Li2ZrF6-based electrolytes for durable lithium metal batteries

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08294-z Adding excess m-Li2ZrF6 (monoclinic) nanoparticles to a commercial LiPF6-containing carbonate electrolyte forms a stable interphase rich in t-Li2ZrF6 (trigonal), enhancing Li-ion transfer, suppressing dendr … | Continue reading


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Host metabolism balances microbial regulation of bile acid signalling

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08379-9 A family of host-derived bile acid–methylcysteamine conjugates functions as FXR antagonists, forming part of a microbiota-dependent metabolic network that regulates FXR-dependent physiology. | Continue reading


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Dynamic supramolecular snub cubes

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08266-3 Left- and right-handed snub cubes show photocontrollable elasticity and hardness, in addition to the ability to encapsulate different small molecules in distinct compartments simultaneously, with potential … | Continue reading


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Meta-analysis reveals global variations in plant diversity effects on productivity

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08407-8 A meta-analysis of biodiversity effects on plant productivity found that complementarity effects increased over time whereas selection effects decreased, and both remained consistent across global variation … | Continue reading


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How frictional ruptures and earthquakes nucleate and evolve

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08287-y Experimental and theoretical evidence shows that incorporating finite interface widths extends fracture mechanics to include crack (and earthquake) nucleation; slow steady creep occurring at a well-defined … | Continue reading


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Functional evaluation and clinical classification of BRCA2 variants

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08388-8 Results from a comprehensive evaluation of the function of BRCA2 variants, particularly variants of uncertain significance, provide a useful resource to improve the clinical management of individuals who ca … | Continue reading


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Satellite DNA shapes dictate pericentromere packaging in female meiosis

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08374-0 Divergent satellite DNA shapes influence architectural protein binding and chromatin organization in two mouse species so that the satellites can be packaged and centromere function maintained, mitigating t … | Continue reading


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A rare PRIMER cell state in plant immunity

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08383-z The development of a molecularly defined spatiotemporal atlas of pathogen-infected Arabidopsis thaliana leaves reveals specific cell states that have distinct roles in plant immunity. | Continue reading


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Conformational protection of molybdenum nitrogenase by Shethna protein II

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08355-3 A small ferredoxin (Shethna protein II) of Azotobacter vinelandii can provide protection from O2 stress that may be crucial for the maintenance of recombinant nitrogenase in food crops. | Continue reading


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Janus graphene nanoribbons with localized states on a single zigzag edge

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08296-x Janus graphene nanoribbons with localized states on a single zigzag edge are fabricated by introducing a topological defect array of benzene motifs on the opposite zigzag edge, to break the structural symme … | Continue reading


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Bidirectional histone monoaminylation dynamics regulate neural rhythmicity

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08371-3 TG2 functions as an eraser and exchanger of H3 monoaminylations, including histaminylation of Gln5 of histone H3. | Continue reading


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Hippocampal neuronal activity is aligned with action plans

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08397-7 Using high-density electrophysiological recordings, how internally generated cell assemblies are updated by action plans to meet external goals is explored. | Continue reading


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Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine?

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08300-4 We discuss the potential consequences and ethical concerns of polygenic genome editing of human embryos to alter specific variants associated with polygenic diseases, highlighting the possibility of reducin … | Continue reading


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β-C−H bond functionalization of ketones and esters by cationic Pd complexes

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08281-4 Diverse methyl β-C−H functionalizations of ketones and esters are enabled by cationic Pd(II) complexes with MPANA ligands, offering access to spirocyclic and fused ring systems through enhanced catalyst–sub … | Continue reading


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Amino acids and KLHL22 do not activate mTORC1 via DEPDC5 degradation

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07974-0 Amino acids and KLHL22 do not activate mTORC1 via DEPDC5 degradation | Continue reading


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Author Correction: A deep catalogue of protein-coding variation in 983,578 individuals

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08571-x Author Correction: A deep catalogue of protein-coding variation in 983,578 individuals | Continue reading


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Cosmic carnage: planetary rubble spotted at a dying star

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00006-5 Dust cloud is thought to be the first debris disk to be seen around a planetary nebula. | Continue reading


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Reply to: Amino acids and KLHL22 do not activate mTORC1 via DEPDC5 degradation

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07975-z Reply to: Amino acids and KLHL22 do not activate mTORC1 via DEPDC5 degradation | Continue reading


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An early precursor CD8 T cell that adapts to acute or chronic viral infection

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08562-y An early precursor CD8 T cell that adapts to acute or chronic viral infection | Continue reading


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Crypt density and recruited enhancers underlie intestinal tumour initiation

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08573-9 Crypt density and recruited enhancers underlie intestinal tumour initiation | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Common and rare variant associations with clonal haematopoiesis phenotypes

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08572-w Author Correction: Common and rare variant associations with clonal haematopoiesis phenotypes | Continue reading


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Precursors of exhausted T cells are preemptively formed in acute infection

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08451-4 Precursors of exhausted T cells are preemptively formed in acute infection | Continue reading


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Who built Europe’s first cities? Clues about the urban revolution emerge

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04216-1 Around 6,000 years ago, a group known as the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture developed egalitarian settlements north of the Black Sea and created the region’s earliest urban centres. Then, after two millennia, t … | Continue reading


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The structure of bad cholesterol comes into focus

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04210-7 Insights into how cholesterol-carrying low-density lipoproteins are structured, and how they interact with receptors to enter cells, could help to clarify the role of these particles in cardiovascular disea … | Continue reading


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Researchers: concentrate on bread-and-butter issues to get political buy-in

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00018-1 Researchers: concentrate on bread-and-butter issues to get political buy-in | Continue reading


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What do people eat and why do they eat it?

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04124-4 A 1975 report sparks a debate about the place of sociology in human nutrition research, and a crystal-clear lecture on chemical morphology, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive. | Continue reading


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Biodiversity credits are more problematic than carbon credits

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00017-2 Biodiversity credits are more problematic than carbon credits | Continue reading


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Science communication has a problem — communication

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00019-0 Science communication has a problem — communication | Continue reading


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To ensure trust, AI weather-forecast models still need training in physics

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00020-7 To ensure trust, AI weather-forecast models still need training in physics | Continue reading


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‘One of the last taboos’: breaking the stigma of substance-use disorders in academia

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04218-z Those recovering from drug or alcohol misuse speak up — and say they wish more researchers could do so freely at work. | Continue reading


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‘WithdrarXiv’ database of 14,000 retracted preprints launches

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00011-8 A trove of data is providing insights into the main reasons studies are pulled from the arXiv preprint platform. | Continue reading


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Spacecraft makes closest-ever fly-by of Sun: what the trip will tell us

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00009-2 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity. | Continue reading


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The trill of the chase: recording birdsong in Ireland’s disappearing wilderness

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04219-y Seán Ronayne’s quest is to record all common bird species in Ireland, sharing both happy and sad stories about wildlife. | Continue reading


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Earth shattered heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up?

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04242-z Nature examines whether the temperature spike is a blip or an enduring — and concerning — trend. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Sleeping mice hint at why new memories don’t overwrite old ones

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00025-2 We see evidence in mice of why new memories don’t overwrite existing ones and explore how AI tools are helping decipher previously unreadable ancient texts. | Continue reading


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‘Precocious’ early-career scientists with high citation counts proliferate

Nature, Published online: 03 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04006-9 Researchers have questions about how so many authors have racked up a large number of citations so quickly, although some of those authors are honest overachievers. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Ab initio characterization of protein molecular dynamics with AI2BMD

Nature, Published online: 03 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08556-w Author Correction: Ab initio characterization of protein molecular dynamics with AI2BMD | Continue reading


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Why don’t new memories overwrite old ones? Sleep science holds clues

Nature, Published online: 03 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04232-1 Research in mice points towards a mechanism that avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Oxidative cyclization reagents reveal tryptophan cation–π interactions

Nature, Published online: 02 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08558-8 Author Correction: Oxidative cyclization reagents reveal tryptophan cation–π interactions | Continue reading


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Fancy birds decorate nests with a natural pattern: snakeskin

Nature, Published online: 02 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04174-8 The use of shed skins might help to ward off predators, experiments suggest. | Continue reading


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Science in 2025: what to expect this year

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04237-w A new wave of obesity drugs, a multitude of space missions and concern over climate-action policies — we run through what to look out for over the next 12 months. | Continue reading


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Gut lining in pregnant and lactating mice expands to ensure offspring health

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04140-4 During pregnancy, several organs are rewired to support the health of the mother and the offspring. A molecular signalling pathway called RANK–RANKL drives the expansion of the layer that lines the inside o … | Continue reading


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Direct fabrication of lasers on silicon suggests solution to chip-production problem

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04104-8 The lack of methods for preparing miniature lasers directly on silicon wafers is holding back photonic technology in a range of applications, including machine learning. The solution could be to construct l … | Continue reading


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Paradoxical link between senescent cell state and liver cancer resolved

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04137-z Metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is defined by lipid accumulation and inflammation, and makes liver cells enter a tumour-suppressive state called senescence while increasing cancer ri … | Continue reading


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Light turns tiny crystals into force sensors

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04103-9 Two studies show that the light emitted by nanocrystals embedded with luminescent ions can be used to sense forces with high spatial resolution — even when those forces are inside a microscopic living worm. | Continue reading


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Sleep microstructure organizes memory replay

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08340-w The temporal microstructure of the brain can multiplex distinct cognitive processes during sleep to support continuous learning. | Continue reading


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The progression of basaltic–rhyolitic melt storage at Yellowstone Caldera

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08286-z The resistivity structure of Yellowstone Caldera’s crustal magma reservoir indicates that the magma reservoirs are not eruptible at present and that the locus of future volcanism has shifted to northeast Ye … | Continue reading


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Centrophilic retrotransposon integration via CENH3 chromatin in Arabidopsis

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08319-7 An Arabidopsis long terminal repeat retrotransposon integrates de novo into regions occupied by centromere-specific histone variant, showing the impact of centromeric chromatin on transposable element-media … | Continue reading


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