Researchers are using the gene-editing tool to boost the fruit’s defences and prevent the extinction of a major commercial variety. | Continue reading
The interaction of biomolecules with ionizing radiation induces structural changes which are still largely unknown. The authors use femtosecond wave packet spectroscopy to observe ultrafast structural dynamics that follow the photodetachment of phenoxide in aqueous solution. | Continue reading
In leukocyte transcriptomes from toddlers with ASD, Gazestani et al. find a perturbed gene network that is involved in fetal brain development and lies downstream of ASD risk genes, and whose dysregulation level correlates with ASD symptom severity. | Continue reading
Joe Luchsinger shares his advice on advocating for science investment. | Continue reading
Drug-resistant bacteria are gaining a stronghold in developing countries where meat production has soared. | Continue reading
Circadian circuits, entrained by light and tuned by the brain, regulate intestinal group 3 innate lymphoid cells in mice, along with epithelial reactivity, microbiome composition and lipid metabolism. | Continue reading
Using data from rats and humans, the authors study the time it takes to make sensory judgments. The authors define the new regularity as the time–intensity equivalence in discrimination (TIED), which provides a mechanistic basis of Weber’s law. | Continue reading
A set of troubling charts shows how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. | Continue reading
Surface meltwater is known to influence the dynamics of some glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet. Here, the authors have identified the first examples of the drainage of surface meltwater to the bed of outlet glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula that trigger large and rapid accel … | Continue reading
For one year, a research ship will drift while frozen in sea ice — and give scientists their closest look at the rapid changes gripping the polar north. | Continue reading
Functional out-of-equilibrium networks are typical of living cells. Here the authors report the construction of a sustained ATP production system in vesicles with controlled energy dissipation and physicochemical homeostasis. | Continue reading
Prime factorization using a nanomagnet chip. | Continue reading
Using the 2014 New York Police Department slowdown as a natural experiment, the authors show that civilian complaints of major crime decreased during and after reductions in proactive policing, which challenges existing research on the topic. | Continue reading
A statistical forecast model using a deep-learning approach produces useful forecasts of El Niño/Southern Oscillation events with lead times of up to one and a half years. | Continue reading
Observations and regional climate models show that the increasing coverage of ice slabs on the Greenland ice sheet could lead to a global sea-level rise of up to 74 millimetres by 2100. | Continue reading
A set of troubling charts shows how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. | Continue reading
As the movement prepares for a massive global protest, researchers break down why its message is gaining ground. | Continue reading
Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy has been associated with impaired birth outcomes. Here, Bové et al. report evidence of black carbon particle deposition on the fetal side of human placentae, including at early stages of pregnancy, suggesting air pollution could affect b … | Continue reading
A new type of computing could provide an energy-efficient way of dealing with big data and a chance to ease computing’s environmental impact. | Continue reading
Startling discovery could open up avenues for treating some aggressive tumours. | Continue reading
By monitoring social media, scientists can monitor outbreaks as they happen. | Continue reading
Experiment produces best laboratory estimate yet of super-light particle’s maximum mass. | Continue reading
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Studying ecosystems affected by climate change takes an emotional toll on researchers. | Continue reading
Researchers should learn to travel better to mitigate their climate impacts. Institutions can help by facilitating and rewarding sustainable travel behaviour, rather than fuelling the pressure to attend conferences, say Olivier Hamant, Timothy Saunders and Virgile Viasnoff. | Continue reading
Accurately characterizing the noise influencing quantum devices is instrumental to improve coherence properties and design more robust control protocols. Sung et al. demonstrate non-Gaussian noise spectroscopy with a superconducting qubit, enabling the detection and characterizat … | Continue reading
Supplementation with Akkermansia muciniphila, a gut microbe previously associated with metabolic health in preclinical models, is safe and well tolerated in humans and may improve metabolic parameters in overweight and obese patients. | Continue reading
Pluto’s subsurface ocean and thickness variation in its ice shell may be maintained by a layer of methane clathrates forming an insulating cap to the ocean, according to calculations of thermal evolution and viscous relaxation. | Continue reading
Citation of Italian-authored papers by Italian researchers rose after the introduction of metrics-based thresholds for promotions. | Continue reading
Reviewing and accepting study plans before results are known can counter perverse incentives. Chris Chambers sets out three ways to improve the approach. | Continue reading
To help solve the opioid epidemic, researchers must understand what makes dependence on these drugs so deadly. | Continue reading
Radio observations show a bipolar bubble structure of size 140 parsecs by 430 parsecs both above and below the Galactic Centre. | Continue reading
Palaeoproteomic analysis of dental enamel from an Early Pleistocene Stephanorhinus resolves the phylogeny of Eurasian Rhinocerotidae, by enabling the reconstruction of molecular evolution beyond the limits of ancient DNA preservation. | Continue reading
Adoptive transfer of CAR T cells against the fibroblast marker FAP reduces cardiac fibrosis and restores function after cardiac injury in mice, providing proof-of-principle for the development of immunotherapeutic treatments for cardiac disease. | Continue reading
Observations of transitions between states of the thorium-229 nucleus. | Continue reading
Architected silicon-based lattices are reported that reversibly transform their structure on electrochemical lithiation and delithiation, through cooperatively coupled buckling instabilities that are sensitive to random and pre-designed defects. | Continue reading
The exoplanet is just twice the diameter of Earth, and could potentially host life. | Continue reading
The transition energy of the first excited state of 229Th to the ground state is determined through the measurement of internal conversion electrons to correspond to a wavelength of 149.7 ± 3.1 nanometres. | Continue reading
New method makes it easier to create structures to model early human development, but raises ethical issues. | Continue reading
The ability to support the development of a premature fetus in the form of an extracorporeal system has had limited success. Here, the authors show that an extra-uterine device that mimics the intra-uterine environment can provide physiologic support for the extreme premature lam … | Continue reading
Landmarks of early stages of human embryogenesis can be recapitulated in a highly controllable and scalable fashion by culturing human pluripotent stem cells in a microfluidic device. | Continue reading