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