Ferocity of Atlantic hurricanes surges as the ocean warms
Tue 7:00pm By Alix SolimanNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03783-7Climate change has driven hurricane wind speeds up by an average of nearly 30 kilometres per hour, an analysis of Atlantic storms shows.Computational technologies of the Human Cell Atlas
Tue 7:00pm By Amber DanceNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03762-yAs the international effort reaches a ‘critical mass’ of achievements, Nature highlights seven tools that are poised to enable the next set of discoveries.When is a soil too dry for plants to take up water?
Tue 7:00pmNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03764-wAs soil dries, plants limit water loss by closing tiny apertures called stomata in their leaves. A global analysis reveals that the soil water-content values at which this stomatal…How students and grandparents could solve the global mental-health crisis
Tue 7:00pm By Simar BajajNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03757-9African researchers piloted a slew of innovative, low-cost programmes for addressing the troubling shortage of mental-health professionals on the continent. Now the rest of the world is…Revised historical record sharpens perspective on global warming
Tue 7:00pm By Timothy J. OsbornNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03551-7An analysis has revealed that global temperatures were warmer in the early twentieth century than was inferred from existing data sets. Revising these estimates could improve our…A guide to the Nature Index
Tue 7:00pmNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03530-yA description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.Coupling of unactivated alkyl electrophiles using frustrated ion pairs
Tue 7:00pm By Sven RoedigerNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08195-1A transition-metal-free platform enables the formation of challenging C(sp3)–C(sp3) bonds in organic compounds via single-electron transfer, facilitating the coupling of functionalized…Leading Nature Index science cities in physical sciences: regional centres drive China’s progress
Tue 7:00pm By Alexia AustinNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03525-9Impressive year-on-year growth has seen smaller hubs climb the list — but eyes remain on Beijing.Half of the top 20 science cities are now in China — and regional city growth is the key
Tue 7:00pm By Simon BakerNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03521-zThe country’s research progress means its cities might lead in all Nature Index subjects within a decade.This malaria vaccine is delivered by a mosquito bite
Tue 7:00pm By Helena KudiaborNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03817-0Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.Farmers’ fires leave long-lasting smudge on African weather
Tue 7:00pmNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03797-1A pall of smoke from burning cropland each year decreases rainfall in the annual monsoon.Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary
Tue 7:00pm By M. O. CuthbertNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08082-9Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundaryThe Human Cell Atlas from a cell census to a unified foundation model
Tue 7:00pm By Jennifer E. RoodNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08338-4The Human Cell Atlas from a cell census to a unified foundation modelCatalysts degrade forever chemicals with visible light
Tue 7:00pm By Jinyong LiuNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03550-8Compounds that contain carbon–fluorine bonds have various uses, but many are chemically inert, persisting in the environment as ‘forever chemicals’. Light-activated catalysts have…Photocatalytic low-temperature defluorination of PFASs
Tue 7:00pm By Hao ZhangNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08179-1Photocatalysis at 40–60 °C is shown to be able to defluorinate perfluoroalkyl substances, known as ‘forever chemicals’, allowing the recycling of fluorine in polyfluoroalkyl and…Leading Nature Index science cities in Earth and environmental science: Research output gathers pace…
Tue 7:00pm By Alexia AustinNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03527-7The country’s rising players outperform US cities in year-on-year growth.Reply to: Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary
Tue 7:00pm By S. E. BunnNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08083-8Reply to: Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundaryPhotocatalytic C–F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Tue 7:00pm By Xin LiuNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08327-7Photocatalytic C–F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substancesGenetic defects of brain immunity in childhood herpes simplex encephalitis
Tue 7:00pm By Shen-Ying ZhangNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08119-zThis article reviews evidence that has emerged over the past two decades indicating that herpes simplex encephalitis in children can result from monogenic defects of brain immunity to…A ‘Wikipedia for cells’: researchers get an updated look at the Human Cell Atlas, and it’s…
Tue 7:00pmNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03754-yComing less than a decade after its launch, the studies emerging from the global project are a major achievement. Funders should sign up for the long haul.Broadly inhibitory antibodies to severe malaria virulence proteins
Tue 7:00pm By Raphael A. ReyesNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08220-3Two broadly reactive and inhibitory human monoclonal antibodies against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have been characterized, providing insights into immunity, prevention…Common genetic variants contribute more to rare diseases than previously thought
Tue 7:00pm By Gerome BreenNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03554-4In rare diseases, rare mutations have long been thought of as the only contributor. Genetic analyses of people with such conditions now suggest that the effects of common genetic…A spatial human thymus cell atlas mapped to a continuous tissue axis
Tue 7:00pm By Nadav YayonNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07944-6A quantitative morphological framework for the human thymus reveals the establishment of the lobular cytokine network, canonical thymocyte trajectories and thymic epithelial cell…Your friends shape your microbiome — and so do their friends
Tue 7:00pm By Saima SidikNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03804-5Analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in Honduras reveals who’s spreading gut microorganisms to whom.Efficient green InP-based QD-LED by controlling electron injection and leakage
Tue 7:00pm By Yangyang BianNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08197-zReplacing ZnSeS with a thickened ZnSe layer in green InP-based QD-LEDs improves the efficiency and lifetime, boosting electron injection and reducing leakage, enabling 26.68% external…How a fly’s behavioural state affects its view of the world
Tue 7:00pmNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03750-2How animals adjust their visual attention as goals or environmental conditions change is unknown. In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, wiring diagrams of the brain, behavioural…Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis
Tue 7:00pm By Joseph SwiftNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08204-3Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and chromatin-accessibility analyses in rice (a C3 plant) and sorghum (a C4 plant) provide insight into how C4 photosynthesis evolved in bundle-sheath…Boston’s dense health-sciences networks help the city to maintain its lead
Tue 7:00pm By Rachel NuwerNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03529-5But Chinese cities are quickly rising, thanks to significant government investment and targeted legislation.Fibular reduction and the evolution of theropod locomotion
Tue 7:00pm By Armita R. ManafzadehNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08251-wUsing three-dimensional kinematic analyses, fibular reduction is shown to have a functional evolutionary adaptative role in birds to enable knee long-axis rotation.Squid-inspired jet devices deliver drugs without a need for needles
Tue 7:00pmNature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03767-7Microjet delivery systems that are inspired by cephalopods’ propulsion methods enable the needle-free administration of large biomolecules through the lining of the gastrointestinal…
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