mice and transferred to new mice; the process was repeated several times. The T-cell population derived from the original mice continued to respond to the same immune trigger after ten years — which is about four times the lifespan of a mouse.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00027-y The intrinsic structure of a material called a chiral superconductor enhances the separation of charge carriers, transforming an electric current in a way that could change the future of memory storage at low temperatures.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04520-8 A phenomenon known as unconventional superconductivity allows electric current to flow without resistance at unusually high temperatures, but the necessary pairing of charge carriers is poorly understood in modern physics. Using an optical microscope, an experimental demonstration of such a pairing has been achieved in a si

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00004-5 The neurotransmitter dopamine has well-established roles in reward-driven behaviours, such as searching for food. The discovery that it also shapes spontaneous behaviour reveals parallels between these two phenomena.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04523-5 Air temperatures at the Greenland ice sheet have been reconstructed with unprecedented quality from an array of ice cores. The analysis shows that modern temperatures are 1.5 °C warmer than those of the twentieth century, and that this warming has been accompanied by increased run-off of Greenland meltwater.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04526-2 In egg cells, the ribosomes — the machinery responsible for protein synthesis — are stored in a dormant state that is released later in the developing embryo. An evolutionarily conserved set of proteins has been shown to bind to ribosomes in the egg cells of vertebrates, stabilizing the ribosomes and suppressing their activ

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04514-6 Heatwaves are increasing in frequency, duration and intensity because of climate change. Projections indicate that if global warming is left unchecked, many animal species will experience almost-permanent extreme-heat conditions, and such weather events will present a major threat to biodiversity.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00026-z Organic electrochemical transistors could be better than conventional inorganic devices for certain uses, but have been held back by performance issues. The solution could be to build up these organic transistors like a sandwich.

Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are 'phantom credits' and may worsen global heating 'Nowhere else to go': Alto Mayo, Peru, at centre of conservation row Greenwashing or a net zero necessity? Scientists on carbon offsetting Carbon offsets flawed but we are in a climate emergency The forest carbon offsets approved by the world's leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci

Anthocyanins are one kind of natural pigments commonly found in plants and can act as metabolic markers of nutrient deficiency, especially phosphorous (P) deficiency. Although anthocyanin biosynthesis has been well studied, the molecular mechanism of how plants respond to environmental stresses, such as P deficiency, via anthocyanin synthesis has been rarely reported.

A team of researchers at the University of St Andrews, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the University of Portsmouth, also in the U.K., has tested young children and chimpanzees to learn more about when attention shifting develops in humans. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes experiments they conducted with children between the ages of thr

A new study into the Tissint meteorite, which crash-landed in Morocco in 2011, revealed a wide array of organic compounds hidden in the rare space rock.

The state is taking action against three major drug companies and the big pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to temper costs for people with diabetes.

Food regulatory institutions in the U.K. should have robust mechanisms for addressing commercial conflicts of interest, argues a new article published in the journal Nature Food.

A new study, led by Bayes Business School, found that there are sizeable costs and benefits for spinouts—stand-alone new firms founded by former employees of established firms—as they try to establish themselves in the market.

In the vast and diverse universe, the initial mass distribution at the birth of a new population of stars determines the fate of galaxies. This relationship is described by the initial mass function (IMF). For more than half a century, astronomers have assumed that the IMF is a universal relationship, i.e., it is uniform throughout the universe.

Sticking swabs up our noses and down our throats to confirm or deny whether we are infected with the coronavirus—almost all of us have done it multiple times in the last couple of years.

Perseverance is a NASA autonomous vehicle that arrived at the Jezero Crater (the bed of an ancient, now dried-up lake on Mars) on February 18, 2021. The rover is equipped with seven novel, complex scientific instruments dedicated to exploring the planet's surface in search of signs of possible past life, collecting and depositing samples to be brought back to Earth, testing new technologies for us

Wi-Fi has freed us from wires, delivering increasingly speedy connectivity to every corner of our homes and workplaces. Wi-Fi can do more than beam data back and forth, though. Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have shown that an off-the-self Wi-Fi router can not only tell where you are in a room, but it can also determine your body position. The team didn't have to spend big to get the

(Image: Liliya Grek/Unsplash) For as much destruction as lightning causes, you'd assume we would have found ways to better mitigate its effects. Lightning kills at least 4,000 people and causes billions of dollars in global property damage every year. Despite this, we haven't come up with a way to redirect lightning since Benjamin Franklin is said to have invented the lightning rod 271 years ago.

Transmission of bacteria through droplets of saliva from people we live with probably plays a large role in the make-up of our oral microbiome

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35686-4 Novel methodologies for cleaving inherently inert C(sp2)‒ C(sp2) bonds are desirable. Here, the authors report the use of an oriented electric field to cleave C(sp2)‒ C(sp2) in cycloparaphenylenes via electrophilic aromatic substitution.

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35947-w Methods that perform data integration are needed to analyse spatial transcriptomics data from multiple tissue slides. Here, the authors present PRECAST, an efficient data integration method for multiple spatial transcriptomics datasets with complex batch or biological effects between slides.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27252-1

Unisym Want to be able to pause a conversation so that you can think of something perfectly charming to say? Send a hologram of yourself to a party for a few minutes in the case that you're late? Fear not — someone's looking into it for you. That someone is question is Dr. David Peterson, a computer scientist, SETI enthusiast, musician, and mathematician at the University of California, Berkeley

An international research team including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has discovered that the striking orange and black wings of monarch butterflies not only send the message to predators that these butterflies are highly toxic, but that the storage of toxins and development of the colorful wings come at a cost to the butterfly's body.

True to Moore's Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s. But this trajectory is predicted to soon plateau because silicon—the backbone of modern transistors—loses its electrical properties once devices made from this material dip below a certain size.

A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Germany and from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States has developed a revolutionary new method for capturing high-resolution images of fluctuations in materials at the nanoscale using powerful X-ray sources.

A temperature reconstruction from ice cores of the past 1,000 years reveals that today's warming in central-north Greenland is surprisingly pronounced. The most recent decade surveyed in a study, the years 2001 to 2011, was the warmest in the past 1,000 years, and the region is now 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than during the 20th century, as researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute have just

Given the choice of three different "spin" orientations, certain particles emerging from collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), an atom smasher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, appear to have a preference. As described in a paper just published in Nature by RHIC's STAR collaboration, the results reveal a preference in global spin alignment

At the scale of individual atoms, physics gets weird. Researchers are working to reveal, harness, and control these strange quantum effects using quantum analog simulators—laboratory experiments that involve super-cooling tens to hundreds of atoms and probing them with finely tuned lasers and magnets.

Using a chiral superconductor, scientists at Institute for Molecular Science and Shizuoka University have demonstrated that the magnet can distinguish right and left forms of the chiral crystal despite the common belief that the magnet only distinguishes between the north and the south. They showed that the handedness of the chiral superconductor was translated to a special spin configuration, whi

The microbiome is a great ally of our health. It performs a fundamental role in the functioning of the immune and digestive systems, among many others. However, there is still very limited knowledge on how the bacteria and other microbes that make up the microbiome are acquired and transmitted among individuals.

Animal rights activists have captured the first hidden-camera video from inside a carbon dioxide "stunning chamber" in a US meatpacking plant.

An international research team including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has discovered that the striking orange and black wings of monarch butterflies not only send the message to predators that these butterflies are highly toxic, but that the storage of toxins and development of the colorful wings come at a cost to the butterfly's body.

Three doctors share their tips for working out in cold weather, including how to dress warm and stay hydrated.

A study from Stanford University indicates that personalized diets may be the best path forward.

Once considered radical, Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole's method of intuitive eating has become the cornerstone of the modern anti-diet movement.

The microbiome is a great ally of our health. It performs a fundamental role in the functioning of the immune and digestive systems, among many others. However, there is still very limited knowledge on how the bacteria and other microbes that make up the microbiome are acquired and transmitted among individuals.

A team of mathematicians and pharmaceutical scientists collaborated to identify the major cause of the low accuracy of the equation in the FDA guidance used to predict drug-drug interaction through an enzyme (cytochrome P450, CYP) induction mediation. To overcome the fundamental limit of the conventional equation, the scientists derived a new equation based on a mathematical theory. This dramatica

Timing from first meal to last meal was not associated with weight loss in a six-year study: Eating less overall and fewer large meals may be a more effective weight management strategy than restricting meals to a narrow time window, such as intermittent fasting, according to a study that analyzed the electronic health records of about 550 adults who were followed for six years. The time interval

The search for nectar costs insects a lot of energy, so they have to be as efficient as possible. Colorful patterns on the petals can help with that.

Neutron imaging revealed that a medieval pendant from Germany holds fragments of bone, possibly those of a saint.

Soothing sounds can be relaxing, but can white noise help you sleep better?

A new biopolymer sensor that detects bacteria, toxins, and dangerous chemicals in the environment can be printed like ink on just about anything, including gloves, masks, or everyday clothing. Using an enzyme similar to that found in fireflies, the sensor glows when it detects these otherwise invisible threats. The new technology is described in the journal Advanced Materials . The biopolymer sen

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The search for nectar costs insects a lot of energy, so they have to be as efficient as possible. Colorful patterns on the petals can help with that.

To have a chance to achieve the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5–2°C compared to pre-industrial levels, it is clear that we will need to go beyond restricting emissions and actively focus on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Discussions and studies on how countries should share the burden of carbon dioxide removal are however limited, and so far, mostly only conc

Particles of light—photons—that are forced to interact with each other through specially structured glass demonstrate behavior evocative of the "fractional quantum Hall effect," a phenomenon that garnered the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics when demonstrated with electrons. A team of researchers at Penn State has now demonstrated that the movement of light from an extremely powerful laser becomes "fra

A research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel method of storing data using the dielectric constant, rather than the electrical resistivity. According to the research team, their findings are expected to open a new route to develop functional materials via manipulating defect-dipoles and offers a novel platform to advance heteroepitaxy beyond the prevalent perovskite substrates.

A study conducted by Anne-Sophie Duwez and Damien Sluysmans from the NANOCHEM group at the University of Liège (Belgium) has made it possible to decode the mechanical response of small-molecule synthetic overhand knots by single-molecule pulling experiments. The results, published in the journal Chem, have relevance for the design of extended knotted and molecularly woven materials.

Green hydrogen is hydrogen fuel that is produced using environment-friendly methods. Water electrolysis is one of the primary methods of producing green hydrogen. Here, electrical energy generated using renewable energy sources, such as solar panels or wind energy, is used to drive a water-splitting reaction in an electrochemical cell to produce hydrogen and oxygen.

Super-thin chips made from lithium niobate are set to overtake silicon chips in light-based technologies, according to world-leading scientists in the field, with potential applications ranging from remote ripening-fruit detection on Earth to navigation on the moon.

Recent investigations in the Colosseum's sewer networks have uncovered popular snacks, ancient coins and even animal bones.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28264-1

Here's our definitive ranking of all 30 films (and counting) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Scientists are studying the possible impacts of the hazard on astronauts who will travel to the moon

Distant Hydrogen An international team of researchers have detected radio signals originating from an extremely distant galaxy, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India. The discovery marks the first time we've ever been able to detect these kinds of signals, believed to have been produced by atomic hydrogen in a star-forming galaxy, over such an immense distance — 8.8 billion years to

A review of hydnora plants has identified one new species based on preserved specimens and reinstated two others, bringing the total number to 10

A tendency for one or both spouses to avoid or withdraw from tough conversations could set up married couples for emotional distress, bad feelings about their relationship, chronic inflammation and lowered immune function, new research suggests.

Research into how echidnas might respond to a warming climate has found clever techniques used by the animal to cope with heat, including blowing bubbles to wet its nose tip, with the moisture then evaporating and cooling its blood.

Regulatory mechanisms of nutrient-dependent neuronal development can be explored at the molecular level with the Drosophila C4da neuron located in the fruit flies' larvae. The hyperarborization phenotype was not caused by low concentrations of amino acids but rather by a simultaneous deficiency in vitamins, metal ions, and cholesterol. Nutrient-dependent development of somatosensory neurons plays

An article published in the Journal of Proteome Research by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Butantan Institute in Brazil reports the findings of a study that characterized for the first time the venom of the orange-banded tarantula (Acanthoscurria juruenicola), a species of mygalomorph spider native to the Brazilian Amazon. Some of the toxins identified have potent

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00062-9 Journals have begun retracting publications with suspicious links to sites trading in author positions.

Acrid smoke swirls amid the buzzing of dozens of chainsaws under the majestic Nyiragongo volcano, producing scenes of devastation in the heart of the lush natural treasure in eastern DR Congo.

Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, Germany and elsewhere, have detected 13 new pulsars in the globular cluster Omega Centauri. The finding was detailed in a paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Solar energy has been recognized as a promising green and renewable energy. Thanks to the synergistic innovation of active layer materials and device optimization techniques, organic solar cells (OSCs) have achieved great breakthroughs in the past decade and attracted widespread research attention. Though OSCs could effectively realize solar energy conversion, they are still not mature enough for

An article published in the Journal of Proteome Research by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Butantan Institute in Brazil reports the findings of a study that characterized for the first time the venom of the orange-banded tarantula (Acanthoscurria juruenicola), a species of mygalomorph spider native to the Brazilian Amazon. Some of the toxins identified have potent

Campaigners have welcomed a decision to remove the skeleton of an 18th century man with gigantism from public display at a London museum.

Researchers in Scotland have developed a tool to help ensure porpoises are not being harmed by the construction of offshore wind farms, which are crucial for scaling up renewable energy globally.

A polar bear on a rampage killed a woman and a boy in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack on humans.

Nestled amongst a chain of islands in the southern reaches of Southeast Asia, Timor-Leste occupies the eastern half of the island of Timor, the largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands that also include Bali and Komodo, the latter of which is home to the Komodo Dragon. In May 2002, Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) became the first new sovereign nation of the 21st century

The X-rays used to examine a broken leg in hospital are easy to produce. In industry, however, X-ray radiation of a completely different kind is needed—namely, X-ray laser pulses that are as short and high-energy as possible. They are used, for example, in the production of nanostructures and electronic components, but also to monitor chemical reactions in real time.

Lying at the center of the Balkan Peninsula, Kosovo harbors a diversity of ecosystems and conditions that have favored processes leading to the existence of many endemic and rare species. In the past few years, several new species of aquatic insects have been discovered in the small Balkan country, making it unique in terms of biodiversity. Unfortunately, as elsewhere in the Balkans, many of these

A new electromagnetic device that enables high-precision measurements of a broad range of soft biological tissues, has established a new standard of precision in the mechanobiology field, say researchers. The method allows for the mechanical testing of tissues the size of human biopsy samples, making it particularly relevant for studies of human disease.

Forskningsansvarlig sygeplejerske Anne Højager Nielsen blev 15. januar 2023 ansat i stillingen som lektor i Intensiv og perioperativ behandling og pleje ved Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Aarhus Universitet. Stillingen bliver i kombination med sin stilling som forskningsansvarlig sygeplejerske ved Operation og Intensiv, Regionshospitalet Gødstrup.

Campaigners have welcomed a decision to remove the skeleton of an 18th century man with gigantism from public display at a London museum.

Researchers in Scotland have developed a tool to help ensure porpoises are not being harmed by the construction of offshore wind farms, which are crucial for scaling up renewable energy globally.

A polar bear on a rampage killed a woman and a boy in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack on humans.

Nestled amongst a chain of islands in the southern reaches of Southeast Asia, Timor-Leste occupies the eastern half of the island of Timor, the largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands that also include Bali and Komodo, the latter of which is home to the Komodo Dragon. In May 2002, Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) became the first new sovereign nation of the 21st century

Lying at the center of the Balkan Peninsula, Kosovo harbors a diversity of ecosystems and conditions that have favored processes leading to the existence of many endemic and rare species. In the past few years, several new species of aquatic insects have been discovered in the small Balkan country, making it unique in terms of biodiversity. Unfortunately, as elsewhere in the Balkans, many of these

A new electromagnetic device that enables high-precision measurements of a broad range of soft biological tissues, has established a new standard of precision in the mechanobiology field, say researchers. The method allows for the mechanical testing of tissues the size of human biopsy samples, making it particularly relevant for studies of human disease.

The invention of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques, including scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), has led to a paradigm shift in the visualization and understanding of surface structures and related properties at the atomic scale. In most imaging cases, the SPM tip only acts as a perfect probe to characterize the intrinsic properties of the surfaces and

Researchers are developing a dissolvable patch that uses antibodies grown from tobacco plants could prevent unwanted pregnancies and HIV. When it comes to birth control options for women, little has changed in the past couple of decades. In fact, according to Planned Parenthood, there are only three birth control methods that are over 95% effective at preventing an unintended pregnancy: the birth

Climate change threatens the breeding success of songbirds, a new study shows. Spring is normally the sweet spot for breeding songbirds in California's Central Valley—not too hot, not too wet. But climate change models indicate the region will experience more rainfall during the breeding season, and days of extreme heat are expected to increase. Both changes are bad for songbird breeding. The new

Switch to flour made from legumes would make loaves healthier and more sustainable, says professor Britain should switch to eating bread made with broad beans, researchers have said, because it would be more sustainable and easily deliver key nutrients. Using flour made from broad beans – also known as faba or fava beans – could represent one of the biggest changes to UK food in a generation, acc

Flooding in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin is creating ideal breeding conditions for many native species that have evolved to take advantage of temporary flood conditions.

The quantum nature of objects visible to the naked eye is currently a much-discussed research question. A team led by Innsbruck physicist Gerhard Kirchmair has now demonstrated a new method in the laboratory that could make the quantum properties of macroscopic objects more accessible than before. With the method, the researchers were able to increase the efficiency of an established cooling metho

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Flooding in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin is creating ideal breeding conditions for many native species that have evolved to take advantage of temporary flood conditions.

Den amerikanske præsident Joe Biden overvejer tiltag mod gaskomfurer, efter studie kobler dem til hvert ottende tilfælde af astma blandt børn i USA. I nogle stater er gaskomfurer skyld i hvert femte tilfælde af astma blandt børn.

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35736-x The slow redox kinetics of polysulfides and the difficulties in decomposition of Li2S are two serious obstacles to lithium-sulfur batteries. Here, the authors report an isolated Fe-Co heteronuclear diatomic catalyst to achieve high efficiency bifunctional catalysis for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35796-7 Clinical management of pancreatic cancer remains challenging. Here, the authors suggest SMARCD3 as a potential epigenetic dependency establishing the metabolic landscape in aggressive pancreatic cancer cells and as a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer.

Photosynthesis is the natural process of converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to useable chemical compounds. In contrast, carbon capture and utilization technologies through processes such as electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2R) are the man-made equivalents that could enable the chemical industry to convert its current CO2 waste to useful products.

Our genes are encoded in the DNA sequence of the genome, which is highly similar across the diverse cell types of our body. Yet, each cell can only access those genes that are in an epigenetically permissive state. The epigenome thus provides a form of molecular access control to the genes—epigenetic "software" that protects our genetic "hardware" from activation in the wrong cells.

Nature, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04550-2 A boost to the ratings.

Our genes are encoded in the DNA sequence of the genome, which is highly similar across the diverse cell types of our body. Yet, each cell can only access those genes that are in an epigenetically permissive state. The epigenome thus provides a form of molecular access control to the genes—epigenetic "software" that protects our genetic "hardware" from activation in the wrong cells.

Researchers from the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have presented the first experimental observation of Cherenkov radiation confined in two dimensions. The results represent a new record in electron-radiation coupling strength, revealing the quantum properties of the radiation.

A new study describes why older male fruit flies are more likely to pass mutations onto their offspring. The research may shine a light on inherited-disease risk in humans. The male reproductive system serves as a hotspot for the emergence of new genes. Perhaps that explains why more new mutations are inherited from fathers than from mothers. It doesn't, however, clarify why older fathers pass on

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 team has had to navigate war in Ukraine while developing the sequel to their hit shooter.

Sidste år brugte danskerne flest penge på at købe lægemidlet semaglutid, der bruges til diabetes og overvægt, viser en opgørelse fra Danmarks Apotekerforening. Det overrasker Bolette Friderichsen, formand for Dansk Selskab for Almen Medicin, som understreger vigtigheden af at tage en grundig snak med patienterne, når det kommer til at bruge semaglutid til at behandle overvægt.

I couldn't let it drown. I ripped off a piece of my sandwich bag, lifted it to safety. Its little legs reached behind its back to stroke its wings dry. I, too, have stretched my legs in strange positions. Is this a leap? What did you expect? For me to let the bug just be a bug. To leave it alone when it already planned on dying. To reach out and not imagine myself the God I wish would lift me fro

When I was a high-school runner in the late 1990s, slogans such as Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body decorated the T-shirts sold at our championship races. Once, on the bus to the Connecticut state meet, my coach, who was legendary for the decades of New England titles he'd won, told us the story of an athlete collapsing on the course and crawling across the finish line. The coach visited him in

Early December, a tchotchke shop in Brooklyn—an employee advises me about which novelty socks to pair with which comical greeting card for a friend. Then her voice, previously curious and chatty, gains a sudden seriousness. She tells me about a concert she went to the night before. The band was Italian, it was saving rock and roll, and it'd play in the city again, that night. I suddenly understoo

The Red Cross's 1940s policy of racially segregating blood propped up notions of racial difference and Black inferiority. For Black Americans who were already locked in a battle for dignity and civil rights, it was a painful reminder of their second-class citizenship.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27365-7

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why my bittersweet relationship with Shein had to end —Zeyi Yang, China reporter I've been missing the online shopping experience in China since I moved to the US four years ago. I grew up in China at the same time that Taobao, a popular e-commerce platform, t

I've gone through Stanley tumblers, Nalgenes, and older Yetis. The Yeti Yonder beats them all.

Fakery spans "beautified" data, photoshopped images, and "paper mills." Experts and institutions are employing tools to spot deceptive research and mitigate its reach.

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PLUS. Esrange Space Port skal opsende mindre satellitter og teste nye genbrugsraketter.

A tendency for one or both spouses to avoid or withdraw from tough conversations could set up married couples for emotional distress, bad feelings about their relationship, chronic inflammation and lowered immune function, new research suggests.

En kraftfull laser riktad mot himlen kan skapa en virtuell åskledare och leda bort blixtnedslag, det visar experiment som forskare genomfört på ett berg i Schweiz. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .

Nature Communications, Published online: 18 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35966-7 Understanding origin and adaptation of weeds is important for their management. Here, via genome assembly, population genomics, and QTL mapping, the authors establish Cardamine occulta as a model to study weed ruderality and show FLC and CRY2 as genetic drivers for the establishment of short life cycle.

Cancer deaths continue to decline at a steady rate. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .

Nature, Published online: 17 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00114-0 An estimated 10% of people will experience long-lasting symptoms after catching COVID-19. Plus, a publishing stalemate at CERN over the Russian invasion and a giant laser that can divert lightning strikes.

For mange muslimske kvinder i Danmark er det ikke nok at kalde sig muslim; de vil vide mere om islam,…

(Image: Jonny Gios/Unsplash) You'd think NASA would want to take a breather after its successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but that isn't the case. NASA is already gearing up to develop its next big telescope using the insights gleaned from last year's launch. When the National Academies published Astro2020 (short for " Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics fo

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Virtual landowners have found a way to put their investments to work, but with unintended consequences.

Some ski resorts rely on machines to keep powder on the slopes. But snow guns guzzle water, are energy-intensive, and need cool temperatures to operate.