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How I’m supporting other researchers who have moved to Lithuania Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Biochemist Stephen Knox Jones chose a role in the Baltic country over other faculty positions in Denmark and the United States. He explains why.
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Chinese virologist who was first to share COVID genome sleeps on street after lab shuts Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding the development of vaccines.
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Plagiarism in peer-review reports could be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Researchers say swathe of copied text could indicate a widespread problem.
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Scientists tried to give people COVID — and failed Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Researchers deliberately infect participants with SARS-CoV-2 in ‘challenge’ trials — but high levels of immunity complicate efforts to test vaccines and treatments.
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I fell out of love with the lab, and in love with business Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
The COVID-19 pandemic changed Karolina Makovskytė’s career ambitions, propelling her to a business development role in her home nation of Lithuania.
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How to meet Africa’s grand challenges with African know-how Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Simple measures to strengthen the interface between science, policy and society in African nations could help the continent leapfrog others in sustainable innovation and development.
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How bioinformatics led one scientist home to Lithuania Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Juozas Gordevičius founded a data-science company in the United States before returning to Vilnius.
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A snapshot of Lithuania’s life-sciences landscape Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Nature examines the Baltic country’s research ambitions as it marks 20 years of European Union membership.
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Support communities that will lose out in the energy transition Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Climate campaigners and politicians rightly concentrate on the benefits of clean energy — but without more support for those who are adversely affected, the backlash will only grow.
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Not just truffles: dogs can sniff out surpassingly rare native fungus Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Daisy, a member of a breed used to find fungal delicacies, detected a critically endangered Australian fungus faster than a trained human could.
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AI & robotics briefing: What running robots tell us about gaits Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
A robot that changes from trot to bounce to avoid falls hints at why four-legged animals transition between gaits. Plus, AI designs new gene-editing tools and how autonomous weapons are changing war.
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The science of 3 Body Problem: what’s fact and what’s fiction? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Nature spoke to the sci-fi program’s adviser and two other researchers about the portrayal of PhD scientists and their technologies.
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This social sciences hub galvanized India’s dynamic growth. Can it survive? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
The Centre for Policy Research has lost its chief executive, most of its staff and is running out of cash.
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Multimodal decoding of human liver regeneration Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 K. P. Matchett, J. R. Wilson-Kanamori, J. R. Portman, C. A. Kapourani, F. Fercoq, S. May, E. Zajdel, M. Beltran, E. F. Sutherland, J. B. G. Mackey, M. Brice, G. C. Wilson, S. J. Wallace, L. Kitto, N. T. Younger, R. Dobie, D. J. Mole, G. C. Oniscu, S. J. Wigmore, P. Ramachandran, C. A. Vallejos, N. O. Carragher, M. M. Saeidinejad, A. Quaglia, R. Jalan, K. J. Simpson, T. J. Kendall, J. A. Rule, W. M
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Stereoselective amino acid synthesis by photobiocatalytic oxidative coupling Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Tian-Ci Wang, Binh Khanh Mai, Zheng Zhang, Zhiyu Bo, Jiedong Li, Peng Liu, Yang Yang
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Endurance exercise causes a multi-organ full-body molecular reaction Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Stay on that treadmill to benefit every organ in your body.
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Intel brings quantum-computing microchips a step closer Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Ruoyu Li
Silicon qubits fabricated on a 300-mm wafer.
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We need more-nuanced approaches to exploring sex and gender in research Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Stacey A. Ritz, Lorraine Greaves
Some scientists are reluctant to investigate questions about sex and gender, particularly given today’s sociopolitical tensions around gender identity. But they should lean in and embrace the complexity.
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Why it’s essential to study sex and gender, even as tensions rise Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Some scholars are reluctant to research sex and gender out of fear that their studies will be misused. In a series of specially commissioned articles, Nature encourages scientists to engage.
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Genomics reveal unknown mutation-promoting agents at global sites Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Irene Franco, Fran Supek
Cancer-sequence signatures point to unknown mutation-promoting agents.
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Male–female comparisons are powerful in biomedical research — don’t abandon them Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Arthur P. Arnold, Sabra L. Klein, Margaret M. McCarthy, Jeffrey S. Mogil
Binary sex studies have been denounced as too simplistic, but dropping them altogether would impede progress in a long-neglected area of biomedicine.
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Cells destroy donated mitochondria to build blood vessels Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Chantell S. Evans
Mitochondrial transfer enhances endothelial-cell grafts.
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Why is exercise good for you? Scientists are finding answers in our cells Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Decades of evidence shows that exercise leads to healthier, longer lives. Researchers are just starting to work out what it does to cells to reap this reward.
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Resilience lessons from ancient societies are still relevant today Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 John Haldon
Long-term global analysis reveals what makes human populations resilient.
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Dad’s gut microbes matter for pregnancy health and baby’s growth Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Liisa Veerus, Martin J. Blaser, Yoel Sadovsky, Eldin Jašarević
Parental gut microbes boost offspring health and development of placenta.
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Why it was right to reject the Anthropocene as a geological epoch Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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How to stop students cramming for exams? Send them to sea Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Corrosion is a global menace to crucial infrastructure — act to stop the rot now Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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Zoos should focus on animal welfare before claiming to champion conservation Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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Climate-targets group should rescind its endorsement of carbon offsets Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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First fetus-to-fetus transplant demonstrated in rats Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
The tissue developed into functioning kidneys and produced urine.
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What China’s mission to collect rocks from the far side could reveal about the Moon Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
The Chang’e-6 mission aims to land in the Moon’s oldest and largest crater, collect rocks, and bring them back to Earth.
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Why doing science is difficult in India today Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
With an election under way, the future of Indian science is on the ballot. Encouraging research and critical thinking should be a priority for the new government.
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Do cutting-edge CAR-T-cell therapies cause cancer? What the data say Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Regulators have identified around 30 cases of cancer linked to this blockbuster treatment. But is CAR T to blame? The hunt is on for answers.
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Epic blazes threaten Arctic permafrost. Can fire-fighters save it? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Some scientists argue that it’s time to rethink the blanket policy of letting blazes burn themselves out in northern wildernesses.
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How reliable is this research? Tool flags papers discussed on PubPeer Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Browser plug-in alerts users when studies — or their references — have been posted on a site known for raising integrity concerns.
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‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ creates new gene-editing tools Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Some of the AI-designed gene editors could be more versatile than those found in nature.
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I strive to make the Great Barrier Reef more resilient to heat stress Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Matthew Nitschke grows coral symbionts in a slowly warming tank to prepare reef life for climate change.
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Superconductivity hunt gets boost from China's $220 million physics 'playground' Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
From extreme cold to strong magnets and high pressures, the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF) provides conditions for researching these potential wonder materials.
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Elephant-nose fish ‘see’ farther by electric sensing when in groups Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
The elephant-nose fish detects electric pulses from its neighbours to extend the distance over which it senses objects.
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85 million cells — and counting — at your fingertips Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Chan Zuckerberg CELL by GENE Discover aims to be a one-stop shop for single-cell RNA sequencing data storage, access and analysis.
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Daily briefing: Gaze upon the most detailed Moon maps ever made Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
The new Geologic Atlas took more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile. Plus, how gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’ and H5N1 bird flu virus material has been detected in US milk.
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Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-27
Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source.
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Want to make a difference? Try working at an environmental non-profit organization Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
Moving to non-profit work requires researchers to shift their mindset to focus on applied science for policymaking and conservation practice.
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Corporate emissions targets and the neglect of future innovators Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yann Robiou du Pont, Joeri Rogelj, Angel Hsu, Detlef van Vuuren, Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Widely recognized as key partners for achieving international climate goals (1, 2), businesses like to indicate that their targets and activities are “Paris-aligned.” In response, research and initiatives have emerged to guide and assess whether companies’ targets represent an adequate mitigation effort to achieve the Paris Agreement. Here, we highlight conceptual limitations of effort-sharing approaches
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A sound beginning of life starts before birth Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Hans Slabbekoorn
The acoustic environment of animals and humans has never been quiet, encompassing all sounds, from natural to those made by humans. The effect of sound on physiology and development starts before birth, which is why a world that grows increasingly more noisy, with loud outdoor entertainment, construction, and traffic, is a concern. On page 475 of this issue, Meillère et al. (1) report that exposure
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Microbes and vitamin D aid immunotherapy Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Fabien Franco, Kathy D. McCoy
Tremendous progress has been made in improving cancer immunotherapy, which is now established as a pillar for cancer treatment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) enhance antitumoral T cell responses by blocking interactions of the inhibitory receptors cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) or programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) that are expressed on T cells with their ligands. ICIs
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Ciliopathy patient variants reveal organelle-specific functions for TUBB4B in axonemal microtubules Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Daniel O. Dodd, Sabrina Mechaussier, Patricia L. Yeyati, Fraser McPhie, Jacob R. Anderson, Chen Jing Khoo, Amelia Shoemark, Deepesh K. Gupta, Thomas Attard, Maimoona A. Zariwala, Marie Legendre, Diana Bracht, Julia Wallmeier, Miao Gui, Mahmoud R. Fassad, David A. Parry, Peter A. Tennant, Alison Meynert, Gabrielle Wheway, Lucas Fares-Taie, Holly A. Black, Rana Mitri-Frangieh, Catherine Faucon, Josseline
Tubulin, one of the most abundant cytoskeletal building blocks, has numerous isotypes in metazoans encoded by different conserved genes. Whether these distinct isotypes form cell type– and context-specific microtubule structures is poorly understood. Based on a cohort of 12 patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia as well as mouse mutants, we identified and characterized variants in the TUBB4B isotype
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Audio long read: Why loneliness is bad for your health Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature Feature.
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Could a rare mutation that causes dwarfism also slow ageing? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
People with Laron syndrome have a low risk of heart disease and a number of other age-related disorders, hinting at strategies for new treatments.
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Future of Humanity Institute shuts: what’s next for ‘deep future’ research? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity.
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Garden-variety fungus is an expert at environmental clean-ups Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
The common fungus Aspergillus niger removes both heavy metals and organic pollutants from its surroundings.
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Air-travel climate-change emissions detailed for nearly 200 nations Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Carbon emissions from flights that departed from low- and middle-income countries in 2019 totalled 417 million tonnes.
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Rat neurons repair mouse brains — and restore sense of smell Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Scientists develop hybrid mice by filling in missing cells and structures in their brains with rat stem cells.
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Hello puffins, goodbye belugas: changing Arctic fjord hints at our climate future Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Stunning images show an ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace.
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Scientists urged to collect royalties from the ‘magic money tree’ Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced.
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Daily briefing: How an unlikely friendship with Jung influenced Pauli’s physics Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
A patient-analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer and other diseases, and medieval graves reveal secrets of a mysterious nomadic people.
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NIH pay raise for postdocs and PhD students could have US ripple effect Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Salary increases for the 17,000-plus recipients of an NIH research award could lead to increases in other academic settings.
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Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Pasteurized milk is probably not a threat to people, but fresh milk droplets on milking equipment could be spreading the virus in a herd.