How a ‘boring administrative task’ transformed my PhD career
Sun 8:00pm By Aleksandra LazićNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00944-0Good ideas — and impactful tools — don’t just come from rich, Western nations, says Aleksandra Lazić, a social scientist in Serbia.Understanding bones from the remote wilderness of Wyoming
Sun 8:00pm By Alexia AustinNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01148-2Digging in overlooked regions has opened up a world of discovery for palaeontologist David Lovelace.Dear US researchers: break the outrage addiction. I survived the besieging of science. So can you
Sun 8:00pm By João VieiraNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00943-1As I watch US researchers respond to threats against science, I’m reminded of when scientists in Brazil navigated a similar storm.‘I’m touching space’: the fascinating insights meteorites can bring us
Sun 8:00pm By Sara RussellNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01144-6Two books discuss how these space rocks are entwined with science, commerce, policy and life.How the United States became a science superpower — and how quickly it could crumble
Sun 8:00pm By Steve BlankNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01146-4US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth.AI-boosted cameras help blind people to navigate
Sun 8:00pm By Miryam NaddafNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01214-9A prototype wearable system uses machine-learning to guide users around obstacles.Five years on: how Brexit changed three scientists’ careers
Sun 8:00pm By Anna NapolitanoNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00858-xHow did the United Kingdom’s formal departure from the European Union in January 2020 affect scientists who had moved there from mainland Europe?Radical approach to shrink particle colliders gains momentum
Sun 8:00pm By Elizabeth GibneyNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01181-1Plans are taking off to use an unconventional technique to accelerate particles in a future collider.The dangerous fantasies driving the quest for super-intelligent AI
Sun 8:00pm By Jaron LanierNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01145-5More Everything Forever dissects the techno-utopian vision gripping Silicon Valley and Washington DC.Prdm16-dependent antigen-presenting cells induce tolerance to gut antigens
Sun 8:00pm By Liuhui FuNature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08982-4Prdm16-dependent antigen-presenting cells induce tolerance to gut antigensDaily briefing: Mysterious Taiwan fossil is Denisovan
Thu 8:00pm By Flora GrahamNature, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01213-wA fossilized jawbone discovered more than 20 years ago belonged to a Denisovan. Plus, the states hit hardest by NIH cuts in charts and an acoustics lab inside an abandoned nuclear plant.Mystery of medieval manuscripts revealed by ancient DNA
Thu 8:00pmNature, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01108-wBiomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.Author Correction: Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated melts
Thu 8:00pm By Chunfei ChenNature, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08911-5Author Correction: Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated meltsNIH cuts triggered a host of lawsuits: Nature’s guide to what’s next
Thu 8:00pm By Nicola JonesNature, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01192-yA host of legal claims aim to roll back the Trump administration’s grant terminations, indirect-cost cap and more.Liquids in a glass recover a graceful shape even after being shaken
Thu 8:00pmNature, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01109-9Oil and water contained in a cylinder with magnetic nickel particles form the shape of a Grecian urn.Can peer-reviewed podcasts fast-track science?
Wed 8:00pm By Felicity NelsonNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00832-7Researchers are experimenting with audio formats, and debating how to handle reviewer feedback.Daily briefing: Dogs have a serious environmental impact — but owners can mitigate it
Wed 8:00pm By Jacob SmithNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01196-8How we can reduce our dogs’ surprisingly large environmental footprint. Plus, the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date and the complete sequenced genomes of not one,…How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Wed 8:00pm By Max KozlovNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01099-8Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.Brain cells given an ‘invisibility cloak’ fix Parkinson’s symptoms in rats
Wed 8:00pm By Dyani LewisNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01080-5Neurons engineered to evade the immune system could work as cell-replacement therapy.‘Mind blowing’: quantum computer untangles the mathematics of knots
Wed 8:00pm By Davide CastelvecchiNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01094-zAlgorithms for studying knots and other topological objects could have a quantum advantage.Data centres will use twice as much energy by 2030 — driven by AI
Wed 8:00pm By Sophia ChenNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01113-zThese facilities accounted for roughly 1.5% of global electricity consumption in 2024.Top quarks spotted at mega-detector could reveal clues to early Universe
Wed 8:00pmNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01075-2Heaviest known elementary particles and their antimatter counterparts are detected after nuclear smash-ups at the Large Hadron Collider.Allergic reactions flare in the gut after cuts to the skin, mouse research shows
Wed 8:00pmNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01077-0Damage done to the skin can increase the risk of an allergic reaction in other organs.Physicists narrow down neutrino’s mysterious mass
Wed 8:00pm By Davide CastelvecchiNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01157-1Blimp-shaped experiment shows the particle is at least one million times lighter than an electron.Mysterious human fossil found in Taiwan was a Denisovan
Wed 8:00pm By Dyani LewisNature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01090-3Analysis of ancient proteins identifies jawbone as belonging to archaic human group.Seismic imaging of a basaltic Lesser Antilles slab from ancient tectonics
Tue 8:00pm By Xusong YangNature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08754-0Imaging of the mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles shows a basalt-rich region within the subducting slab near the proposed location of a subducted extinct spreading ridge,…Perisomatic ultrastructure efficiently classifies cells in mouse cortex
Tue 8:00pm By Leila ElabbadyNature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07765-7An analysis demonstrates that quantitative measurements of perisomatic ultrastructure features of neurons can be used to categorize them into cell types.Comprehensive interrogation of synthetic lethality in the DNA damage response
Tue 8:00pm By John FieldenNature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08815-4Combinatorial CRISPRi screening was used to map genetic interactions in DNA damage response pathways, revealing known and new connections, including the roles of WDR48 and USP1 in…DNA-guided transcription factor interactions extend human gene regulatory code
Tue 8:00pm By Zhiyuan XieNature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08844-zA large-scale analysis of DNA-bound transcription factors (TFs) shows how the presence of DNA markedly affects the landscape of TF interactions, and identifies composite motifs that are…Translational genomics of osteoarthritis in 1,962,069 individuals
Tue 8:00pm By Konstantinos HatzikotoulasNature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08771-zA genome-wide association study meta-analysis combined with multiomics data of osteoarthritis identifies 700 effector genes as well as biological processes with a convergent involvement of…
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