Top journals retract DNA-repair studies after misconduct probe

Investigation found that Science and Nature papers contained data falsified by one author. | Continue reading


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The Sorrows of Psychiatry

Alison Abbott probes a history on the fraught nexus of mental illness and biology. | Continue reading


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Correlations Detected in a Quantum Vacuum

Searching for interferences between separated parts of a vacuum. | Continue reading


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Rethink Government with AI

Policymakers should harness data to deliver public services that are responsive, efficient and fair, urge Helen Margetts and Cosmina Dorobantu. | Continue reading


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Prioritization of cancer therapeutic targets using CRISPR–Cas9 screens

In a screen of 324 human cancer cell lines and utilising a systematic target prioritization framework, the Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase is shown to be a synthetic lethal target in tumours from multiple cancer types with microsatellite instability, providing a new t … | Continue reading


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Perovskite nickelates as bio-electronic interfaces

Functional materials that act as bio-sensing media when interfaced with complex bio-matter are attractive for health sciences and bio-engineering. Here, the authors report room temperature enzyme-mediated spontaneous hydrogen transfer between a perovskite quantum material and glu … | Continue reading


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WHO decides against declaring Ebola emergency as outbreak worsens

Officials say inadequate funding and mistrust are hampering efforts to combat the outbreak. | Continue reading


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The case for rejecting the memristor as a fundamental circuit element

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Stem cell competition orchestrates skin homeostasis and ageing

COL17A1-driven stem cell competition and symmetric cell divisions initially govern skin homeostasis, but the same mechanisms result in skin ageing later in life. | Continue reading


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Unknown human relative discovered in Philippine cave

Bone fragments reveal that a short-statured species — which researchers have named Homo luzonensis — lived more than 50,000 years ago. | Continue reading


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Air-quality-related health damages of maize

Agriculture sustains a large and growing human population, but generates widespread impacts. This study assesses the health effects of air pollution caused by maize production. Reduced air quality leads to 4,300 premature deaths annually in the United States, akin to US$39 billio … | Continue reading


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We can’t get over the death of the dinosaurs

A new-found snapshot of extinction highlights a mystery that scientists are still working to solve. | Continue reading


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A realist takes on quantum mechanics

Graham Farmelo parses Lee Smolin’s takedown of the most successful physics theory ever. | Continue reading


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Scalable fabrication of sub-10 nm polymer nanopores for DNA analysis

Researchers in the United States have developed a method to create nanopores smaller than 10 nanometers in a simple, controllable, cost-effective way. Sunggook Park’s team at Louisiana State University pressed an array of silicon microneedles into a polymer layer to produce pores … | Continue reading


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Harnessing ferroelectric domains for negative capacitance

Negative capacitance describes a phenomenon where the increase in the charge of the capacitor results in decreasing its voltage. The authors put forth a ferroelectric nanodot harboring two polarization domains which stabilize static reversible negative capacitance. | Continue reading


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Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits

The authors develop a noninvasive stimulation protocol to restore neural synchronization patterns and improve working memory in older humans, contributing to groundwork for future drug-free therapeutics targeting age-related cognitive decline. | Continue reading


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Deep brain stimulation of the internal capsule enhances human cognitive control

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising treatment for psychiatric disorders, but its mechanism in relieving symptoms is unclear. Here, the authors show that DBS of ventral internal capsule/ventral striatum (VCVS) may act by enhancing prefrontal cortex oscillations that in tur … | Continue reading


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Curating the Cosmos: A Lens on Nature

Amelia Hennighausen extols a tome on how ever-evolving photography has captured the glory of scientific phenomena. | Continue reading


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Geneticist Sydney Brenner, who made tiny worm a scientific legend, dies

Nobel-prizewinning biologist pioneered use of C. elegans as an animal model. | Continue reading


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Can we open the black box of AI?

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But before scientists trust it, they first need to understand how machines learn. | Continue reading


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Cosmologist claims Universe may not be expanding – nature

Particles' changing masses could explain why distant galaxies appear to be rushing away. | Continue reading


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Spontaneous droplets gyrating via asymmetric self-splitting on various surfaces

Controlling droplet impact and rebound behaviour can have applications in inkjet printing and self-cleaning. Here the authors show how a chemically-patterned surface with high-adhesive spirals surrounded by hydrophobic, low-adhesive regions leads to gyration behaviour of impactin … | Continue reading


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Soil helped preservation of Terracotta Army bronze weapons

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Deep Neural Networks in Psychiatry

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Personalized RNA mutanome vaccines mobilize specific therapeutic cancer immunity

The authors report the first-in-human application of personalized neo-antigen RNA vaccines in patients with melanoma. | Continue reading


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Domestic cats (Felis catus) discriminate their names from other words

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AI pioneer: ‘The dangers of abuse are real’

Yoshua Bengio, winner of the prestigious Turing award for his work on deep learning, is establishing international guidelines for the ethical use of AI. | Continue reading


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Cats know their names – whether they care is another matter

Behavioural experiments suggest that felines acknowledge their monikers by subtly moving their heads and ears. | Continue reading


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New technology enabling scientists to identify origins of illegal timber

Scientists are optimistic that innovative techniques can pinpoint the true origin of timber. | Continue reading


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Ten reasons to move to Germany as a researcher

Why Germany is becoming a career destination for many researchers. | Continue reading


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GPS glitch threatens thousands of scientific instruments

A quirk in how Global Positioning System signals are time-stamped risks messing up devices’ data from 6 April. | Continue reading


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The Nuclear Sins of the Soviet Union Live on in Kazakhstan

Decades after weapons testing stopped, researchers are still struggling to decipher the health impacts of radiation exposure around Semipalatinsk. | Continue reading


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Dynamic pigmentary and structural coloration in cephalopod chromatophore organs

Chromatophores in cephalopod skin are known for fast changes in coloration due to light-scattering pigment granules. Here, authors demonstrate structural coloration facilitated by reflectin in sheath cells and offer insights into the interplay between structural and pigmentary co … | Continue reading


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Brexit has already irreparably damaged research

The disastrous process of leaving the European Union is creating casualties of science and communities. | Continue reading


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Fresh Look at Apollo Moon Rocks Reveals Solar System Secrets

The discoveries could guide a new era of lunar exploration. | Continue reading


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Population-wide analysis of differences in disease patterns in men and women

Sex-stratified medicine is an important and understudied field. Here the authors investigate in a systematic study of the Danish population differences in incidence, risk, and several aspects of diagnoses between sexes and find differences across all areas of disease. | Continue reading


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Debate about birth of new neurons in adult brains extends to Alzheimer’s disease

The surprise finding that neurogenesis drops in diseased brains could throw open a new route to therapies. | Continue reading


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1GB Saved in DNA – End-to-End Automation of DNA Data Storage

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The Joy of Statistics

Evelyn Lamb enjoys a rich study on number-crunching and its ubiquitous fruit. | Continue reading


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The Growth of Tea

Genetic studies of today’s tea plants are providing clues to how the plant was first domesticated. | Continue reading


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Physicists create Star Wars-style 3D projections-just don’t call them holograms

Laser and particle system produces three-dimensional moving images that appear to float in thin air. | Continue reading


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Asteroid’s bumpiness threatens US plan to return a sample to Earth

NASA mission finds asteroid Bennu littered with big boulders and spraying out particles. | Continue reading


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Universities spooked by Trump order tying free speech to grants

White House policy will require universities to certify that they protect free speech to remain eligible for research funding. | Continue reading


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Universities spooked by Trump order tying free speech to grants

White House policy will require universities to certify that they protect free speech to remain eligible for research funding. | Continue reading


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Protein-slaying drugs could be the next blockbuster therapies

Researchers are hijacking the cell’s protein-disposal system in the fight against Alzheimer’s and intractable cancers. | Continue reading


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Protein-slaying drugs could be the next blockbuster therapies

Researchers are hijacking the cell’s protein-disposal system in the fight against Alzheimer’s and intractable cancers. | Continue reading


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Using science to sell apps: Evaluation of mental health app store quality claims

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Demonstration of End-to-End Automation of DNA Data Storage

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