Nonlinear receptive fields evoke redundant retinal coding of natural scenes

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08212-3 Species-specific gaze shifts with natural stimuli drive correlated spiking in retinal ganglion cells. | Continue reading


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Direct magnetic imaging of fractional Chern insulators in twisted MoTe2

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08153-x A nanoscale superconducting sensor used to map the magnetic fringe fields in twisted bilayers of MoTe2 shows the formation of fractional Chern insulator states at zero magnetic field. | Continue reading


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Cephalopod-inspired jetting devices for gastrointestinal drug delivery

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08202-5 Tethered or ingestible delivery systems that deliver liquid microjets in axial and radial directions can be used to deliver macromolecules to different parts of the gastrointestinal tract with good bioavai … | Continue reading


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Single-molecule states link transcription factor binding to gene expression

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08219-w A study uses single-molecule footprinting to measure protein occupancy at regulatory elements on individual molecules in human cells and describes how different properties of transcription factor binding c … | Continue reading


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Learning high-accuracy error decoding for quantum processors

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08148-8 A recurrent, transformer-based neural network, called AlphaQubit, learns high-accuracy error decoding to suppress the errors that occur in quantum systems, opening the prospect of using neural-network deco … | Continue reading


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Liver X receptor unlinks intestinal regeneration and tumorigenesis

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08247-6 Liver X receptor drives epithelial Areg-mediated intestinal regeneration, while preventing tumour growth through adaptive immune responses. | Continue reading


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Trion sensing of a zero-field composite Fermi liquid

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08134-0 Using the unique valley properties of a twisted MoTe2 bilayer, measurements of the degree of circular polarization of trion photoluminescence reveal optical signatures of a zero-field composite Fermi liqui … | Continue reading


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Spatially restricted immune and microbiota-driven adaptation of the gut

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08216-z Intestinal regionalization is characterized by robust and resilient structural cell states and the intestine can adapt to environmental stress in a spatially controlled manner through crosstalk between imm … | Continue reading


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Early-twentieth-century cold bias in ocean surface temperature observations

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08230-1 Independent statistical reconstructions of the global mean surface temperature from either ocean or land data show that existing estimates of early-twentieth-century ocean surface temperatures are too cold … | Continue reading


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Normal breast tissues harbour rare populations of aneuploid epithelial cells

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08129-x Using single-cell DNA sequencing we show that most healthy women harbour rare populations of aneuploid epithelial cells with copy number alteration events in their breast tissue that expand and accumulate … | Continue reading


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Fibular reduction and the evolution of theropod locomotion

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08251-w Using three-dimensional kinematic analyses, fibular reduction is shown to have a functional evolutionary adaptative role in birds to enable knee long-axis rotation. | Continue reading


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Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08204-3 Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and chromatin-accessibility analyses in rice (a C3 plant) and sorghum (a C4 plant) provide insight into how C4 photosynthesis evolved in bundle-sheath cells, revealing that th … | Continue reading


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Efficient green InP-based QD-LED by controlling electron injection and leakage

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08197-z Replacing ZnSeS with a thickened ZnSe layer in green InP-based QD-LEDs improves the efficiency and lifetime, boosting electron injection and reducing leakage, enabling 26.68% external quantum efficiency an … | Continue reading


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A spatial human thymus cell atlas mapped to a continuous tissue axis

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07944-6 A quantitative morphological framework for the human thymus reveals the establishment of the lobular cytokine network, canonical thymocyte trajectories and thymic epithelial cell distributions in fetal and … | Continue reading


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Broadly inhibitory antibodies to severe malaria virulence proteins

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08220-3 Two broadly reactive and inhibitory human monoclonal antibodies against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have been characterized, providing insights into immunity, prevention and treatment of sev … | Continue reading


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Genetic defects of brain immunity in childhood herpes simplex encephalitis

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08119-z This article reviews evidence that has emerged over the past two decades indicating that herpes simplex encephalitis in children can result from monogenic defects of brain immunity to herpes simplex virus … | Continue reading


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Reply to: Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08083-8 Reply to: Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary | Continue reading


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Photocatalytic low-temperature defluorination of PFASs

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08179-1 Photocatalysis at 40–60 °C is shown to be able to defluorinate perfluoroalkyl substances, known as ‘forever chemicals’, allowing the recycling of fluorine in polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances a … | Continue reading


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Coupling of unactivated alkyl electrophiles using frustrated ion pairs

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08195-1 A transition-metal-free platform enables the formation of challenging C(sp3)–C(sp3) bonds in organic compounds via single-electron transfer, facilitating the coupling of functionalized fragments and expand … | Continue reading


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Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08082-9 Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary | Continue reading


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The Human Cell Atlas from a cell census to a unified foundation model

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08338-4 The Human Cell Atlas from a cell census to a unified foundation model | Continue reading


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Photocatalytic C–F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08327-7 Photocatalytic C–F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substances | Continue reading


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A cell atlas foundation model for scalable search of similar human cells

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08411-y A cell atlas foundation model for scalable search of similar human cells | Continue reading


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Farmers’ fires leave long-lasting smudge on African weather

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03797-1 A pall of smoke from burning cropland each year decreases rainfall in the annual monsoon. | Continue reading


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Does South Korea have what it takes to become a leading space nation?

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03579-9 As the country forges global partnerships to boost its space ambitions, concerns mount over funding and private-sector support. | Continue reading


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Superconductivity researcher who committed misconduct exits university

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03796-2 The University of Rochester has confirmed that it no longer employs Ranga Dias, who was found by investigators to have committed data fabrication. | Continue reading


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Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03760-0 Compared with cross-border refugees, people who are internally displaced receive little attention — despite their dire health needs. | Continue reading


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Words won’t reduce the impact of conflict on nature — what’s needed is action

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03781-9 Words won’t reduce the impact of conflict on nature — what’s needed is action | Continue reading


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Nobel-prizewinning economics research says don’t dismantle DEI initiatives

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03779-3 Nobel-prizewinning economics research says don’t dismantle DEI initiatives | Continue reading


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Communicate the risk as well as the promise of weight-loss drugs

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03780-w Communicate the risk as well as the promise of weight-loss drugs | Continue reading


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‘Heroic interference’ should not be the endgame of coral-reef restoration

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03782-8 ‘Heroic interference’ should not be the endgame of coral-reef restoration | Continue reading


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How a silly science prize changed my career

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03756-w A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work. Here’s an inside look at how winners feel about this sometimes unwanted ‘honour’. | Continue reading


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Can Google Scholar survive the AI revolution?

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03746-y The largest scholarly search engine is celebrating its 20th birthday, but AI-driven competitors offer advantages. | Continue reading


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Setting the stage for using AI in language tasks 50 years ago

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03770-y Artificial intelligence for language tasks sparks interest, and optical illusions are explored in this week’s pick from Nature’s archive. | Continue reading


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Leon Cooper obituary: Nobel laureate who developed theory of superconductivity

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03798-0 The condensed-matter physicist also turned his attention to neural networks, improving our understanding of the human brain and helping to develop machine learning. | Continue reading


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How the world will weather Trump’s withdrawal from global agreements

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03755-x The US president-elect says he will pull the country out of international treaties and partnerships. That need not lead to disorder. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: The fun of winning science’s satirical Ig Nobel prize

Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03808-1 We learn that fat cells carry a ‘memory’ of obesity and hear how fun it is to win an Ig Nobel prize. | Continue reading


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What a forest’s glow can reveal about the impact of environmental change

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03763-x Albert Porcar Castell runs a small outdoor laboratory to draw connections between red-light fluorescence and gas exchange. | Continue reading


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Why we need a body to oversee how science is used by governments

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03758-8 In a frank account, a former adviser spills the beans on how evidence shapes policy. | Continue reading


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Is it really a sin if it’s hardwired in? The neurological basis for ‘bad’ behaviour

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03759-7 A captivating examination of the biology that underlies behaviours often considered immoral raises questions about the existence of free will. | Continue reading


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Killer questions at science job interviews and how to ace them

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03761-z From demonstrating technical prowess to setting out future ambitions, learn how to beat rival candidates and land your dream job. | Continue reading


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Fat cells have a ‘memory’ of obesity — hinting at why it’s hard to keep weight off

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03614-9 Long-lasting changes to the cells’ epigenome are linked to a decline in their function. | Continue reading


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Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08165-7 Stable epigenetic changes indicate the existence of an obesogenic memory in mouse adipocytes that primes cells for pathological responses in an obesogenic environment and potentially contributes to the pro … | Continue reading


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Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08326-8 Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks | Continue reading


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First rocks returned from Moon’s far side reveal ancient volcanic activity

Nature, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03778-4 Scientists release first analyses of samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission, which landed on the lunar far side. | Continue reading


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Publisher Correction: Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei

Nature, Published online: 16 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08389-7 Publisher Correction: Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: NIH braces for reform as Trump administration closes in

Nature, Published online: 16 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03794-4 We consider what might be in store for the US National Institutes of Health and explore efforts to keep talks on track at COP29. | Continue reading


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How stress can disrupt memory and lead to anxiety

Nature, Published online: 15 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03724-4 In mice, stress altered the way that the brain packaged memories, resulting in an unnecessary fear response — but drugs were able to reverse the effect. | Continue reading


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