Biden pursues giant boost for science spending
Thu 8:00pm By Jeff TollefsonNature, Published online: 09 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00897-0US president’s first budget proposal emphasizes applied research and public health, and aims to tackle climate change and racial injustice.How could a COVID vaccine cause blood clots? Scientists race to investigate
Thu 8:00pm By Heidi LedfordNature, Published online: 09 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00940-0Researchers are searching for possible links between unusual clotting and the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.Coronapod: One whistle-blower’s quest to take politics out of coronavirus surveillance
Thu 8:00pm By Noah BakerNature, Published online: 09 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00964-6We discuss how to keep tabs on a pandemic despite political meddlingWant fresh results? Analysis of thousands of papers suggests trying new teammates
Thu 8:00pmNature, Published online: 09 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00902-6A deep dive into the physical-science literature links the most original research with the most recently formed teams of co-authors.A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing
Wed 8:00pm By Holly ElseNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00883-6The push to remove journal paywalls officially started this year. Here’s how it works.Brain-cell bouquet and snaps from Mars — March’s best science images
Wed 8:00pm By Emma StoyeNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00712-wThe month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature’s photo team.Daily briefing: Thrilling muon result shakes up physics
Wed 8:00pm By Flora GrahamNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00949-5Muon measurement might reveal the existence of new fundamental particles. Plus, the oldest Homo sapiens DNA and what’s holding back US virus tracking.Author Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics
Wed 8:00pm By Shaohong FengNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03473-8Author Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomicsWhat manta rays remember: the best spots to get spruced up
Wed 8:00pmNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00903-5Giant fish preserve a mental map of where cleaning fish provide the highest-quality pest removal.COVID research updates: New coronavirus variants muscle aside potent antibodies
Wed 8:00pmNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00502-wNature wades through the literature on the coronavirus — and summarizes key papers as they appear.A hurricane wrecks ‘Monkey Island’ — and leads to new monkey friendships
Wed 8:00pmNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00905-3Amid the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, rhesus macaques sought support from each other to endure hard times.Author Correction: Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate
Wed 8:00pm By Enric SalaNature, Published online: 08 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03496-1Author Correction: Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climateDrugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 Spike-induced syncytia
Tue 8:00pm By Luca BragaNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03491-6Drugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 Spike-induced syncytiaA critical period that shapes neuronal motor circuits
Tue 8:00pm By Laura SanchoNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00680-1A mechanism has been found in fruit flies that enables cells called astrocytes to signal to neurons, closing a developmental window during which locomotor behaviour is shaped.AI uses patient data to optimize selection of eligibility criteria for clinical trials
Tue 8:00pm By Chunhua WengNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00845-yAn artificial-intelligence tool called Trial Pathfinder can run clinical-trial emulations using health-care data from people with cancer, and can learn how to optimize trial-inclusion…Leading hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic moment from lattice QCD
Tue 8:00pm By Sz. BorsanyiNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03418-1A precise theoretical computation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon based on ab initio quantum chromodynamics and quantum electrodynamics calculations is presented, which favours…Genome-wide enhancer maps link risk variants to disease genes
Tue 8:00pm By Joseph NasserNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03446-xMapping enhancer regulation across human cell types and tissues illuminates genome function and provides a resource to connect risk variants for common diseases to their molecular and…Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry
Tue 8:00pm By Mateja HajdinjakNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03335-3Genome-wide data for the three oldest known modern human remains in Europe, dated to around 45,000 years ago, shed light on early human migrations in Europe and suggest that mixing with…Diversity-oriented synthesis of polymer membranes with ion solvation cages
Tue 8:00pm By Miranda J. BaranNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03377-7A diversity-oriented synthesis approach that yields a library of architecturally broad microporous polymers is used to develop structurally diverse polymer membranes with ion specificity…Demonstration of the trapped-ion quantum CCD computer architecture
Tue 8:00pm By J. M. PinoNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03318-4The quantum charge-coupled device architecture is demonstrated, with its various elements integrated into a programmable trapped-ion quantum computer and performing simple quantum…Quantum computer based on shuttling trapped ions
Tue 8:00pm By Winfried K. HensingerNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00844-zA microchip-based quantum computer has been built incorporating an architecture in which calculations are carried out by shuttling atomic ions. The device exhibits excellent performance and…Publisher Correction: Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid drops
Tue 8:00pm By Robert D. DeeganNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03444-zPublisher Correction: Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid dropsMade out of muscle and oil
Tue 8:00pm By Douglas DiCiccoNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00918-yContractual obligations.Less is more: Why our brains struggle to subtract
Tue 8:00pm By Shamini BundellNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00930-2Experiments show that people default to adding as a solution in various situationsEarthquakes indicated magma viscosity during Kīlauea’s 2018 eruption
Tue 8:00pm By D. C. RomanNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03400-xRotated fault-plane solutions in earthquake swarms at volcanoes could provide an early indication of relatively viscous magma, and hence of the style and hazard potential of an impending…People systematically overlook subtractive changes
Tue 8:00pm By Gabrielle S. AdamsNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03380-yObservational and experimental studies of people seeking to improve objects, ideas or situations demonstrate that people default to searching for solutions that add new components rather…The NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing program
Tue 8:00pm By Krishanu SahaNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03191-1This Perspective discusses how the Somatic Cell Genome Editing Consortium aims to accelerate the implementation of safe and effective genome-editing therapies in the clinic.Isospin Pomeranchuk effect in twisted bilayer graphene
Tue 8:00pm By Yu SaitoNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03409-2An electronic analogue of the Pomeranchuk effect is present in twisted bilayer graphene, shown by the stability of entropy in a ferromagnetic phase compared to an unpolarized Fermi liquid…Astrocytes close a motor circuit critical period
Tue 8:00pm By Sarah D. AckermanNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03441-2The duration of a critical period of plasticity in the developing Drosophila motor circuit, during which motor neurons display activity-dependent refinement of neurite structure and…The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8
Tue 8:00pm By Glennis A. LogsdonNature, Published online: 07 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03420-7The complete assembly of human chromosome 8 resolves previous gaps and reveals hidden complex forms of genetic variation, enabling functional and evolutionary characterization of primate…
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