Semantic encoding during language comprehension at single-cell resolution

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07643-2 By tracking the activity of individual neurons using microarrays and Neuropixels probes, a study examines the representation of linguistic meaning, at the single-cell level, during natural speech processing in … | Continue reading


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Middle and Late Pleistocene Denisovan subsistence at Baishiya Karst Cave

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07612-9 Zooarchaeological and proteomic analyses of bones from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau identify a hominin rib specimen, and provide insight into the ways Denisovans interacted with their surrounding … | Continue reading


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A µ-opioid receptor modulator that works cooperatively with naloxone

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07587-7 A newly discovered negative allosteric modulator of the µ-opioid receptor works together with naloxone to potently block opioid agonist signalling with reduced adverse effects. | Continue reading


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Imaging tunable Luttinger liquid systems in van der Waals heterostructures

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07596-6 Layer-stacking domain walls in van der Waals heterostructures form a broadly tunable Luttinger liquid system, including both isolated and coupled arrays. | Continue reading


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The cortical amygdala consolidates a socially transmitted long-term memory

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07632-5 Experiments in mice show that brain circuitry centred on the posteromedial nucleus of the cortical amygdala has a key role in consolidating socially transmitted long-term memories. | Continue reading


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NBS1 lactylation is required for efficient DNA repair and chemotherapy resistance

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07620-9 Lactylation of NBS1 by TIP60 promotes homologous recombination-driven DNA repair and resistance to chemotherapy in cancer cells and links altered cancer cell metabolism to increase genome stability. | Continue reading


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Adenosine signalling to astrocytes coordinates brain metabolism and function

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07611-w This study explores how adenosine A2B receptors can act as astrocytic sensors of brain metabolic activity and how cAMP signalling in astrocytes may support core brain functions such as sleep and memory. | Continue reading


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3D printable elastomers with exceptional strength and toughness

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07588-6 Three-dimensional photo-printable resin chemistry yields an elastomer with tensile strength of 94.6  MPa and toughness of 310.4  MJ  m−3, both of which far exceed that of any three-dimensional printed elastome … | Continue reading


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Kinetic features dictate sensorimotor alignment in the superior colliculus

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07619-2 Motor units in the superior colliculus of mice exhibit poorly defined representation of static visual fields and instead rely largely on kinetic visual features to link visual inputs to behavioural outcomes. | Continue reading


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An anti-CRISPR that pulls apart a CRISPR–Cas complex

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07642-3 AcrIF25 inhibits the type I-F CRISPR–Cas system by disassembling its ribonucleoprotein effector complex without an external energy source. | Continue reading


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Atom-swap chemistry speeds synthesis of compounds for drug discovery

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02017-0 Reactions have been discovered that selectively transform nitrogen-containing rings, called pyrimidines, into various other ring systems — enabling rapid preparation of compound libraries for pharmaceutical re … | Continue reading


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Eating habits of Denisovans on the Tibetan Plateau revealed

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02160-8 The discovery of a rib fragment from Baishiya Karst Cave greatly extends the presence of Denisovan hominins on the Tibetan Plateau. In-depth analyses of fossilized animal bones from the same site show that Den … | Continue reading


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Last year’s summer was the warmest in 2,000 years

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02057-6 A record spanning two millennia of Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures has revealed the extent to which 2023 was anomalously hot. The finding is a striking confirmation of warming since the pre-industrial … | Continue reading


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Fossils found far from the Equator point to globetrotting tetrapods

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02116-y Ancient specimens of a previously undescribed species of four-limbed vertebrate fill a gap in the fossil record. The evidence offers surprises about where, when and how these ancestral relatives of humans evol … | Continue reading


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Powerful Ariane 6 rocket poised to restore Europe’s access to space

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02191-1 After years of delays, the heavy-lift launcher is finally ready to send major scientific missions into space. | Continue reading


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Still listening

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02187-x Lost in music. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Microglia regulate central nervous system myelin growth and integrity

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07696-3 Author Correction: Microglia regulate central nervous system myelin growth and integrity | Continue reading


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Is your research a trade secret? South Korean data-sharing case is a wake-up call

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02182-2 As science becomes more globalized, researchers must safeguard sensitive data from inadvertent legal breaches. | Continue reading


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Inside the maths that drives AI

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02185-z Loss functions measure algorithmic errors in artificial-intelligence models, but there’s more than one way to do that. Here’s why the right function is so important. | Continue reading


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Why cancer risk declines sharply in old age

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02107-z New research identifies some of the genes that could help to explain why lung cancer incidence rises with age but declines after the age of 75. | Continue reading


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How Rwandan paediatrician Agnes Binagwaho fights racial stereotypes in global health

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02144-8 The former health minister talks about her push to transform health equity in Rwanda and calls out the concept of Western supremacy. | Continue reading


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Western scientists more likely to get rejected papers published — and do it faster

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02142-w Authors from Western countries navigate the peer-review system more successfully than those from other nations, literature-tracking study suggests. | Continue reading


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Ants amputate their nest mates’ legs to save lives

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02138-6 The location of an injury determines whether ants bite off or preserve a damaged limb. | Continue reading


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The surprising driver of Amazon deforestation

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02136-8 Demand from Brazil itself accounts for more than half of the demand for crops and livestock from the Amazon and the savannah that surrounds it. | Continue reading


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Killer immune cells pile on the pressure to slay their foes

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02137-7 Immune-system assassins called killer T cells compress target cells, forming a destructive crater. | Continue reading


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Climate change is worsening the housing crisis — we must tackle the two together

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02183-1 Thousands of people are being displaced across the Arctic. Governments must listen to Indigenous and local communities and act on their advice. | Continue reading


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Did the diarist who chronicled the Great Fire of London make up a scientific instrument?

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02184-0 The mention of a ‘scotoscope’ in Samuel Pepys’s diary is a subject of scrutiny, and Americans satiate British oyster lovers, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive. | Continue reading


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I use ethnobotany to bring India’s medicinal plants into urban landscapes

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02186-y N. M. Ganesh Babu collects, studies and propagates his country’s Indigenous flora for their herbal and aesthetic qualities. | Continue reading


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Spy on millions of sleeping butterflies and more — June’s best science images

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02140-y The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. | Continue reading


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Streamlined collaboration can boost CRISPR gene therapies for rare diseases

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02132-y Streamlined collaboration can boost CRISPR gene therapies for rare diseases | Continue reading


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To regain lost public trust, incorporate research ethics into graduate training

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02131-z To regain lost public trust, incorporate research ethics into graduate training | Continue reading


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Unchanged power dynamics still block progress for under-represented groups in academia

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02130-0 Unchanged power dynamics still block progress for under-represented groups in academia | Continue reading


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Neuroscientists must not be afraid to study religion

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02153-7 Scientists interested in the brain have tended to avoid studying religion or spirituality for fear of being seen as unscientific. That needs to change. | Continue reading


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UK election: three research priorities for the next government

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02169-z Ministers must take a global view of science, address a growing crisis in university finances and put a stop to interference in research autonomy. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: See a smiling face made of living human skin cells

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02172-4 A robotic face is made from living human skin cells anchored to a ‘skeleton’ with ligament-like structures. Plus, massive old stars reveal the true nature of the Milky Way and how AI could help identify resear … | Continue reading


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What drives mosquitoes’ bloodlust? Their hormones

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02126-w One hormone seems to boosts the insects’ thirst for a blood meal, while another shuts it off. | Continue reading


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Bionic leg moves like a natural limb — without conscious thought

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02157-3 Computer interface links signals from the brain to an artificial limb, giving the wearer better balance, flexibility and speed. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: How obesity drugs like Ozempic create a full feeling

Nature, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02152-8 The brain areas involved in the feeling of fullness experienced by people taking GLP-1 drugs. Plus, an ‘epigenome editor’ silences a gene linked to deadly brain disorders and a ‘jumping gene’ enzyme edits geno … | Continue reading


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The Milky Way is ‘less weird’ than we thought

Nature, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02143-9 The Galaxy’s core isn't as densely packed with stars as models suggested, a study finds, aligning it more closely with similar spiral galaxies. | Continue reading


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Combined COVID-flu vaccines are coming: Moderna jab clears major test

Nature, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02121-1 First large trial suggests mRNA drug gives better protection from SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses than single-target shots. | Continue reading


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Choose your own adventure: navigating retirement after an academic career

Nature, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02150-w How do you have a full and meaningful retirement? Late-career researchers and retired colleagues discuss the many options available. | Continue reading


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Audio long read: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026

Nature, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02147-5 NASA astronauts have been performing simulated lunar exploration in Arizona to help prepare them for doing geology at the Moon's south pole. | Continue reading


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How blockbuster obesity drugs create a full feeling — even before one bite of food

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02106-0 Scientists identify brain area that holds two groups of neurons: one for pre-meal sensations of fullness and one for post-meal satiety. | Continue reading


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Deep-sea creatures survive crushing pressures with just the right fats

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02099-w Tiny predators called comb jellies have cell-membrane lipids that form curving structures under pressure. | Continue reading


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‘Epigenome editor’ silences gene that causes deadly brain disorders

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02115-z Prion diseases are caused by misfolded proteins, but a new tool can stop them forming in mice. | Continue reading


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No CRISPR: oddball ‘jumping gene’ enzyme edits genomes without breaking DNA

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02141-x A programmable RNA that bridges a genetic donor and a target could herald a safer and more flexible approach to large-scale chromosome changes. | Continue reading


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Smile! Living skin helps robot make a happy face

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02098-x Anchors inspired by skin ligaments connect cell-based composite to robotic visage. | Continue reading


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Ketamine for depression: slow-release pills could make treatment more accessible

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02127-9 A ketamine-containing tablet could be a convenient alternative to intravenous treatments, with fewer unpleasant side effects. | Continue reading


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