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Populist slogans won’t cut it: the new UK government has nothing to lose and everything to gain by working constructively with scientists and universities.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02819-0
Populist slogans won’t cut it: the new UK government has nothing to lose and everything to gain by working constructively with scientists and universities.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02819-0
Too often, researchers who share their expertise on contentious topics such as COVID-19 are subjected to abuse. Their institutions must step in to defend and protect them.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02818-1
Report heralds what’s to come from the landmark observatory, which is set to explore 76 worlds during its first year.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02350-2
Two research teams grew synthetic embryos using stem cells for long enough to see some organs develop.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02334-2
Updated COVID jabs have been approved in the United States and United Kingdom, but they offer roughly the same protection as existing vaccines, a study suggests.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02806-5
The research funder’s admission has been largely welcomed, but experts say many institutions need to do much more to implement anti-racism pledges.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02299-2
Biden administration instructs all US agencies to require immediate access to federally funded research after it is published, starting in 2026.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02351-1
The country has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into research on induced pluripotent stem cells to treat diseased organs.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02232-7
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Experiments conducted in Earth’s orbit have probed the complicated dynamics of moving droplets by circumventing the size limits imposed by gravity. The findings could lead to improved microchip fabrication techniques.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02342-2
Activation of the RAF protein is key to the RAS–MAPK signalling pathway, and involves the SMP protein complex. Structures for SMP shed light on the process, and suggest fresh targets for anticancer drug discovery.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02189-7
The enzymatic pathway has been characterized for the production of ketocarotenoids: the red pigment in some birds’ feathers and in eye cells that detect red light.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02343-1
Global-warming projections that rely on bioenergy strategies to offset carbon dioxide emissions could be unduly optimistic, according to a study that accounts for how climate change affects crop yields.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02344-0
Brown fat in the body converts energy into heat. The discovery that inosine molecules are released from dying brown fat and induce heat production in nearby brown fat cells could point to a way of combating obesity.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01826-5
A solid catalyst has been prepared in which pairs of active sites work synergistically to promote an industrial chemical reaction, and the mechanism has been determined — a breakthrough for ‘pair site’ catalysis.
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