How Nancy Hopkins and her tape measure revealed the extent of sexism in science
12:00am By Alexandra WitzeNature, Published online: 27 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00887-4When the MIT molecular biologist quantified how much more lab space men were given, she unleashed a US-wide reckoning about how women are held back in academia.How gliding mammals developed the flaps for ‘flight’
12:00amNature, Published online: 27 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00877-6Both marsupial and placental mammals draw on the same genes to form their aerofoil skin flaps.Guardian of Ecuador’s diverse — and vanishing — frog species
12:00am By Nikki ForresterNature, Published online: 27 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00889-2Conservation biologist Andrea Terán-Valdez aims to protect endangered frogs in Ecuador by breeding populations, cataloguing new species and fighting industrial development.The Cape Town Statement on fairness, equity and diversity in research
Fri 12:00am By Lyn HornNature, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00855-yThe benefits of scientific collaboration are too often skewed towards wealthier countries. Bioethicists and others present guidance on how stakeholders such as researchers can change this.How ice hockey helped me to explain how unborn babies’ brains are built
Fri 12:00amNature, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00884-7William Harris is fascinated by the complexities of neural development. He turned to a sport he loves to explain it to a general audience.Daily briefing: How to stop working on weekends
Fri 12:00am By Flora GrahamNature, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00897-2Knowing how long it takes to complete specific work tasks stops work creeping into every part of your life. Plus, an elusive shape that forms never-repeating patterns, and a recipe for a…Gene editing holds promise for babies with deadly immune disease
Fri 12:00amNature, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00870-zRepairs to DNA allow stem cells to develop into T cells.Daily briefing: Beethoven’s hair reveals his cause of death
Thu 12:00am By Flora GrahamNature, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00883-8Geneticists discover that the composer was particularly susceptible to liver disease. Plus, a United Nations conference tackles the long-neglected water crisis, and how to create…Hate working weekends? Try a time tracker
Thu 12:00am By Inger MewburnNature, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00866-9The thought of time sheets in academia might fill you with horror, but they could help you to prioritize tasks, says Inger Mewburn.A gem of a material could provide a shield for spacecraft
Thu 12:00amNature, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00834-3Material that includes carbon with the same structure as diamond could be used to protect satellites from space radiation.Quantum-enabled millimetre wave to optical transduction using neutral atoms
Wed 12:00am By Aishwarya KumarNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05740-2We report an ensemble of cold 85Rb atoms strongly coupled to a superconducting resonator and optical cavity, resulting in the demonstration of quantum-enabled transduction of millimetre…Thalamus drives vocal onsets in the zebra finch courtship song
Wed 12:00am By Felix W. MollNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05818-xIn songbird, thalamus drives a small population of premotor neurons to initiate transitions between song syllables.Cancer cells remodel nuclear actin filaments to resist chemotherapy
Wed 12:00am By Stephanie PanierNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00801-yCancers that arise from epithelial cells often contain tumour cells that have acquired the characteristics of another cell type — a mesenchymal cell. A mouse model of skin cancer offers…Earliest molecular events of vision revealed
Wed 12:00am By Marius SchmidtNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00504-4Light-sensitive proteins called rhodopsins in the vertebrate eye initiate the cellular processes of vision. Leading-edge crystallography experiments have revealed the molecular mechanism by…Birdsong sequences initiated by a small cluster of cells in the brain
Wed 12:00amNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00447-wThe zebra finch’s courtship song consists of a fixed sequence of vocal elements called syllables. A small structure in the thalamus, deep in the brain, forms connections with a set of…Self from self
Wed 12:00am By Brent BaldwinNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00802-xWhat gets left behind.Author Correction: Metabolic regulation of species-specific developmental rates
Wed 12:00am By Margarete Diaz-CuadrosNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05924-wAuthor Correction: Metabolic regulation of species-specific developmental ratesStructural and mechanistic insights into fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase FKS1
Wed 12:00am By Xinlin HuNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05856-5Using cryo-electron microscopy, the molecular architecture and catalytic mechanism of action of the fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase FKS1 are determined.Ultrafast structural changes direct the first molecular events of vision
Wed 12:00am By Thomas GruhlNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05863-6One picosecond after photoactivation, isomerized retinal pulls away from half of its numerous interactions with its binding pocket, and the excess of the photon energy is released through…Fruit flies are first known animals that can taste alkaline foods
Wed 12:00am By Smriti MallapatyNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00825-4The ability to detect high pH could allow the insects to avoid toxic substances.Laser-cooled atoms bring networks of quantum computers a step closer
Wed 12:00amNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00323-7Quantum information in superconducting processors is stored as low-energy microwave photons, but transmitting this information over long distances to build a quantum network requires…The driving test for driverless cars
Wed 12:00am By Shamini BundellNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00868-7A virtual world filled with bad AI drivers can be used to test autonomous vehicles.Hazards help autonomous cars to drive safely
Wed 12:00am By Colin PatersonNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00798-4Collecting training data by focusing on dangerous scenarios offers an efficient way for artificial intelligence to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles. Augmented reality allows the…Octopus and ResearchEquals aim to break the publishing mould
Wed 12:00am By Payal DharNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00861-0Modular platforms that allow authors to publish pieces of the research process hope to make academic publishing more accessible.The mechanism of the simplest biological 24-hour clock
Wed 12:00amNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00718-6Circadian clocks, the biochemical oscillators that are controlled by the day–night cycle, have a central role in many biological processes. The mechanism underlying the earliest form of…How to make driverless cars safer — expose them to lots of dangerous drivers
Wed 12:00am By Nick Petrić HoweNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00867-8A method to test and teach autonomous cars how to deal with dangerous situations, and a renewed interest in bats and how they deal with viruses.Beethoven’s cause of death revealed from locks of hair
Wed 12:00am By Dyani LewisNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00846-zGenetic sleuthing points to liver disease, viral hepatitis and alcohol consumption as causes of the composer’s demise.Author Correction: Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers
Wed 12:00am By Cosimo PosthNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05942-8Author Correction: Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherersA helium-burning white dwarf binary as a supersoft X-ray source
Wed 12:00am By J. GreinerNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05714-4Analysis of a supersoft X-ray source shows an accretion disk whose optical spectrum is completely dominated by helium, suggesting that it is a white dwarf binary accreting helium from a…Continent-wide declines in shallow reef life over a decade of ocean warming
Wed 12:00am By Graham J. EdgarNature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05833-yA systematic census at 1,636 sites around Australia from 2008 to 2021 finds that more than 30% of shallow invertebrate species in cool latitudes exhibit a high extinction risk due to…
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