A cryogenic CMOS control chip operating at 3 K is used to demonstrate coherent control and simple algorithms on silicon qubits operating at 20 mK. | Continue reading
A multi-layered electrolyte, in which a less stable electrolyte is sandwiched between two electrolyte layers that are more stable, can inhibit the growth of lithium dendrites in highly pressurized solid-state lithium metal batteries. | Continue reading
Wastewater tracking was used before the pandemic to monitor for polio and illicit drug use, but interest in the field and its applications has now ballooned. | Continue reading
Biotech firm Oxitec launches controversial field test of its insects in Florida after years of push-back from residents and regulatory complications. | Continue reading
The SARS-CoV-2 gene set remains unresolved, hindering dissection of COVID-19 biology. Comparing 44 Sarbecovirus genomes provides a high-confidence protein-coding gene set. The study characterizes protein-level and nucleotide-level evolutionary constraints, and prioritizes functio … | Continue reading
Despite the perception that plant science focuses on strictly scientific criteria, this analysis finds that there is an aesthetic bias in regards to which plants, based on certain traits, receive more research attention. | Continue reading
Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh, worked at the heart of seventeenth-century scientific debates — in the shadow of her brother, Robert Boyle. | Continue reading
Data from Qatar provide strongest evidence yet that COVID-19 vaccines can stop strains thought to pose a threat to immunization efforts. | Continue reading
Results from a phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial demonstrate that MDMA-assisted therapy is safe and effective in treating severe post-traumatic stress disorder. | Continue reading
The earliest known human burial in Africa, that of a young child, is dated to around 78,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Global South scientists say that an open-access movement led by wealthy nations deprives them of credit and undermines their efforts. | Continue reading
Even after mass vaccinations, some hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus are inevitable — but opinions differ on how many is too many for a return to relative normality. | Continue reading
In this Review, the authors describe the evidence for abnormalities in energy metabolism and mitochondrial function in migraine, consider the potential mechanisms and highlight treatments that affect metabolism. They conclude that migraine is a conserved adaptive response that he … | Continue reading
Vibrating aluminium membranes provide the first direct evidence of quantum entanglement in macroscopic objects. | Continue reading
Neighbouring nations have denounced Japan’s plan to release water used to cool the nuclear plant's melted reactors into the sea, but researchers say the dangers are low. | Continue reading
Observational evidence of cosmic magnetic fields in a galaxy cluster. | Continue reading
To help humanity solve fundamental problems of cooperation, scientists need to reconceive artificial intelligence as deeply social. | Continue reading
An observationally calibrated ice sheet–shelf model suggests that global warming of 3 °C will trigger rapid Antarctic ice loss, contributing about 0.5 cm per year of sea-level rise by 2100. | Continue reading
The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers. | Continue reading
Mutations present at a low frequency in a sample are detected with high sensitivity and a low error rate. | Continue reading
A longitudinal analysis of humoral immune responses in patients with COVID-19 with varying disease severities reveals that mortality does not correlate with antiviral antibody levels but, instead, with slower seroconversion. | Continue reading
Scientists are rushing to study the tiny plastic specks that are in marine animals — and in us. | Continue reading
Carbon loss from forests occurs through deforestation or the degradation of existing forest. The loss of forest area in the Brazilian Amazon was higher in 2019 than following drought and an El Niño event in 2015, yet degradation drove three times more biomass loss than deforestat … | Continue reading
Big data bibliometrics must take into account qualitative analyses of research as a social institution, rooted in history, economics and politics. | Continue reading
A meta-analysis of 139 studies of diploid animals shows that they rarely avoid mating with kin, although the degree of relatedness and prior experience with kin do alter the effect size, and there is evidence of publication bias. | Continue reading
Biotech firm Oxitec launches controversial field test of its insects in Florida after years of push-back from residents and regulatory complications. | Continue reading
This Comment discusses how the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern could impact on the hopes of long-term pandemic control through vaccination and the mutations that might be relevant to the design of modified vaccines. | Continue reading
Peter Fox & Thomas Vanasse et al. compare atrophy patterns in 40+ brain disorders with healthy task-activation networks across 100+ behavioral domains. Their analyses demonstrate strong spatial correspondence between disease-related structural coalterations and functional net … | Continue reading
Analysis of satellite stereo imagery uncovers two decades of mass change for all of Earth’s glaciers, revealing accelerated glacier shrinkage and regionally contrasting changes consistent with decadal climate variability. | Continue reading
The Vertebrate Genome Project has used an optimized pipeline to generate high-quality genome assemblies for sixteen species (representing all major vertebrate classes), which have led to new biological insights. | Continue reading
Rasha Shraim’s education helped her to think more deeply about ethics, logic and other big questions. | Continue reading
Biologists are uncovering how tiny timekeepers in our cells might govern body size, lifespan and ageing. | Continue reading
Data-rich networks can be difficult to interpret beyond a certain size. Here, the authors introduce a platform that uses virtual reality to allow the visual exploration of large networks, while interfacing with data repositories and other analytical methods to improve the interpr … | Continue reading
Preliminary results suggest the vaccine is up to 77% effective in young children, but researchers await larger studies. | Continue reading
Heaven is in the Cloud in this new tome. Paul McEuen watches in wonder. | Continue reading
Proposed budget increases for the research funding agency could bolster US innovation efforts, but some worry this will change the agency’s mission. | Continue reading
In this Review, Friedman and colleagues summarize the use of artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography in the detection of cardiovascular disease in at-risk populations, discuss its implications for clinical decision-making in patients with cardiovascular disease and c … | Continue reading
Lab-made coronavirus related to SARS can infect human cells. | Continue reading
Campaigns to battle tuberculosis, measles and polio have all been set back. | Continue reading
Metre-scale folded structures that inflate into fixed 3D shapes. | Continue reading