Full cosmological hydrodynamical simulations employing modified gravity find that disk galaxies can form and their stellar properties are only mildly affected. Modified gravity leaves signatures on large-scale structure observable with the Square Kilometre Array. | Continue reading
But the international scientific community continues to protest against the takeover, saying it will harm science. | Continue reading
The thermal comfort standards developed in the 1960s were based on the average male. Altering these standards to account for female metabolic rates could save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from buildings. | Continue reading
The first interstellar object to be detected in the Solar System is asteroidal in nature and has a shape unlike any Solar System body, with a length about ten times its width. | Continue reading
A population bottleneck 5000-7000 years ago in human males, but not females, has been inferred across several African, European and Asian populations. Here, Zeng and colleagues synthesize theory and data to suggest that competition among patrilineal kin groups produced the bottle … | Continue reading
Wild plants anchor ecosystems and local economies. The iconic resin frankincense comes from Boswellia trees. This study documents the population collapse of B. papyrifera, the main frankincense source, throughout its range, suggesting conservation and restoration is vital. | Continue reading
The authors find that deletion from Schwann cells of an E3 ubiquitin ligase component called Fbxw7 leads to a phenotype reminiscent of myelination in the central nervous system where a single oligodendrocyte ensheaths multiple axons. | Continue reading
The directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) has shown great promise in fabricating customized two-dimensional (2D) geometries at the nano- and mesoscale. Here, the authors report the discovery of spontaneous symmetry breaking and superlattice formation in DSA of B … | Continue reading
Here, the authors show that sequential treatment with long-acting slow-effective release ART and AAV9- based delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 results in undetectable levels of virus and integrated DNA in a subset of humanized HIV-1 infected mice. This proof-of-concept study suggests that … | Continue reading
Frequency modulation is used to create ‘Floquet polaritons’—strongly interacting quasi-particles that exist in a customizable set of modes. | Continue reading
Natural language processing algorithms applied to three million materials science abstracts uncover relationships between words, material compositions and properties, and predict potential new thermoelectric materials. | Continue reading
Local release of an anti-CD47 nanobody from an engineered non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strain is safe and enhances activation of tumor-infiltrating T cells, slowing tumor growth in mice. | Continue reading
The authors demonstrate that individual atoms on a surface can be detected and distinguished from each other with subångström resolution using the electron spin resonance. | Continue reading
Frequently asked questions about basilisks. | Continue reading
While the physics of freezing water droplets are known, it is less known how bubbles freeze. The authors investigate the physics of freezing soap bubbles and identify two distinct freezing modes, depending on whether the surroundings are warmer or colder than the melting temperat … | Continue reading
Thousands of employees took part in social study after high-profile bullying scandals emerged last year. | Continue reading
Sand and gravel are being extracted faster than they can be replaced. Monitor and manage this resource globally, urge Mette Bendixen and colleagues. | Continue reading
Researchers describe how a government crackdown on foreign influence is affecting them following a statement of support from their university. | Continue reading
Some star psychologists don’t disclose in research papers the large sums they earn for talking about their work. Is that a concern? | Continue reading
Companies say they are close to commercializing cheap perovskite films that could disrupt solar power — but are they too optimistic? | Continue reading
Scalable ultrasmall U-shaped nanowire FET probe arrays enable recording of full amplitude intracellular action potentials from primary neurons and other electrogenic cells. | Continue reading
Releasing lab-built open-source software often involves a mountain of unforeseen work for the developers. | Continue reading
Sustained flight of an insect-sized flapping-wing aerial vehicle weighing just 259 milligrams that does not need to fly tethered to an off-board power supply is demonstrated. | Continue reading
Study shows that about half of the animals' intellect is heritable. | Continue reading
Secure transfer of quantum information is of importance for the development of quantum technology such as quantum communication and storage. Here, the authors use carbon nuclear spins coupled to a nitrogen vacancy center to achieve reliable quantum state transfer of photon polari … | Continue reading
In a technical tour de force, Japanese researchers created eggs and sperm in the laboratory. | Continue reading
Atomic electron tomography captures crystal nucleation in four dimensions in FePt nanoparticles, with the observed early-stage nucleation not consistent with classical nucleation theory. | Continue reading
The left hemisphere of the brain is especially involved in processing social vocalizations and (in humans) language, but the mechanisms of this lateralization of function are unclear. Here, the authors compared left and right auditory cortex in mice and show lateralized, experien … | Continue reading
Tim Radford reassesses the independent scientist’s groundbreaking body of writing. | Continue reading
Ecologists are monitoring biodiversity using DNA shed by wildlife into the environment. | Continue reading
Researchers must find the particles that are most dangerous to health in each place so policies can reduce levels of those pollutants first, urge Xiangdong Li and colleagues. | Continue reading
At issue is whether growth factors are exempt from export restrictions; a judge will soon decide whether to continue to trial. | Continue reading
A 3,000-year record of capuchin monkey stone tool use shows long-term variability in technology outside of the human lineage. | Continue reading
Climate change is causing temperature records to be broken around the world with increased frequency. Under a business-as-usual scenario new records will be set every year for 58% of the world, whilst under heavy mitigation (RCP2.6) this would occur for 14% of the world. | Continue reading
A closer look at the gut microbiome of elite marathon runners unveils a microbe-encoded enzymatic process that contributes to enhanced athletic performance. | Continue reading
Actinides in the early Solar System could have originated in the merger of two neutron stars about 300 parsecs away. | Continue reading
A bulk photovoltaic effect is observed in devices based on tungsten disulfide, and is enhanced if the devices take the form of polar nanotubes, showing the importance of reducing crystal symmetry to a polar structure in achieving higher efficiencies. | Continue reading
The Longobards invaded and conquered much of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Here, the authors sequence and analyze ancient genomic DNA from 63 samples from two cemeteries associated with the Longobards and identify kinship networks and two distinct genetic and … | Continue reading