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Daily briefing: How COVID-vaccine technology could personalize cancer treatments
The same mRNA technology that underpins pioneering COVID-19 vaccines could train the immune system to attack cancer cells. Plus, why poor sleep...
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nature
Why women earn less than men: Nobel for economic historian who probed pay gap
Claudia Goldin mined 200 years of data to show that greater economic growth did not lead to wage parity, nor to more women in the workplace....
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nature
Should young kids take the new anti-obesity drugs? What the research says
Evidence shows that blockbuster weight-loss medications can reduce obesity even in children aged 6–11 years, but their long-term effects on growing...
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nature
40 million deaths by 2050: toll of drug-resistant infections to rise by 70%
By 2050, around 2 million people — the majority aged 70 and over — could die from drug-resistant infections each year. Miryam Naddaf More than 39...
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nature
CRISPR 2.0: a new wave of gene editors heads for clinical trials
Landmark approval of the first CRISPR therapy paves the way for treatments based on more efficient and more precise genome editors. Heidi...
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nature
Taiwan hit by biggest earthquake in 25 years: why scientists weren’t surprised
A complex network of faults lies in the area that experienced the earthquake, and more shocks are expected. Scientists warn that more shocks are...
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nature
How centuries of isolation shaped Greenlanders’ unique genetics
Centuries of isolation have given Greenlanders a genetic profile that includes Arctic-specific variants. An analysis of the genomes of nearly 6,000...
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nature
The Aspen Institute Is Calling for a Systemic Approach to Climate Education at the University Level
Arizona State and UC San Diego will begin requiring climate courses this academic year. Columbia, Harvard and Stanford are going even further,...
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nature
DeepMind AI crushes tough maths problems on par with top human solvers
The company’s AlphaGeometry 2 reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad. A year ago, AlphaGeometry, an AI...
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nature
Scientists question cancer tests that use microscopic nematode worms
Some doctors say a troublingly high number of cancer-free people have tested positive on the tests sold by a Japanese start-up. David McNeill David...
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nature
Tiny arm bone belonged to smallest ancient human ever found
Fossil humerus offers clues about the rapid evolution of remote-island ‘hobbit’ species Homo floresiensis. Freda Kreier A 700,000-year-old arm bone...
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nature
Kids’ real-world arithmetic skills don’t transfer to the classroom
Research also shows that skills don’t transfer in the other direction either — plus, a new study of crowd movements could help prevent...
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nature
Strike at outbreak-alert service ProMED to end — but tensions remain
Most of the striking ProMED staff members are prepared to return to work, although many still have concerns. Max Kozlov A month-long strike at ProMED —...
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Our Genes Reveal Mysterious Split in Human Population 1.5 Million Years Ago
We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not...
sciencealert.com
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nature
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals
Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job. Jackson Ryan More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave...
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nature
Scientists finally pinpoint fungal virus harming frogs and toads, significantly aiding conservation efforts
A new study identified a novel virus, which has impacted over 500 amphibian species. The discovery could revolutionize conservation for frogs and...
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nature
How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack
A survey finds that most respondents are sceptical that the technology underpinning large-language models is sufficient for artificial general...
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nature
Daily briefing: Why these PhD scientists went into teaching
Some academics seeking a stable and fulfilling career are swapping the laboratory for the classroom. Plus, CRISPR and e-ink investigate how...
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nature
Five new ways to catch gravitational waves — and the secrets they’ll reveal
Observatories, experiments and techniques are being developed to spot ripples in space- time at frequencies that currently can’t be detected. The...
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nature
China’s ChatGPT: why China is building its own AI chatbots
ChatGLM is one of hundreds of AI language models being developed for the Chinese language. It comes close to ChatGPT on many measures, say its...
nature.com
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nature
How to 3D print fully formed robots
Printing multi-material objects in a single run, and the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for preventing type 2 diabetes. Download the Nature...
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nature
NASA cancels $ 450-million mission to drill for ice on the Moon — surprising researchers
The already-built rover could now be scrapped for parts. The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of New Mexico School...
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nature
How to test a Moon landing from Earth
The world is racing to land on the Moon. How do space agencies and commercial companies test their landers ahead of time ? Jatan Mehta Commercial...
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nature
Long COVID is a double curse in low-income nations — here’s why
Not only is the prevalence of the condition poorly understood, but it’s also often ignored by physicians and the wider public. Urban Lab invites...
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The Voyager spacecraft are the farthest human-made objects. NASA is turning off their instruments to keep them going as long as possible
NASA has announced it will shut down science instruments on the Voyager 2 spacecraft, in order to preserve its power and keep the mission going for...
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nature
ME lobsters change habitats as climate change warms Atlantic
American lobsters along Maine's coast are relocating to new habitats as the Atlantic continues to warm. Researchers with the University of Maine said...
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nature
Strange whale trend on Aussie coast during migration: 'Really different from last year'
Exclusive: Not only are the whales migrating earlier, their behaviour has changed. And they even look different. Something strange is happening along...
yahoo.com
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nature
‘Cocaine of the seas’ — how a luxury food is wreaking ecological mayhem
A surging market for ‘fish maw’ is pushing threatened species to the brink. Researchers are trying to limit the damage. Job Title: External...
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nature
‘Getting paid to review is justice’: journal pays peer reviewers in cryptocurrency
ResearchHub Journal launches latest attempt to compensate referees for their labour. Holly Else An experimental journal is paying peer reviewers the...
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nature
Can AI predict who will win a Nobel Prize?
With a few modifications, ChatGPT-like models could enhance the art of identifying future laureates. Gemma Conroy With the 2023 Nobel Prizes due to be...
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nature
The first rocks from the Moon’s far side are in this geologist’s hands
Li Chunlai is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. On 25 June, Li Chunlai watched eagerly as a capsule carrying...
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nature
These are the 20 most-studied bacteria — the majority have been ignored
Model microbes such as Escherichia coli hog scientists’ attention, leaving most known bacteria with few publications devoted to them. Ewen...
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nature
AI-designed antivenoms could help treat lethal snakebites
Proteins made using machine learning successfully bind snake toxins — plus, Earth’s temperature breaks a significant climate threshold for the first...
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nature
Brain stimulation at home helps to treat depression
A device that delivers a small electrical current to the brain has beneficial effects in cases of depression that doesn't respond to drugs or therapy....
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nature
How to build Moon roads using focused beams of sunlight
Experiments with lasers reveal a way to melt lunar dust into solid paving slabs. Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our...
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nature
Daily briefing: A millimetre of brain in spectacular detail
Google scientists have modelled a tiny fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution. Plus, a bold proposal to limit extreme wealth. A...
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nature
'Earth is splitting into two': We will get a new ocean and continent faster than we thought
'Earth is splitting into two': We will get a new ocean and continent faster than we thought The East African Rift is splitting the continent,...
businesstoday.in
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nature
Daily briefing: ‘Neural tourniquet’ could stem bleeding by stimulating nerves
A ‘neural tourniquet’ could help reduce bleeding with electrical impulses. Plus, genetic databases could be exploited to reveal personal...
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nature
Will these reprogrammed elephant cells ever make a mammoth?
The de-extinction company Colossal is the first to convert elephant cells to an embryonic state, but using them to make mammoths won’t be easy,...
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nature
If the Nobel Prizes were designed today, what would change?
The awards’ strict constraints often prompt frustration — if these prestigious prizes were created for the twenty-first century, how would they be...
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nature
How five crucial elections in 2024 could shape climate action for decades
Some of the world’s biggest carbon emitters are going to the polls this year — the results could determine whether humanity can correct its...
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nature
Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online. The latest calculations indicate...
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nature
Bonavero Series Report Launch: International Human
This event will launch the latest Bonavero Series Report, International Human Rights Obligations in relation to Climate Change, by Martin Scheinin....
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nature
How Climate Change is Reshaping the Landscape of Grand Teton National Park
Observations from Moran, Wyoming—home to the breathtaking Jackson Lake Lodge—highlight these changes. A comparison of historical photographs from the...
onegreenplanet.org
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nature
The Sun's Activity Can Trigger Earthquakes, And Now We Know How
On a dynamic planet like Earth, it can be easy for drivers of change to go unnoticed – but scientists have now established and investigated an...
sciencealert.com
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nature
Future of Humanity Institute shuts: what’s next for ‘deep future’ research?
Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity. David Adam The science-fiction author Ray...
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nature
Anthropocene briefing: What it will take to stay below 1.5 °C
Can the world get back on track with efforts to stay under 1.5 ℃ of warming? Plus: The US is set to announce its strategy for international...
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nature
Elephants may call each other by name, a rare trait in nature
African savanna elephants communicate more like humans than previously thought, new research shows—opening up new possibilities for elephant cognition. Since she started studying African...
nationalgeographic.com
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nature
Pay disputes linger for academics one year after historic US research strike
Some 2,000 graduate student workers say they aren’t receiving wages agreed upon by the University of California, but a resolution is near. Mariana...
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nature
Daily briefing: Variant of mpox virus is getting better at human-to-human transmission
An mpox virus variant appears to be spreading between humans in Central Africa. Plus, we delve into what makes the human brain so...
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