‘It can feel like there’s no way out’ — political scientists face pushback on their work

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02026-z In a year in which numerous countries are going to the polls, many election-watching scientists are under pressure. | Continue reading


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Spinal cord ‘atlas’ offers unprecedented insights into injuries

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02069-2 A model in mice that charts precisely how different cells respond to damage could aid the development of new treatments for spinal injuries. | Continue reading


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Put people at the heart of schizophrenia research

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02024-1 Scientists, health-care professionals, carers and individuals affected by the condition must work more closely with one another to improve people’s lives. | Continue reading


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Not all ‘open source’ AI models are actually open: here’s a ranking

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02012-5 Many of the large language models that power chatbots claim to be open, but restrict access to code and training data. | Continue reading


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First encounter with SARS-CoV-2: immune portraits of COVID susceptibility

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01644-x Controlled infection with SARS-CoV-2 of people who hadn’t previously been exposed to the virus reveals how molecular and cellular signatures of the immune response portend effective defence against COVID-19. | Continue reading


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A mighty river’s radical shift changed the face of ancient Egypt

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02014-3 Samples taken near a capital of the pharaohs reveal an overhaul of the Nile 4,000 years ago. | Continue reading


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Lack of an immune receptor might prevent cancers associated with Epstein–Barr virus

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01627-y A molecule called IL-27 is involved in several immune responses. Congenital alterations in the gene encoding a subunit of the IL-27 receptor result in susceptibility to severe infections with the Epstein–Barr … | Continue reading


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Built-up sleep pressure drives the loss of neuronal connections during slumber

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01559-7 Imaging of all synaptic connections of individual neurons in larval zebrafish across several days and nights indicates that sleep is necessary, but not sufficient, for the sleep-associated loss of synapses. Bo … | Continue reading


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Author Correction: TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07577-9 Author Correction: TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs through large-scale compound repurposing

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07659-8 Author Correction: Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs through large-scale compound repurposing | Continue reading


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James Clerk Maxwell’s ode to bubble blowing

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02028-x Curious volcanic activity confounds tourists near Naples, and Maxwell reviews a textbook on bubbles, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive. | Continue reading


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How climate change is hitting Europe: three graphics reveal health impacts

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02006-3 A growing body of research reveals the deaths and diseases linked to rising temperatures across the continent. | Continue reading


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Publisher Correction: Sex differences orchestrated by androgens at single-cell resolution

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07654-z Publisher Correction: Sex differences orchestrated by androgens at single-cell resolution | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Capturing electron-driven chiral dynamics in UV-excited molecules

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07676-7 Author Correction: Capturing electron-driven chiral dynamics in UV-excited molecules | Continue reading


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We can make the UK a science superpower — with a radical political manifesto

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02025-0 As the election campaign in the United Kingdom marches on, politicians are hardly discussing the country’s global standing in science. Here’s why that needs to change. | Continue reading


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Why museums should repatriate fossils

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02027-y The legacy of a palaeontology expedition into Native American lands 150 years ago should prompt a rethink of where and how fossil collections are curated. | Continue reading


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Earth-surface monitoring is at risk — more imaging tools are urgently needed

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02052-x Earth-surface monitoring is at risk — more imaging tools are urgently needed | Continue reading


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I was prevented from attending my own conference: visa processes need urgent reform

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02053-w I was prevented from attending my own conference: visa processes need urgent reform | Continue reading


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Boycotting academics in Israel is counterproductive

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02051-y Boycotting academics in Israel is counterproductive | Continue reading


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The global refugee crisis is above all a human tragedy — but it affects wildlife, too

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02054-9 The global refugee crisis is above all a human tragedy — but it affects wildlife, too | Continue reading


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Misinformation might sway elections — but not in the way that you think

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01696-z Rampant deepfakes and false news are often blamed for swaying votes. Research suggests it’s hard to change people’s political opinions, but easier to nudge their behaviour. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Millions of mosquitos deployed to save Hawaii’s birds

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02055-8 Ambitious project aims to slow the spread of avian malaria that is wiping out native birds. Plus, how the ‘mind’s eye’ might call up visual memories from the brain and tips to better manage your lab money. | Continue reading


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Tiny beauty: how I make scientific art from behind the microscope

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02011-6 Steve Gschmeissner images tiny creatures and viruses to show the public an unseen world. | Continue reading


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Catalytic Glycosylation for Minimally Protected Donors and Acceptors

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07695-4 Catalytic Glycosylation for Minimally Protected Donors and Acceptors | Continue reading


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Hydroamination of alkenes with dinitrogen and titanium polyhydrides

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07694-5 Hydroamination of alkenes with dinitrogen and titanium polyhydrides | Continue reading


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Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07682-9 Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding | Continue reading


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Retraction Note: Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07653-0 Retraction Note: Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow | Continue reading


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How I’ve helped to discover nearly 40 species in the Amazon

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02030-3 Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi conducts palaeontology on a riverbank. | Continue reading


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Push and pull: how to measure the forces that sculpt embryos

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02029-w A steadily growing toolbox is giving researchers the ability to monitor and measure the physical forces that shape embryonic development. | Continue reading


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How researchers and their managers can build an actionable career-development plan

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02043-y Tomasz Głowacki was new to industry when his manager helped him to craft an action plan that captured his goals and the skills needed to achieve them. | Continue reading


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The Sustainable Development Goals: can they be made smarter?

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02023-2 Accounting for factors such as artificial intelligence in a more ambitious set of goals has a lot of merit — as long as urgency is not lost on the existing ones. | Continue reading


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Extending the Sustainable Development Goals to 2050 — a road map

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01754-6 The world should redouble its efforts on the SDGs, not abandon them. Here’s how to progress the United Nations’ agenda towards 2050. | Continue reading


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China could start building world's biggest particle collider in 2027

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02005-4 The US$5 billion facility would be cheaper, bigger and faster to build than a similar one proposed by European scientists. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Huge study reveals no drop in productivity from hybrid working

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02048-7 Some working from home helps keep workers happy, too. Plus, hints that rogue antibodies cause long COVID and AI-assisted VAR is coming to the Euros. | Continue reading


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Unease as US drug agency weighs its use of independent scientists

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02020-5 After several controversial drug approvals, the US Food and Drug Administration is mulling changes to its advisory panels, which include researchers and others. | Continue reading


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It’s time to talk about menstruation and fieldwork

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02021-4 Cringing colleagues can be an occupational hazard when pre-trip discussions cover periods — others welcome frank conversations. | Continue reading


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How the ‘mind’s eye’ calls up visual memories from the brain

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01757-3 Different patterns of brain activity help to distinguish between images recalled from memory and the sight of physical objects. | Continue reading


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My pivot from grain scientist to slave-trade historian

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02038-9 Geoff Palmer, Scotland’s first Black professor, now applies scientific rigour to researching slavery. | Continue reading


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Securing your science: the researcher’s guide to financial management

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02039-8 Lab money management is an important, yet overlooked, professional skill for researchers. | Continue reading


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An object in space is emitting microwaves — and baffling scientists

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01702-4 Data recorded at an observatory in Chile do not fit with a black hole, a supernova, a pair of merging stars or anything else. | Continue reading


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Wildfires are raging in Nepal — climate change isn't the only culprit

Nature, Published online: 14 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01758-2 Fire predictions pushed to locals’ smartphones could save forests, and lives, say researchers. | Continue reading


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Cyberattacks are hitting research institutions — with devastating effects

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01711-3 Hackers are targeting universities and research institutes with ransomware, leaving staff and students without the ability to work. | Continue reading


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Three ways to recognize hidden labour in research

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01749-3 From designing studies and translating science to technical services, the work of support staff is highly diverse — and it needs merit systems to match. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: How COVID-vaccine technology could personalize cancer treatments

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02016-1 The same mRNA technology that underpins pioneering COVID-19 vaccines could train the immune system to attack cancer cells. Plus, why poor sleep disrupts memory and how ancient DNA from Maya ruins tells the sto … | Continue reading


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What causes long COVID? Case builds for rogue antibodies

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02010-7 Study finds that antibodies from people with the debilitating condition trigger similar symptoms in mice. | Continue reading


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Twelve scientist-endorsed tips to get over writer’s block

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02013-4 How do you get your creative juices flowing after spending hours, days or months looking at a blank screen? Researchers share their advice. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Acceleration of radiative recombination for efficient perovskite LEDs

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07665-w Author Correction: Acceleration of radiative recombination for efficient perovskite LEDs | Continue reading


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