Nature Hot Topics
Each week the editorial staff at Nature Portfolio selects a "Hot Topic" from a selection of the latest research appearing in Nature Portfolio journals. Sign up for Nature Portfolio e-alerts to get the lastest research in your inbox every week.
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Jun 1
Protein discerns between rare-earth elements
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May 25
The mother of stem cells
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May 18
An organic catalyst for chlorine production
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May 11
US prison population data reveal racial disparities
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May 4
Electricity elicits bright light from nanocrystals
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Apr 27
Yo-yoing stem cells defy differentiation dogma
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Apr 20
Metal-oxide cage traps radioactive element
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Apr 13
Excited states identified from molecular movies
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Apr 6
Distant black-hole pair spotted in galaxy merger
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Mar 30
Eggs from male stem cells using error-prone culture
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Mar 23
The faba of all genomes
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Mar 16
Meningitis hits an immunosuppressive nerve
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Mar 9
Hopes raised for ambient superconductors
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Mar 2
A gut reaction can tune tumour fate
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Feb 23
Signs of climate crisis as an ancient empire unravelled
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Feb 16
For antibodies, sometimes less is more
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Feb 9
Views of a debated transcription complex
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Feb 2
Time of day shapes success of a cancer treatment
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Jan 26
Enemies join forces for gene insertion
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Jan 19
Metabolism sets the pace
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Jan 12
Asgard archaeal microbes reveal their inner secrets
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Jan 5
How to feed the world with less nitrogen pollution
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Dec 22
Gut microbes shape athletic motivation
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Dec 15
Ant pupae produce ‘milk’ that adults feed to larvae
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Dec 8
Strange flashes linked to stars merging, not dying
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Dec 1
Rapid warming linked to leap in tropical seasonality
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Nov 24
Myelination and APOE4 risk variant in Alzheimer’s
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Nov 17
Cells that aid recovery from paralysis identified
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Nov 10
Catching actin proteins in action
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Nov 3
Electrons turn wire into a laser-like light source
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Oct 27
How immune cells ignore harmless gut bacteria
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Oct 20
New catalogue of Earth’s ecosystems
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Oct 13
Human brain organoids influence rat behaviour
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Oct 6
A stable alternative to an explosive reaction
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Sep 29
Human origins of medulloblastoma tumours
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Sep 22
Two-drug trick to block systemic toxicity
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Sep 15
Simple solids mimic complex electronic states
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Sep 8
Inosine molecules fire up weight loss
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Sep 1
Superlattices taken to another dimension
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Aug 25
Long-sought mediator of vitamin K recycling
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Aug 18
Plate tectonics lets the ocean breathe
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Aug 11
Fast bursts of dopamine limit ketamine addiction
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Aug 4
Nanowire device slips ahead in current race
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Jul 28
A self-defence strategy for long-lived eggs
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Jul 21
Heating and stirring the global viral soup
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Jul 14
Odd living matter defies golden rule of mechanics
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Jul 7
Scratching the surface of touch-evoked itch
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Jun 30
A layered electron sieve infused with molecules
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Jun 23
Exercise molecule burns away hunger
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Jun 16
Molecular soccer balls linked in two dimensions
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Jun 9
A chromosome predisposed for sex
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Jun 2
Closing the window on memory linking
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May 26
Ocean acidification leads to silicon sequestration
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May 19
Tension around the clock
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May 12
A possible path towards encoded protein synthesis
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May 5
Environmental benefits of eating mycoprotein
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Apr 28
Tailor-made enzymes for plastic recycling
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Apr 21
Genetic origins of schizophrenia find common ground
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Apr 14
A detector that can learn light’s fingerprint
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Apr 7
Genome doubling causes double trouble
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Mar 31
Bacteria swim faster when obstacles keep them in line
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Mar 24
Birds trade flight stability for manoeuvrability
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Mar 17
Precision upheld for exotic atoms confined by liquid
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Mar 10
A feeling of familiarity can deter crime
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Mar 3
Isotopes tracked on a sub-nanometre scale
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Feb 24
Signature of a DNA stress reliever
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Feb 17
Ear anatomy traces a family tree for bats
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Feb 10
Hard graft problem solved for key global food crops
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Feb 3
Important genomic regions mutate less often
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Jan 27
Hot surfaces cooled by isolating steam from spray
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Jan 20
Liquid biopsies for pregnancy assessment
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Jan 13
A global map of microbial genes
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Jan 6
A coordinate transformation in the brain
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Dec 23
The role of complex numbers in quantum physics
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Dec 16
Simple isotope labelling
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Dec 9
How antibody maturation evades DNA repair
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Dec 2
A nitrogen-fixing seagrass symbionts
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Nov 25
Chinese origins of the Transeurasian language family
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Nov 18
The microbiota, bile acids and longevity
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Nov 11
A rolling moss that gathers no stones
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Nov 4
Oestrogen and energy allocation
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Oct 28
Hunting for solar panels
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Oct 21
Magic without twisting
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Oct 14
The workings of time restricted diets
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Oct 7
Plasmonic slides for stain-free optical histology
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Sep 30
Imaging of 2D Wigner crystals
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Sep 23
Origins of a 2021 Ebola virus outbreak
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Sep 16
Self-assembled perovskite heterostructures
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Sep 9
New links between social isolation, sleep and metabolism
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Sep 2
Breaking aromatic rings apart
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Aug 26
African tropical montane forests as carbon stores
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Aug 19
The synergistic effects of stressors on bee mortality
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Aug 12
Mechanically tunable fabrics
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Aug 5
Upper atmospheric heating on Jupiter by polar aurora
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Jul 29
Strange or normal metal in overdoped cuprates?
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Jul 22
Going with the flow
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Jul 15
Amazonia’s carbon sink in peril
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Jul 8
Chemoprophylaxis vaccination against Plasmodium falciparum
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Jul 1
Migratory birds have limited potential to help plants track climate change
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Jun 24
A ‘telescope’ model for hair follicle development
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Jun 17
Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’ from a dusty veil
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Jun 10
Quantum aid for microscopy
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Jun 3
Simplifying the doping process for hole transport materials
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May 27
A new regulator of ferroptosis
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May 20
Mitochondrial fission site matters
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May 13
Acid production in clouds
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May 6
Mouse development taken ex utero
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Apr 29
Magnesium in its zero oxidation state
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Apr 22
Self-biodegrading polyesters
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Apr 15
Stress inhibits hair growth through the hair follicle stem cell niche
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Apr 8
Spin freezing upon heating in moiré graphene
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Apr 1
Warming reduces energy transfer between trophic levels
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Mar 25
On cables, clouds and comets
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Mar 18
The 3D nature of oceanic transform faults
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Mar 11
Gravitational crumbs
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Mar 4
No gene flow between dire wolves and grey wolves
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Feb 25
Initiating pancreatic cancers
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Feb 18
Recyclable plastics from sustainable sources
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Feb 11
Spinal stimulation counters blood pressure instability from spinal cord injury
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Feb 4
Bacterial infection drives IBS in a mouse model
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Jan 28
Spicy food helps to recruit haematopoietic stem cells to the blood
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Jan 21
Topological states at bulk defects
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Jan 14
De novo tandem repeat mutations in individuals with autism
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Jan 7
Chromosome end protection revisited
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Dec 24
Bladders in a dish shed light on bladder cancer
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Dec 17
Weaving a molecular patchwork
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Dec 10
Distinguishing between clustered and catastrophic vertebrate declines
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Dec 3
Navigating stratospheric balloons with reinforcement learning
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Nov 26
Nanodiamond-based quantum-diagnostics platform
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Nov 19
De-confounding microbiome association studies
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Nov 12
DNA is more than its sequence
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Nov 5
Why neutrons drip out of nuclei
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Oct 29
The strength of comets
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Oct 22
An uncrushable beetle
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Oct 15
Bacterial STING in the tale of immunity
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Oct 8
Inductance of quantum-mechanical origin
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Oct 1
Neural rhythms of dissociative state
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Sep 24
Self-assembled colloidal diamond
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Sep 17
Mechanistic vulnerabilities of genome instability in cancer
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Sep 10
Structural correlates of natural HIV control
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Sep 3
Inverted world
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Aug 27
Not a normal knot
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Aug 20
Superconducting diode
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Aug 13
Protein degraders
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Aug 6
How plant alkaloids are made
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Jul 30
Conservation status of coral reef sharks caught on camera
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Jul 23
Degradable thermosets using cleavable bonds
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Jul 16
Visualizing proteins accessing the brain
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Jul 9
Tunable correlations in graphene
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Jul 2
Inducing a hibernation-like state in rodents
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Jun 25
Watching atoms move to form a bond
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Jun 18
Making human skin in a dish
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Jun 11
Mapping the online ecology of vaccine sentiment
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Jun 4
More than one way to analyse a dataset
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May 28
Photocatalytic water splitting with near 100% efficiency
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May 21
Biomimetic eye with hemispherical retina
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May 14
Neuronal regulation of a humoral immune response
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May 7
Replacing photoreceptors with reprogramming
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Apr 30
Adding a ‘magic’ methyl
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Apr 23
You had better not look down
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Apr 16
Import into Mycobacterium tuberculosis with exporters
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Apr 9
No apparent increase in carbon sequestration in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment
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Apr 2
The metabolic secretome of apoptotic cells influences gene expression programs in neighboring cells
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Mar 26
Success of Montreal Protocols interrupts trends in atmospheric circulation driven by ozone depletion
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Mar 19
Automated synthesis through a central station
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Mar 12
Logic circuits using magnetic domain walls
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Mar 5
Ultrafast machine vision
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Feb 27
Metallic glasses take the strain
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Feb 20
Claustrum involvement in sleep
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Feb 13
Dynamics of smoking-induced mutagenesis in normal epithelium
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Feb 6
Reactivating latent SIV and HIV
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Jan 30
Protein-structure-predicting neural network goes some distance
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Jan 23
Self-organized criticality
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Jan 16
Small molecule bound to diabetes target
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Jan 9
Strain to stabilize
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Jan 2
Artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening
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Dec 19
An antiferromagnetic topological insulator
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Dec 12
Malaria drug-resistance mechanisms
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Dec 5
Getting a clue—how brain maps are updated through vision
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Nov 28
Detoxifying quantum dot LEDs
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Nov 21
Alcoholic hepatitis in mice is attenuated with bacteriophage therapy
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Nov 14
Regulation of TLR7 and TLR9 responses
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Nov 7
Resizing the proton radius
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Oct 31
Bacterial cGAS systems defend against phage
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Oct 24
Microbiota may influence learning
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Oct 17
Inequality in global child deaths
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Oct 10
The fungus Malassezia promotes pancreatic cancer
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Oct 3
A favourite colour for each time of the day
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Sep 26
Perseanol synthesised
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Sep 19
Probabilistic computing with spins
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Sep 12
The resilience of online hate
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Sep 5
Stress management
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Aug 29
A carbon nanotube microprocessor
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Aug 22
Limited shark spatial refuges from industrial fishing
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Aug 15
Returning to the sterile womb hypothesis
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Aug 8
Microorganisms harvest lysine to protect themselves against oxidative stress
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Aug 1
Hot spots for CSF drainage
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Jul 25
Provoking thoughts on Parkinson’s disease
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Jul 18
Reaction prediction made easy
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Jul 11
Inflammation affects stem cell function in old brains
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Jul 4
Reading between the lines
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Jun 27
Bugs on drugs
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Jun 20
Stressed out
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Jun 13
Dormant defences
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Jun 6
Lubricating plate tectonics with sediments
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May 30
Thermal Hawking radiation
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May 23
Towards room-temperature superconductivity
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May 16
A new approach to quantum simulation
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May 9
Obesity in cities compared to the countryside
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May 2
Prebiotic metabolic cycles
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Apr 25
Towards the path of least resistance
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Apr 18
Conformational states of HIV-1 envelope protein
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Apr 11
Fluctuations of the vacuum
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Apr 4
An ethanivornous archaeon
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Mar 28
Histone serotonylation
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Mar 21
Molecule.exe
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Mar 14
A novel strategy to block malaria transmission
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Mar 7
Identification of a cross-species entry factor for bat influenza virus
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Feb 28
The rolling chew
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Feb 21
Powering electronic devices with Wi-Fi
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Feb 14
Nanophotonic refrigeration
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Feb 7
Retrotransposable elements in senescent cells drive inflammaging
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Jan 31
Spliced-out yeast introns regulate TOR growth signaling
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Jan 24
Seeing hidden objects
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Jan 17
Cancer mutations in normal oesophageal tissue
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Jan 10
An improved approach for de novo design of therapeutic proteins
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Jan 3
Greenland meltwater flushes methane to the atmosphere
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Dec 20
Translation of non-coding RNA is crucial for immune response
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Dec 13
A new route to chirality
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Dec 6
The trypt from the crypt
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Nov 29
Somatic gene recombination in neurons
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Nov 22
Entropy overcomes chemistry
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Nov 15
Alkyl–alkyl C–C bond formation with olefin
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Nov 8
Active superelasticity in biology
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Nov 1
Restoring walking after spinal cord injury
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Oct 25
A role for senescent cells in neurodegeneration
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Oct 18
The flight of the dandelion
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Oct 11
Learning to soar
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Oct 4
The development of primary liver cancer
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Sep 27
Towards self-powered, flexible electronics
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Sep 20
T cells target the brain
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Sep 13
Effect of rising sea levels on coastal wetlands
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Sep 6
Sub-lethal effects of sulfoximine pesticides on bumblebees
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Aug 30
Forecasting the locations of earthquake aftershocks
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Aug 23
Splicing together a lineage from snapshots
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Aug 16
Reducing yeast chromosome numbers has only minor effect on cell fitness
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Aug 9
Xenon isotopes reveal history of volatile recycling into the mantle
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Aug 2
Succinate goes in to BAT, turning up the heat on metabolic disease
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Jul 26
Histidine metabolism determines sensitivity to methotrexate
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Jul 19
Vein-to-artery cell fate switching examined
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Jul 12
Replication fork speed causes genomic instability
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Jul 5
General relativity passes another test
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Jun 28
Dye molecules make a stand
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Jun 21
Shielding haematopoietic stem cells from the sun
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Jun 14
CAR T cells drive anti-tumour activity
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Jun 7
Thermoelectricity turns a corner
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May 31
Ubiquitination in prokaryote clothing
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May 24
Exploring the limits of plasmons
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May 17
Expanding the neuronal reprogramming toolbox
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May 10
Spaid digs grave for male fruit flies
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May 3
Flexible self-healing crystals
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Apr 26
Entanglement gains a size
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Apr 19
Immune memory modifies brain disease
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Apr 12
Peptide prevents water loss from thirsty leaves
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Apr 5
Twisted graphene strengthens electronic interactions
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Mar 29
Vortices cause a dangerous stir in the heart
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Mar 22
Iron binding in phytoplankton
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Mar 15
Seismic waves remain impervious to water
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Mar 8
Dopamine’s unusual binding technique
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Mar 1
Trapped ions get up to speed
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Feb 22
Structure and mechanism of ion channel Piezo1
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Feb 15
Pulsating aurorae
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Feb 8
Plasma marker predicts amyloid-β pathology in the brain
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Feb 1
Microbial predator found in the ocean
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Jan 25
Displays of solidity
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Jan 18
The rise of an intestinal epidemic
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Jan 11
Hindering heritable hearing loss
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Jan 4
Convergent nervous system evolution
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Dec 21
Different fates of surface water on Earth and Mars
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Dec 14
Eel-y shocking power source
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Dec 7
A study in PINK1
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Nov 30
Catalysing methane conversion
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Nov 23
Base editing steps forward
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Nov 16
Intestinal bacterium beats host defence
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Nov 9
Ice born from disorder in the stack
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Nov 2
Charm quarks do energetic shuffle
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Oct 26
Skin cells add insult to injury
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Oct 19
Long life light
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Oct 12
Brainstem receptor regulates body mass loss
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Oct 5
Designer proteins
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Sep 28
A roadblock to brain tumours
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Sep 21
3D printing of engineering alloys
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Sep 14
Brain tumour cell hierarchy
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Sep 7
Identifying active catalyst sites
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Aug 31
When algae bloomed
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Aug 24
Molecular memories heat up
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Aug 17
Computing at the edge of chaos
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Aug 10
Stem cell development inhibitors
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Aug 3
Hypothalamus controls the speed of ageing
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Jul 27
Molecular insights into side effects of exposure to radiation
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Jul 20
In vivo screening of brain tumour transcription factors
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Jul 13
Personalized cancer vaccine trials
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Jul 6
Logical step for data storage using nanotechnologies
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Jun 29
Zoonotic virus distribution patterns
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Jun 22
UTI reduction by mannoside
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Jun 15
Octopus-inspired sticky patch
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Jun 8
Magnetism in flatland
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Jun 1
Changing to the next phase
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May 25
Role of metabolic changes in cancer progression
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May 18
A source and sink of cell flow
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May 11
One-laser molecular manipulation
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May 4
Analysis of a global warming hiatus
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Apr 27
Dyeing to look inside cells
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Apr 20
Writing glasses
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Apr 13
A functional role for topological defects in epithelial monolayers
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Apr 6
Pectin breakdown in the gut
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Mar 30
Illuminating iron
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Mar 23
First marker of HIV cellular reservoir
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Mar 16
Chip inspection in 3D
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Mar 9
Reading and writing of single atoms
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Mar 2
Cell division in response to mechanical stress
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Feb 23
Fossil reveals early mollusc morphology
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Feb 16
Early brain overgrowth predicts autism spectrum disorder
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Feb 9
Chimaeric islets control diabetes in mice
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Feb 2
Material properties at the single-atom level
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Jan 26
Viruses communicate for decision-making
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Jan 19
Archaea with eukaryotic tendencies
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Jan 12
Role of mechanotransduction in breathing
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Jan 5
Precise fast radio burst location raises new questions
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Dec 22
Over 100 components in a self-assembled complex
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Dec 15
Small-molecule chemokine receptor antagonists
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Dec 8
Gamma-rhythm disruption and Alzheimer’s disease pathology
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Dec 1
An ocean beneath Sputnik Planitia?
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Nov 24
Device-ready doped polymer semiconductors
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Nov 17
A new polymer for wearable electronics
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Nov 10
Locomotion restored after spinal cord injury in a primate
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Nov 3
Weighing up axions as a window on dark matter
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Oct 27
A bird’s vocal organ from the Cretaceous
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Oct 20
Bicyclic azetidines, a new type of antimalarial
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Oct 13
Phylogenetic roots of human lethal violence
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Oct 6
Organic matter on comet 67P
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Sep 29
Neural circuits driving anticipatory thirst
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Sep 22
Signs of life on an ancient Earth
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Sep 15
Acanthostega fossils revisited
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Sep 8
Designer opioids to target pain
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Sep 1
A prospect for amyloid-β-removal therapy
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Aug 25
A warm terrestrial planet in orbit around Proxima Centaurii
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Aug 18
Early sorting events in the mouse embryo
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Aug 11
Superfast ion diffusion in mixed conductors
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Aug 4
Engineering self-control into anti-tumour bacteria
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Jul 28
A novel antibiotic from the human microbiota
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Jul 21
Electron pairing against the odds
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Jul 14
Surfactant activity of Ki-67 protein
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Jul 7
Quiet flows the Perseus cluster
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Jun 30
Transmissible cancers in marine species
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Jun 23
Structure of the human fertilization complex
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Jun 16
Musashi protein target in pancreatic cancer
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Jun 9
Nanomachines in the macrocycle lane
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Jun 2
Earth’s inner core, ancient or modern
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May 26
Antidepressant action of a ketamine metabolite
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May 19
The structural basis of gene initiation
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May 12
Functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds
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May 5
Time for a nuclear clock?
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Apr 28
Illinois’ Tully monster reinterpreted
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Apr 21
Cooper-pair condensate visualization
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Apr 14
Astrocytic scars aid axon regrowth
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Apr 7
An isotopic record of nearby supernovae
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Mar 31
Are primary cilia mechanical sensors?
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Mar 24
Rescue of forgotten memories
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Mar 17
Sight restoration through cellular regeneration
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Mar 10
CO2 as a chemical feedstock
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Mar 3
Electrically driven catalysis of a redox reaction
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Feb 25
Evolution of hominin tooth size
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Feb 18
A uranium compound with catalytic activity
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Feb 11
Deleterious effects of senescent cells
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Feb 4
Lawsonite trigger for unstable fault slip?
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Jan 28
A wearable plastic sweat biosensor
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Jan 21
Zeroing in on antihydrogen's charge
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Jan 14
Effect of diet on gut microbiota
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Jan 7
Violent variations from a black hole in visual light
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Dec 24
Time to rethink nitrification
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Dec 17
A mixed bag of entangled particles
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Dec 10
Improved prospects for diesel fuel production
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Dec 3
Detrimental role for fat Treg in insulin resistance
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Nov 26
Super-resolution vascular imaging
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Nov 19
A new approach to targeting S. aureus
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Nov 12
Distant metastasis reduced by oxidative stress
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Nov 5
Water droplets on the bounce
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Oct 29
A new route to S-aryl conjugates
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Oct 22
A novel mechanism for microbial cooperation
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Oct 15
Conspicuous wealth undermines cooperation
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Oct 8
SERINC5 is a natural antiretroviral agent
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Oct 1
A new biomimetic nanodelivery platform
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Sep 24
Orbital angular momentum control in neutron optics
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Sep 17
Links between air pollution and premature mortality
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Sep 10
Possible evidence for transmission of Alzheimer’s pathology
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Sep 3
A novel mechanism of neurodegeneration
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Aug 27
Copper boost to an atomic laser
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Aug 20
bHLH-PAS transcription factor structures
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Aug 13
Difficult syntheses made that bit easier
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Aug 6
Designer magnetism in copper and manganese
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Jul 30
Lanosterol counters cataract formation
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Jul 23
cis P-tau tauopathy in traumatic brain injury
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Jul 16
Fullerene C60 identified in the Milky Way
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Jul 9
An eye for phytoplankton
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Jul 2
Hallucigenia reassessment comes to a head
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Jun 25
Signal discrimination in plants
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Jun 18
The power of positive memories
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Jun 11
Anatomy of a glacial termination
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Jun 4
Rare B meson-to-muons decay observed
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May 28
Further hominin diversity in the Middle Pliocene
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May 21
Recursive splicing in insects and vertebrates
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May 14
Archaea with eukaryotic tendencies
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May 7
Bees' responses to neonicotinoids examined
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Apr 30
Mechanism of artemisinin resistance
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Apr 23
Hydrogens visualized in hydrogenase enzyme
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Apr 16
Fine chemicals can grow with the flow
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Apr 9
Impactor origins key to Moon's similarity to Earth
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Apr 2
Novel mechanism for p53 tumour suppression
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Mar 26
Hidden influences on cell-cycle duration
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Mar 19
Efficient CO2 adsorption in a metal-organic framework
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Mar 12
Evidence of hydrothermal activity on Enceladus
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Mar 5
Complex effects of cannabinoids on feeding
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Feb 26
Quantum teleportation of two states of one photon
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Feb 19
Lithium production in a classical nova
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Feb 12
Grid cell alignment reflects the environment
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Feb 5
Coral reef adaptation to change
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Jan 29
Convenient C–H amination in complex molecules
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Jan 22
Teixobactin, a robust dual-action antibiotic
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Jan 15
Genetic variation in sub-Saharan Africa
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Jan 8
Bats’ mental compass
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Jan 1
A hydrogel modelled on articular cartilage
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Dec 18
Conservation without frontiers
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Dec 11
Induced pluripotency decoded
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Dec 4
Role of β-catenin in depression
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Nov 27
Passive cooling in direct sunlight
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Nov 20
Agricultural advance increases atmospheric CO2 seasonality
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Nov 13
A giant dinosaur reborn
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Nov 6
Stratospheric chlorine reservoir rising
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Oct 30
Target discrimination by bacterial immune systems
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Oct 23
Oxidation state IX in [IrO4]+
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Oct 16
A novel route to mouse cancer models
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Oct 9
Damaging effects of artificial sweeteners
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Oct 2
Immunotherapy in advanced Ebola virus disease
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Sep 25
Water vapour on a Neptune-sized exoplanet
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Sep 18
Memory switching between fear and reward
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Sep 11
Consequences of placenta evolution
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Sep 4
Best fin forward
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Aug 28
Phantom photon photography
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Aug 21
2014 Iquique earthquake examined
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Aug 14
Glass formation in pure metals
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Aug 7
Early HIV-1 reservoir formation
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Jul 31
PTEX drives malarial protein export
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Jul 24
The genetics of schizophrenia
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Jul 17
Bird populations reduced by neonicotinoids
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Jul 10
Why it’s hotter in the city
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Jul 2
Black holes get close in triplets
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Jun 26
Wobble base pair dictates tRNA fidelity
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Jun 19
Gut microbiota response to malnutrition
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Jun 12
Neutrino mass limited
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Jun 5
Phosphorylated ubiquitin is a parkin activator
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May 29
The silkworm feminizing factor
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May 22
Progression from Wolf–Rayet star to type IIb supernova
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May 15
A bacterium using an expanded genetic alphabet
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May 8
Arctic warming driven by change in the tropics
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May 1
Top spin for exoplanet β Pictoris b
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Apr 24
A new catalyst with energy-saving potential
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Apr 17
Synthesis of enantioselective quaternary stereocentres
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Apr 10
Structure of a bacterial light-harvesting complex
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Apr 3
Blood flow response to neural activity
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Mar 27
Dwarf-planet Sedna is not alone
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Mar 20
Bone growth and vascularization linked
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Mar 13
How super is a supergene?
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Mar 6
Renewal through reprogramming
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Feb 27
Genomic analyses of childhood ependymomas
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Feb 20
Fusion shows a return
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Feb 13
‘Greener’ Amazon was a trick of the light
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Feb 6
Raising the standard for many-atom clocks
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Jan 30
A new way to induce pluripotency
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Jan 23
Root fungi key to soil carbon
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Jan 16
Phasing maximizes aerodynamics in bird formations
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Jan 9
Go with the flow batteries
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Jan 2
A tale of two planets
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Dec 19
Time to set a standard for drug responses
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Dec 12
Liquid magnetism
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Dec 5
Surprises in store on Vesta
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Nov 28
AdipRon, a small molecule with antidiabetic activity
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Nov 21
CO2 transfer via inland waters
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Nov 14
Monoclonal antibodies in HIV therapy
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Nov 7
Natural versus anthropogenic aerosols in climate forcing
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Oct 31
DMSP biosynthesis in coral animals
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Oct 24
Most distant star-forming galaxy confirmed
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Oct 17
Raman spectroscopy with laser frequency combs
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Oct 10
The face of vertebrate evolution
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Oct 3
Quanta at the double
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Sep 26
Transmission of emerging H7N9 virus
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Sep 19
A model for the human brain
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Sep 12
Recapitulating mouse germ-cell specification
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Sep 5
In search of an easy fix for nitrogen
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Aug 29
Health is a gut issue
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Aug 22
Measuring surface gravity in Sun-like stars
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Aug 15
Efficient teleportation on demand
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Aug 8
The tangled world of the early mammals
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Aug 1
Controlling planarian regeneration capacity
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Jul 25
Feather-light unbreakable plastic electronics
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Jul 18
On, off and ‘depends’ positions in a riboswitch
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Jul 11
The many guises of the malaria pathogen
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Jul 4
A model of efficient hydrogen production
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Jun 27
Timely nerve cell regeneration
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Jun 20
Melting the ice
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Jun 12
Lost in transmission
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Jun 6
Inner workings of a single molecule
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May 30
Earth and Venus are different class
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May 23
MRP gene family linked to longevity
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May 16
A greener route to steel
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May 9
Hypothalamic control of ageing processes
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May 2
Prepared for takeoff — and landing
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Apr 25
The zebrafish genome
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Apr 18
Ultrabright electrons shed light on organic chemistry
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Apr 11
Competing neural inputs feed anxiety
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Apr 4
Enzyme catalysis of a novel phosphono migration
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Mar 28
Crystal structure without the crystals
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Mar 21
How circRNAs round-up miRNAs
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Mar 14
Human receptor for emerging coronavirus
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Mar 7
A catalyst for the methanol economy
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Feb 28
Nitrogen on the up over China
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Feb 21
SAR11 bacteria thrive — despite viruses
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Feb 14
A new class of simple enantioselective catalyst
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Feb 7
TMC-1 protein makes sense of salt
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Jan 31
Novel 'hastatic' order in condensed matter
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Jan 24
Violent activity at 'stable' fault segments
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Jan 17
Down-to-earth genetics
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Jan 10
The face of early vertebrate evolution
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Jan 3
Dielectrics turned conductor in a flash
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Dec 20
MicroRNA boosts heart regeneration
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Dec 13
Efficient fluorescence-based OLEDs
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Dec 6
Functionalized heterocycle synthesis
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Nov 29
The bread — and barley — of life
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Nov 22
Marine methane-reduction mechanism
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Nov 15
Quantum spin, on the dot
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Nov 8
Live-wire bacteria in marine sediments
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Nov 1
A Dawn view of Vesta
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Oct 25
An alternative channel for pain relief
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Oct 18
Efficacy of HIV vaccine
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Oct 4
One cluster, but two black holes
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Sep 27
Thin-skinned mammal has ability to regenerate
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Sep 20
New materials to generate electricity from heat
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Sep 13
Low-calorie diet no guarantee of longer life
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Sep 6
Voyager 1's roll in the heliosheath
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Aug 30
Towards atom-thick integrated circuits
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Aug 23
Fathers' ages linked to disease risk
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Aug 16
The roads to the Americas
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Aug 9
Unknown 'extra' atmospheric oxidizing agent
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Aug 2
The medulloblastoma genome dissected
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Jul 26
A promising vanadium dioxide transistor
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Jul 19
Dinosaurs could have been warm-blooded
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Jul 12
Riddle of the quicksands
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Jul 5
Australopithecus enjoyed fruits of the forest
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Jun 28
Stranger on the shore
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Jun 21
Drug toxicity predicted
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Jun 14
Tree rings capture eighth-century cosmic event
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Jun 7
Sister neurons in the developing neocortex
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May 31
Elusive quasiparticles observed
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May 24
Incidence of superflares on Sun-like stars
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May 17
People with tetraplegia able to grasp with robotic arm
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May 10
Heterogeneity in the genetics of autism
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May 3
Late show for Earth’s bombardment
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Apr 26
Crowd control in epithelia
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Apr 19
Rain check on the early atmosphere
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Apr 12
Teneurin proteins in axon targeting
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Apr 5
Accurate prediction of population movement
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Mar 29
Fellow travellers: walking with hominins
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Mar 22
Cancer induction by isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation
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Mar 15
Evolutionary roots of the vertebrate brain
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Mar 8
Piezo ion channel feels the force
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Mar 1
Rewiring the memory circuits
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Feb 23
Muscarinic receptor structures compared
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Feb 16
The anticancer potential of immunoediting
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Feb 9
Influence of ageing and genetics on cognitive function
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Feb 2
Solid progress for X-ray lasers
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Jan 26
Quantifying metabolism
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Jan 19
Can the Amazon take the strain?
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Jan 12
Planets common in the Milky Way
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Jan 5
Lost in time: enter the ‘time cloak’
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Dec 22
Triple hazard for amphibians
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Dec 15
Structure of antibody-bound gp120 epitope
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Dec 8
New ‘record’ for black hole size
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Dec 1
Two views of Christmas γ-ray burst
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Nov 24
Early arrivals in Europe
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Nov 17
Coral snake’s potent toxin identified
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Nov 10
Four-wheeled test drive
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Nov 3
The adolescent brain in flux
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Oct 27
Reconstruction of Black Death genome
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Oct 20
Feeding a growing world sustainably
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Oct 13
If food be the food of love...
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Oct 6
Human oocytes reprogram somatic cells to a pluripotent state
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Sep 29
Dynamin structure and function
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Sep 22
The surface that hates almost everything
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Sep 15
A sound basis for overconfidence?
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Sep 8
BRCA1 mutation linked to genomic instability
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Sep 1
Earliest date yet for Acheulian culture at classic African hominin site
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Aug 25
Wolbachia used to counter dengue fever
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Aug 18
Coffee rings have hidden depths
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Aug 11
Neurons from fibroblasts
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Aug 4
The gut is twisted logically
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Jul 28
Has Archaeopteryx fallen off its perch?
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Jul 21
‘Post-light’ genome sequencing chips
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Jul 14
Towards safer heart resuscitation
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Jul 7
Saturn’s Great White thunderstorm
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Jun 30
Repairs of the heart
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Jun 23
Stress and the city
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Jun 16
Voyager 1’s long goodbye
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Jun 9
Stem Cell Revival
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Jun 2
Disrupting insect vector breath-seeking behaviour
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May 26
A queen among fruitflies
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May 19
Two ways to get legless
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May 5
Body plan innovation in treehoppers through the evolution of an extra wing-like appendage
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Apr 28
Sleeping on the job
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Apr 21
Optically healable supramolecular polymers
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Apr 14
The road from jaw to ear
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Apr 7
Stem cells self-generate retinal tissue
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Mar 31
Lessons from the past
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Mar 10
The lost DNA that makes us human
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Mar 3
Genetic abnormalities in iPS cells
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Feb 24
A history of megadroughts
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Feb 17
Human impact on flooding
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Feb 10
Possible link between aggression and mating behaviour
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Feb 3
Edge-on view of Kepler-11 planetary system
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Jan 27
Growth-factor target for memory drugs
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Jan 20
First steps in farming
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Jan 13
Flipper-banding a threat to penguins
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Jan 6
EphB2: a factor in memory loss
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Dec 23
A digital record of an early Siberian
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Dec 16
Not too late to save the polar bear
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Dec 9
Tumour cells that supply their own blood
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Dec 2
Ground-based telescopes probe super-Earths
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Nov 25
The blind spot of p53
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Nov 18
Volcanic unrest before the eruption that closed Europe’s air space
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Nov 11
Schizophrenia today: three views of the future
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Nov 4
Holographic telepresence demonstrated
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Oct 28
1000 Genomes Project pilots published
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Oct 21
Paternal diet linked to glucose intolerance in daughters
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Oct 14
When is a comet not a comet?
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Oct 7
BRCA2 protein characterized
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Sep 30
Three-qubit solid-state entanglement realized
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Sep 23
Human malaria parasite traced to a fellow primate
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Sep 16
Stem cells with baggage
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Sep 9
On target in the rat
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Sep 2
New Alzheimer’s target
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Aug 26
Marine biodiversity survey
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Aug 19
Cooperation and promiscuity
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Aug 12
MicroRNA shoots messenger
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Aug 5
Think distributed thinking
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Jul 29
MicroRNAs in Parkinson’s
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Jul 22
Novel antidiabetics
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Jul 15
Another piece in the monkey puzzle
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Jul 8
Anti-addictive microRNA
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Jul 1
‘Killer’ sperm whales
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Jun 24
A role for pseudogenes
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Jun 17
Magnetoelectric skyrmions
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Jun 10
Stem-cell promise
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Jun 3
Mentoring by numbers
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May 27
The secret life of Nectocaris
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May 20
SN2005E: untrue to type
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May 13
Burgess Shale-like fossils live on
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May 6
New drugs for hepatitis C
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Apr 29
Ice on asteroid 24 Themis
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Apr 22
Ecosystem nitrate flows
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Apr 15
Who turned the lights out?
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Apr 8
The sushi factor
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Apr 1
Human genome at ten
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Mar 25
An early route to oxygen
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Mar 18
An end to male pregnancy
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Mar 11
A bird of two halves
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Mar 4
Human gut microbes sequenced
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Feb 25
The world of arthropods
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Feb 18
Genomes: Comparing southern African sequences
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Feb 11
Genomics: An ancient hairy tale
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Jan 28
The biomechanics of barefoot running
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Jan 14
Soybean sequenced
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Jan 7
Four feet in the past
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Dec 24
A diet for life
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Dec 17
Ecology of war
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Dec 3
A touch painful
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Nov 19
Graphene falls flat
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Nov 5
T cells in autoimmunity
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Oct 29
The generation game
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Oct 22
Saturn’s giant surprise
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Oct 15
Nerve cell or progenitor?
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Oct 1
A feathery four-winged dinosaur
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Sep 24
Ancient roots for India’s rich diversity
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Sep 17
A fix for mitochondrial DNA
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Sep 10
Pure lunar anorthosite
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Aug 27
p53 as a barrier to pluripotency
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Aug 13
Stormy weather on Titan
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Aug 6
Schizophrenia risk factors
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Jul 30
Marine animals cause a stir
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Jul 23
Earth’s aurora: north–south asymmetry
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Jul 16
Rapamycin for a longer life?
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Jul 9
Early indicator of sight loss
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Jul 2
iPS cells three years on
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Jun 25
Enceladus ocean: yes and no
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Jun 18
Swine flu so far
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Jun 11
Typhoons trigger slow earthquakes
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May 28
Transgenic monkeys with a healthy glow
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May 21
Optical device records in 5D
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May 14
Prehistoric pin-up
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May 7
Hobbit head to toe
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Apr 30
The coming climate crunch
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Apr 23
Sir John Maddox (1925-2009）
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Apr 16
Graphene nanoribbons: unzip a nanotube
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Apr 9
The cancer genomics era
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Mar 26
New view on erupting volcanoes
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Mar 19
Feather origins: taking flight back in time?
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Mar 12
‘Peking Man’ more ancient than thought
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Mar 5
Satellite records post-quake healing of Earth’s crust
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Feb 26
Fossil embryos reveal prehistoric reproduction secrets
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Feb 19
Clearer scans and room to move
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Feb 12
Developmental biology: New theory of blood cell development (AOP)
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Feb 12
Indicator of prostate cancer detectable in urine
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Feb 5
Powering towards printable electronic circuits
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Feb 5
Ancient tropical giant telling of past temperatures
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Jan 29
Iron boosts and carbon capture
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Jan 15
Ancient braincase connects the dots on jaw evolution
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Dec 18
Detection of a water maser defies the odds
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Dec 11
A trick of the light reveals out-of-this-world water vapor
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Dec 4
Restoring arm movement via a single neuron
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Dec 4
UV rays pierce the clouds of Venus
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Nov 27
Fossil discovery upends thinking on turtle origins
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Nov 20
Mammoth tales from the grave
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Nov 13
Cool brains slow the tempo
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Nov 6
Personal genetic maps on the horizon
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Oct 30
Written in the sand — tsunamis can strike twice
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Oct 23
Breaching the placental barrier
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Oct 23
Sticky-tape X-rays
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Oct 9
Honing in on malaria parasites
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Oct 2
Old biopsy brings new insight to HIV-1 evolution
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Sep 25
Redirecting magnetization for better memories
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Sep 18
Bending closer to invisibility cloaks
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Sep 11
Brightest starburst yet sheds light on black hole formation
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Sep 4
Warmer seas fuel stronger cyclones
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Aug 28
Unraveling the coil of Earth’s magnetic core
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Aug 21
Brown fat: the next weapon against obesity?
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Aug 7
An electronic eye to behold
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Jul 31
The circuitry of fear
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Jul 31
Olympics recorded on ancient ‘computer’ relics
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Jul 24
Arsenic contamination traced to source
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Jul 17
Shedding light on galactic evolution
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Jul 3
Solar System bent out of shape
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Jun 26
Massive impact scars Mars
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Jun 19
Color MRI on the horizon
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Jun 12
New target for Alzheimer’s drugs
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Jun 5
Roaming phones show we are creatures of habit
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May 29
Fossil fish tells tales of live birth in the Devonian
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May 29
Rapid response to influenza on the radar
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May 22
Scientists shake up volcanology
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May 15
Drilling the depths of climate change
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May 15
Superconducting: The heat is on
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May 8
Platypus genome reveals a treasure trove of evolutionary clues
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Apr 17
Cheaper by the individual
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Apr 17
MicroRNA silencing in non-human primates
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Apr 10
Atmospheric recycling
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Apr 3
Smoking receptors mirror lung cancer genes
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Mar 20
Light springs genes into action
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Mar 20
Picture this — seeing what I see
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Mar 13
Nailed: kingpin cancer gene
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Feb 28
A new monsoon record
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Feb 21
Pinpointing emerging disease hotspots
