Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08040-5 We present a DNA self-assembly based molecular data writing strategy to enable parallel movable-type printing for scalable DNA storage. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08120-6 Analysis of the black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni shows that it is part of a wide hierarchical triple whose configuration provides evidence that some black holes form with nearly no natal kick. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08085-6 Conditional deletion of the transcriptional co-activator Brd4 in infiltrating Cx3cr1+ mouse macrophages ameliorates heart failure and substantially reduces fibroblast activation. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08101-9 Nitrogen isotope evidence of Mid-Devonian photosymbiotic associations in certain types of corals suggests that autotrophic and heterotrophic corals co-existed on extinct reefs, as today, but in warmer ocean … | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08080-x A polyamine-functionalized covalent organic framework, COF-999, can be used as a material for direct air capture of CO2 from open air. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08059-8 Similar to other eukaryotes, brown algae exhibit transcriptome conservation that is consistent with the molecular hourglass model during differentiation in embryonic development. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07721-5 This Perspective discusses the strengths and limitations of future biobank sampling strategies based on oversampling close relatives as opposed to the current population-based approach. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08070-z A generalizable framework to prospectively engineer cis-regulatory elements from massively parallel reporter assay models can be used to write fit-for-purpose regulatory code. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08025-4 A scheme for watermarking the text generated by large language models shows high text quality preservation and detection accuracy and low latency, and is feasible in large-scale-production settings. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08089-2 Through their effects on soil hydraulic properties, soil texture and sand content are shown to have broad implications for the terrestrial water cycle and carbon sink, and specific implications for vital ec … | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08065-w The chances of detecting fast radio bursts from a galaxy may be affected by its inclination angle, showing a potential selection bias in determining the sources of the bursts. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08046-z Around 1.8–2.7 deaths per 1,000 births (4.4–6.6% of the average child mortality) could be prevented in Pakistan and India if bureaucrats control crop burning across all areas of their jurisdiction as they d … | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08086-5 Pairing of very-high-resolution surface modelling with semiautomated feature detection produces a detailed plan of monumental fortifications and architecture spanning 120 ha at Tugunbulak, Uzbekistan, demon … | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08102-8 The bacterial anti-phage toxin–antitoxin–chaperone defence system CmdTAC senses capsid proteins via CmdC, enabling dissociation from the CmdTAC complex of the RNA ADP-ribosyltransferase CmdT, which targets … | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03379-1 A single-celled alga takes water into a bladder, allowing it to migrate to the sea’s sunlit surface zone. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03464-5 Drone-mounted LiDAR reveals the true extent of two lost-cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08250-x Long-term lineage commitment in hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08229-8 Molecular mechanism of IgE-mediated FcεRI activation | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03380-8 Immune-system responses help to explain why some people with high viral loads stay healthy. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03299-0 The splice of life. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03403-4 This year's pivotal election will shape the future of US science. Rising international competition and domestic concerns are also at play. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 23 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08199-x Publisher Correction: Using both faces of polar semiconductor wafers for functional devices | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03402-5 Across the animal kingdom, models have vastly underestimated the energy costs of reproduction. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03376-4 Quantum technologies can help to defend nations, but they also threaten human rights and values. Their design and development need ethical guidance now. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03401-6 We can anticipate many false claims, including alleged mass voting by non-citizens or ‘suspicious vans’ outside polling booths. We should quickly counter them. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03311-7 In 2004, physicists reported something remarkable: they had isolated ultrathin films of carbon atoms using sticky tape alone, and found that the films had astounding properties. The finding would forever ch … | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03438-7 SpaceX must share astronaut health data to boost space biomedicine | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03435-w Was the Nobel prize for physics? Yes — not that it matters | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03437-8 US plan to close the National Eye Institute shows faulty vision | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03436-9 Build an international AI ‘telescope’ to curb the power of big tech companies | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03187-7 The British–American space satellite Ariel-5 launched in 1974, plus the curious ablutions of squirrels, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03321-5 Initially concerned about receiving the kind of backlash that Jeffrey Beall got for his list of predatory publishers, a computer scientist has now decided to put his name on his work. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03427-w Scitility’s tool ‘Argos’ identifies work whose authors have a record of misconduct. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03446-7 A device that delivers a small electrical current to the brain has beneficial effects in cases of depression that doesn't respond to drugs or therapy. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03431-0 Support for a moderate environmental group rose after a motorway closure, substantiating the ‘radical flank effect’. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07928-6 Author Correction: A physical wiring diagram for the human immune system | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03453-8 We track the effects of oral contraceptives on the brain. Plus, celebrate a hero of scientific research: C. elegans. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03406-1 Hiring managers want applicants to show passion and dedication, but not overconfidence or exaggerations. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03404-3 Five specialists share essential books for understanding threats to democracy past and present, and finding ways to guard against them. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03313-5 Improving air quality by discontinuing combustion-engine vehicles would slash health-care costs in the United States, but the projected savings in rural areas depend on how the replacements are powered. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 21 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03407-0 Minh Ha Quang’s work at a Japanese AI research centre aims to understand how machines extract image data from the real world. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03423-0 Pioneering crystallographer Helen Berman helped to set up the massive collection of protein structures that underpins the Nobel-prize-winning tool’s success. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03061-6 Finding ways to connect with the public — as part of my work to get people to take action on climate change — took me to an interesting place, says Jessica Eise. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03382-6 The resistive magnet required a significant amount of energy to produce a field of 42.02 tesla. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03351-z Humans can distinguish between sequences of odours that are presented only 60 milliseconds apart. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03368-4 Extensive scans reveal rhythmic changes in the brain throughout the menstrual cycle and while on the pill. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03445-8 Meet the world’s most powerful resistive magnet. Plus, how the eradication of smallpox influenced the spread of mpox. | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 17 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03245-0 Stop using ‘summer’, ‘winter’ and the rest when inviting researchers to events — it’s a small step, but it’s necessary and inclusive. | Continue reading