These period pads solidify blood to prevent leaks

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02236-5 They’re filled with a seaweed-derived product that forms a gel and is biodegradable. | Continue reading


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How the watermelon got its sweet taste and rosy hue

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02265-0 Genomic analysis reveals the complex roots of the modern fruit. | Continue reading


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Breastfeeding should breakdown mothers' bones — here's why it doesn't

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02286-9 A hormone discovered in mice could help keep bones healthy during lactation, and a new way to edit genes in the gut microbiome. | Continue reading


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How anti-obesity drugs cause nausea: finding offers hope for better drugs

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02254-3 The neurons that produce a sick feeling and food aversion are distinct from those that induce a feeling of fullness. | Continue reading


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Scientists edit the genes of gut bacteria in living mice

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02238-3 A ‘base editor’ successfully modified a gene in more than 90% of Escherichia coli bacteria without unwanted side effects. | Continue reading


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Massive cicada emergence prompted raccoons to run wild

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02264-1 Meanwhile, deer kept a low profile — perhaps because the deafening noise of the insects made it hard to hear predators. | Continue reading


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The quantum transition of the two-dimensional Ising spin glass

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07647-y We find that, in the quantum transition of Ising spin glass, the closing of the gap at the critical point can remain algebraic by restricting the symmetry of possible excitations, which is crucial for quantum … | Continue reading


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A liver immune rheostat regulates CD8 T cell immunity in chronic HBV infection

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07630-7 A liver-intrinsic mechanism is presented that suppresses effective anti-hepatitis virus B responses in mice and humans by rendering virus-specific CD8 T cells refractory to activation causing loss of effector … | Continue reading


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CryoET of β-amyloid and tau within postmortem Alzheimer’s disease brain

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07680-x The in-tissue architectures of β-amyloid and tau pathology in a postmortem Alzheimer’s disease donor brain are determined, showing fibril heterogeneity is spatially organized by subcellular location and sugges … | Continue reading


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Dissociable hindbrain GLP1R circuits for satiety and aversion

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07685-6 The neural circuits in the hindbrain that link satiety and aversion are shown to be separate, raising the possibility of developing obesity drugs without the common side effects of nausea and vomiting. | Continue reading


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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis of megakaryopoiesis

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07671-y Plasmacytoid dendritic cells monitor the bone marrow for apoptotic megakaryocytes (MKs) and deliver IFNα to the MK niche, triggering local on-demand proliferation and maturation of MK progenitors. | Continue reading


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Plasticity in single-crystalline Mg3Bi2 thermoelectric material

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07621-8 The thermoelectric material Mg3Bi2 is shown to be ductile in single-crystal form along certain directions, with a room-temperature tensile strain of 100%, which is attributed to the gliding of dislocations. | Continue reading


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Brainstem Dbh+ neurons control allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07608-5 Mapping a full allergen circuit from the lung to the brainstem and back, repeated exposure of mice to inhaled allergen activated the nuclei of solitary tract neurons in a mast cell-, interleukin-4- and vagal n … | Continue reading


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Interferon subverts an AHR–JUN axis to promote CXCL13+ T cells in lupus

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07627-2 Insufficient AHR activation has been suggested in SLE, and augmenting AHR activation therapeutically may prevent CXCL13+ TPH/TFH differentiation and the subsequent recruitment of B cells and formation of lymph … | Continue reading


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Deeper and stronger North Atlantic Gyre during the Last Glacial Maximum

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07655-y Analysis of benthic foraminiferal δ18O profiles from sediment cores in two depth transects in the Northwest Atlantic suggests that the subtropical gyre was deeper and stronger during the Last Glacial Maximum c … | Continue reading


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Cellular adaptation to cancer therapy along a resistance continuum

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07690-9 Tumour cells adapt to anticancer drug treatments by a series of cellular state transitions, each inducing distinct gene expression programmes and leading to increased drug resistance. | Continue reading


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Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07511-z Observations of seven fast-moving stars in the central 3 arcsec (0.08  pc) of ω Centauri indicate an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri. | Continue reading


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Tumour vasculature at single-cell resolution

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07698-1 An atlas of tumour vasculature shows that tumour angiogenesis is initiated from venous endothelial cells and extended towards arterial endothelial cells. | Continue reading


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A maternal brain hormone that builds bone

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07634-3 A brain-derived hormone, CCN3, is newly identified to have a role as an osteoanabolic factor to build bone in lactating females and in the viability of offspring. | Continue reading


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In situ targeted base editing of bacteria in the mouse gut

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07681-w Edited bacteria were stably maintained in mouse gut for at least 42 days following the delivery of a base editor using an engineered phage-derived particle to modify Escherichia coli colonizing the gut. | Continue reading


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An enterococcal phage-derived enzyme suppresses graft-versus-host disease

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07667-8 An analysis of the intestinal microbiome of people who have undergone allogenic haematopoietic cell transplantation shows that an enzyme derived from a bacteriophage has specific antibacterial activity against … | Continue reading


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Alveolar fibroblast lineage orchestrates lung inflammation and fibrosis

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07660-1 In mouse and human, lung-specialized alveolar fibroblasts adopt multiple molecular states that are induced by pro-inflammatory and fibrotic signals and have diverse protective roles against lung injury. | Continue reading


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Antiferromagnetic phase transition in a 3D fermionic Hubbard model

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07689-2 Antiferromagnetic phase transition is observed in a three-dimensional fermionic Hubbard system comprising lithium-6 atoms in a uniform optical lattice with approximately 800,000 sites. | Continue reading


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Phage anti-CRISPR control by an RNA- and DNA-binding helix–turn–helix protein

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07644-1 The helix–turn–helix domain of an anti-CRISPR-associated (Aca) protein represses transcription of anti-CRISPR (Acr)-encoding genes and inhibits their translation to protein via distinct binding modes to DNA an … | Continue reading


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Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07658-9 Using a globally distributed standardized aerial sampling of fungal spores, we show that the hyperdiverse kingdom of fungi follows globally highly predictable spatial and temporal dynamics, with seasonality in … | Continue reading


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Single-cell atlas of the human brain vasculature across development, adulthood and disease

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07493-y Endothelial cells from vascular-dependent central nervous system (CNS) diseases reveal reactivated fetal pathways, display common hallmarks of disease — including a partial loss of arteriovenous specification … | Continue reading


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Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07651-2 Population-scale ancient genomics are used to infer ancestry, social structure and pathogen infection in 108 Scandinavian Neolithic individuals from eight megalithic graves and a stone cist, showing that Neoli … | Continue reading


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Magnetic field expulsion in optically driven YBa2Cu3O6.48

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07635-2 A time-dependent magnetic field expulsion was measured in optically driven YBa2Cu3O6.48 above the equilibrium superconducting transition temperature and all the way to room temperature. | Continue reading


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Glutamate acts on acid-sensing ion channels to worsen ischaemic brain injury

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07684-7 Glutamate functions as a positive allosteric modulator for acid-sensing ion channels to exacerbate ischaemic neurotoxicity. | Continue reading


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Emergence of large-scale cell death through ferroptotic trigger waves

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07623-6 Ferroptosis can propagate across human cells over long distances (≥5 mm) at constant speeds (around 5.5 μm per minute) through self-regenerating waves of reactive oxygen species; such waves facilitate large-sc … | Continue reading


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Some photos you might like

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02189-9 A life, tagged. | Continue reading


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Edward C. Stone obituary: physicist who guided Voyager probes to interstellar space

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02285-w Space scientist who took humanity on a tour of the Solar System and beyond, in a journey of discovery like no other. | Continue reading


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Publisher Correction: Titanium:sapphire-on-insulator integrated lasers and amplifiers

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07775-5 Publisher Correction: Titanium:sapphire-on-insulator integrated lasers and amplifiers | Continue reading


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Chiral perovskites deliver spin control to a conventional semiconductor

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02263-2 The integration of a chiral halide perovskite semiconductor into a light-emitting diode (LED) structure made from a III–V optoelectronic semiconductor creates a spin-LED that achieves 15% circularly polarized … | Continue reading


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Canada just hiked PhD and postdoc pay — here’s how to get your country to do it, too

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02227-6 Walkouts, petitions and tweets: how a grass-roots movement led by students, postdocs and tenured academics radically changed government policy on science funding. | Continue reading


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How mud brought France and England together — 150 years ago

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02229-4 Artificial daylight lacks commercial interest, and a geologist’s thirst for knowledge kickstarts the bid for the Channel Tunnel, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive. | Continue reading


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Huge neutrino detector sees first hints of particles from exploding stars

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02221-y Japan’s Super-Kamiokande observatory could be seeing evidence of neutrinos from supernovae across cosmic history. | Continue reading


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Vaccines save lives: how can uptake be increased?

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02224-9 Strategies for public engagement need to be rigorously tested around the world to maximize the potential of immunization. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Obesity induces PD-1 on macrophages to suppress anti-tumour immunity

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07794-2 Author Correction: Obesity induces PD-1 on macrophages to suppress anti-tumour immunity | Continue reading


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Iran elects heart surgeon as president: scientists are hopeful

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02262-3 Researchers say unexpected victory for Masoud Pezeshkian could spell improvements to human rights, investment in science and academic freedom - if Iran's top leaders give him space to act. | Continue reading


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Ultracold molecules that interact from afar form elusive quantum state

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02134-w A gas of molecules that interact over long distances has been cooled to mere nanokelvins, resulting in the emergence of a state known as a Bose–Einstein condensate — the first of its kind in this type of molec … | Continue reading


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Storm-chasing seabirds served supper by cyclones

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02201-2 The ocean-going Desertas petrel often follows storms for days over thousands of kilometres. | Continue reading


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If bird flu sparks a human pandemic, your past immunity could help

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02170-6 Older populations might be more protected than younger ones because of exposure to ‘matched’ strains during childhood, but an H5N1 pandemic is likely to take a major toll all the same. | Continue reading


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To explain biological sex, look to evolution

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02248-1 To explain biological sex, look to evolution | Continue reading


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Regulate to protect fragile Antarctic ecosystems from growing tourism

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02250-7 Regulate to protect fragile Antarctic ecosystems from growing tourism | Continue reading


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More studies needed on how climate change affects exercise health benefits

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02249-0 More studies needed on how climate change affects exercise health benefits | Continue reading


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How PhD students and other academics are fighting the mental-health crisis in science

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02225-8 Universities and institutions across the globe are exploring unique initiatives to help their students and staff cope with the stress of research. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: 15-minute reaction turns old clothes into useful molecules

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02269-w A chemical-processing technique breaks down polyester fabrics, the world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds and a COVID tsar is named UK science minister. | Continue reading


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