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Ancient marine reptile was a silent swimmer
Skin ornamentations and a serrated trailing edge contributed to the underwater acoustic benefits of the flipper.
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.
Highly efficient deep-blue LED devices made using hybrid…
A hydrogen-bonding treatment of the light-emitting-layer strongly enhances LED device’s efficiency.
Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it
Far from being relics of the past, atomic bombs must be managed as the embodiments of human-made catastrophe that they are.
High levels of circular DNA made as immune cells develop increases…
DNA segments that are naturally excised during immune-cell development can replicate, drive damage at various genomic sites and…
Stone tools suggest that hominins arrived on Indonesian island much…
Although the makers are still unknown, the tools are older than those found on the neighbouring island of Flores.
Sexual harassment is rife at US Antarctic research bases, fresh…
More than two-thirds of people polled had witnessed sexual harassment or assault on the ice.
Merging of magnetic plasma ‘flux ropes’ is driven by turbulence
Experiments reveal that high-energy plasma events in the Solar System and beyond might be driven by magnetic fluctuations and…
The protein craze: scientists talk supplements — and who should take…
Most people can get enough protein from food, but certain groups can benefit from protein powders and related products.
Kinetic turbulence drives MHD equilibrium change via 3D reconnection
Cross-scale coupling from magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) to non-MHD scales is important in interpreting observations of explosive…
Parent-of-origin effects on complex traits in up to 236,781…
Parent-of-origin effects (POEs) occur when the effect of a genetic variant depends on its parental origin1. Traditionally linked…
One-third of Sun-like stars are born with misaligned planet-forming…
Exoplanets are organized in a broad array of orbital configurations1,2 that reflect their formation along with billions of years…
The science fiction science method
Predicting the social and behavioural impact of future technologies before they are achieved would enable us to guide their…
EBV induces CNS homing of B cells attracting inflammatory T cells
Epidemiological data have identified Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection as the main environmental risk factor for multiple…
A global humidity index with lateral hydrologic flows
The aridity index is widely used to indicate water availability on land. Balancing climatic water supply (precipitation, P)…
Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
The earliest molecular changes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are poorly understood1–5. Here we show that endogenous lithium (Li) is…
Optical control of resonances in temporally symmetry-broken…
Tunability in active metasurfaces has mainly relied on shifting the resonance wavelength1,2 or increasing material losses3,4 to…
Stronger El Niños reduce tropical forest arthropod diversity and…
There is ongoing debate about the vulnerability of arthropods to climate change1,2. Long-term impacts of climate change on…
Data-driven de novo design of super-adhesive hydrogels
Data-driven methodologies have transformed the discovery and prediction of hard materials with well-defined atomic structures by…
A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees
Despite significant advances in microbiome research across various environments1, the microbiome of Earth’s largest biomass…
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