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Early grant success attracts more funding: study of 100,000 applicants hints at why Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Largest study of its kind explores the ‘Matthew effect’ in research.
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Determination of the mass distribution of the first stars from the 21-cm signal Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-20 T. Gessey-Jones, N. S. Sartorio, H. T. J. Bevins, A. Fialkov, W. J. Handley, E. de Lera Acedo, G. M. Mirouh, R. G. Izzard, R. Barkana
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Co-precession of a curved jet and compact accretion disk in M87 Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-20 Yuzhu Cui, Weikang Lin
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Fermi detection of gamma-ray emission from the hot coronae of radio-quiet active galactic nuclei Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-20 Jun-Rong Liu, Jian-Min Wang
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Invisible spiral arms in Milky Way-like galaxies Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Bokyoung Kim
Stellar structures and the dark matter (DM) halo of galaxies are dynamically intertwined. However, the impact of stellar spiral arms on the DM halo morphology remains little explored. Marcel Bernet and colleagues address this deficiency by investigating the imprint of stellar spirals on the DM halo of a Milky Way-like galaxy, revealing the presence of dark spiral arms. Using an N-body model of an isolated
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‘Know thy star’ consistently Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Luca Maltagliati
‘Know thy star, know thy planet’: precise and accurate estimates of stellar parameters and behaviour are necessary to reliably characterize their orbiting exoplanets. However, these data are usually gathered by many different surveys and facilities, creating an inconsistent archive. Patrick de Laverny and colleagues present a homogenous catalogue of the properties of 2,573 exoplanetary host stars and
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A little red dot up close Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Lindsay Oldham
Taking their name from their extremely red and compact emission, little red dots (LRDs) do not yet have a physical explanation that is consistent across their full spectral energy distribution (SED): whilst some spectral features indicate the presence of dusty active galactic nuclei (AGN), others are more naturally interpreted as stellar light. Observations and modelling are also often hampered by
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Life might seem out of whack Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Paul Woods
A robust detection of life on another world would be a landmark event. A common approach towards life detection focuses on observing key chemical species in atmospheres that are uniquely associated with life. However, an alternative method involves identifying chemical disequilibrium: atmospheric chemistry that has been perturbed from thermodynamic equilibrium by some biological process. Amber Young
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Black in cosmology Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 John. C. Hood, Marcell Howard, Elizabeth Meador
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The Juneteenth issue Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19
Against a background of threats to science and personal identity, this month we highlight a score of Black astronomers trying to pursue their ambitions without fear, and Black In Astro, an organization supporting predominantly early-career Black people working in the space sciences.
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Black in (exo)planetary science Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Keanna Jardine, Caprice L. Phillips, Kayla J. Smith, Dakotah Tyler, Ashley Walker, Robert Washington
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Empowering voices and building bridges across the space community with Black In Astro Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Naia Butler-Craig, Bryné Hadnott, KeShawn Ivory, Tana Joseph, AJ Link, Cheyenne Polius, Caprice L. Phillips, Dakotah Tyler, Ashley Walker, Robert Washington
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Black in galaxy astrophysics Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Devontae C. Baxter, Arianna S. Long, Sinclaire M. Manning, Evan H. Nuñez, Zara Randriamanakoto, Gianni Sims
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Black in stellar astrophysics Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 James O. Chibueze, Samaiyah Farid, India Jackson, Teresa Monsue, Miriam M. Nyamai
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This tiny robot moves mini-droplets with ease Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Magnetially controlled device can combine or split microlitre-sized droplets.
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Sensors pinpoint the exact time of a Yellowstone explosion Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Data could help to reveal the warning signs of potentially dangerous eruptions caused by liquid groundwater abruptly turning into gas.
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Stories that are out of this world: Books in brief Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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‘Super-healing’ animals inspire human treatments Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Studies of the regenerative powers of worms, zebrafish and lizards suggest ways to improve recovery in people.
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Happy birthday Jaws! How the movie changed shark science Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Half a century after its cinematic release, Jaws is still shaping how we view — and protect — the ocean’s top predators.
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Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.
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Developing astronomers in Africa: ‘We wanted to create a discipline’ Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Astronomer Bernie Fanaroff helped to design South Africa’s plan to become a radioastronomy powerhouse — and it started with training the next generation.
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Bringing men into conversations about parenting in academia Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
A new campaign by the non-profit group Mothers in Science highlights the challenges and experiences that fathers face, providing actionable steps to becoming a better parent and ally.
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Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20
Virologist Amadou Sall is the driving force behind a world-class manufacturing hub in Senegal.
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Daily briefing: Some moths can navigate using starlight Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19
Bogong moths use the stars to find their way during an epic migration across Australia. Plus, the ‘Dragon Man’ fossil belonged to a Denisovan and how our brains might control ageing.
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AI slashes time to produce gold-standard medical reviews — but sceptics urge caution Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19
Although language models can help to accelerate systematic reviews, a fully automated system is still some way off.
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Author Correction: Regulatory genomic circuitry of human disease loci by integrative epigenomics Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-20 Carles A. Boix, Benjamin T. James, Yongjin P. Park, Wouter Meuleman, Manolis Kellis
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03145-z Published online 3 February 2021
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Publisher Correction: The P-loop NTPase RUVBL2 is a conserved clock component across eukaryotes Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Meimei Liao, Yanqin Liu, Zhancong Xu, Mingxu Fang, Ziqing Yu, Yufan Cui, Zhengda Sun, Ran Huo, Jieyu Yang, Fusheng Huang, Mingming Liu, Qin Zhou, Xiaocui Song, Hui Han, She Chen, Xiaodong Xu, Ximing Qin, Qun He, Dapeng Ju, Tao Wang, Nirav Thakkar, Paul E. Hardin, Susan S. Golden, Eric Erquan Zhang
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08797-3 Published online 26 March 2025
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First ever skull from ‘Denisovan’ reveals what ancient people looked like Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18
Ancient proteins and calcified dental plaque identify heavy-browed fossil from China as a Denisovan.
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In search of signs of life on Mars with China’s sample return mission Tianwen-3 Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Zengqian Hou, Jizhong Liu, Fuchuan Pang, Yuming Wang, Yiliang Li, Mengjiao Xu, Jianya Gong, Kun Jiang, Zhizhong Kang, Yangting Lin, Jia Liu, Yang Liu, Yang Li, Liping Qin, Zhenfeng Sheng, Chi Wang, Juntao Wang, Guangfei Wei, Long Xiao, Yigang Xu, Bingkun Yu, Renhao Ruan, Chaolin Zhang, Yu-Yan Sara Zhao, Xin Zou
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Revealed: How the brain turns stress into a bad night's sleep Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19
Neurons deep in the brain influence how stressful experiences disrupt both sleep and memory.
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Single-celled organisms set for greater role in gut health Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19
Long cast as villains, some protists, such as Blastocystis, are potentially beneficial to human health.
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Strategies for climate-resilient global wind and solar power systems Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Dongsheng Zheng, Xizhe Yan, Dan Tong, Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira, Yuanyuan Lin, Yaqin Guo, Jingyun Li, Peng Wang, Liying Ping, Shijie Feng, Yang Liu, Jing Cheng, Deliang Chen, Kebin He, Qiang Zhang
Climate change may amplify the frequency and severity of supply-demand mismatches in future power systems with high shares of wind and solar energy1,2. Here, we use a dispatch optimization model to assess potential increases in hourly costs associated with such climate-intensified gaps under fixed, high penetrations of wind and solar generation. We further explore various strategies to enhance system
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On the effects of fault alignment on slip stability Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Yuri Fialko, Yoshihiro Kaneko
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Reply to: On the effects of fault alignment on slip stability Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Jaeseok Lee, Victor C. Tsai, Greg Hirth, Avigyan Chatterjee, Daniel T. Trugman
replying to: Y. Fialko & Y. Kaneko. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09117-5 (2025). In Lee et al.1, we found that creeping faults correlate with well-aligned fault networks and locked, seismogenic faults correlate with fault-network misalignment. We suggested that these observations could be caused by geometric locking that is distinct from standard fault stability criteria based on rate-and-state2
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These moths use the stars to navigate on an epic migration Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18
Bogong moths migrate hundreds of kilometres and back each year using the southern night sky as their compass.
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Flight simulator for moths reveals they navigate by starlight Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18
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Unsupervised pretraining in biological neural networks Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Lin Zhong, Scott Baptista, Rachel Gattoni, Jon Arnold, Daniel Flickinger, Carsen Stringer, Marius Pachitariu
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Complete computational design of high-efficiency Kemp elimination enzymes Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Dina Listov, Eva Vos, Gyula Hoffka, Shlomo Yakir Hoch, Andrej Berg, Shelly Hamer-Rogotner, Orly Dym, Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, Sarel J. Fleishman
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Optical nonlinearities in excess of 500 through sublattice reconstruction Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Jiaye Chen, Chang Liu, Shibo Xi, Shengdong Tan, Qian He, Liangliang Liang, Xiaogang Liu
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Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 V. Herklotz, M. Zhang, T. Nascimento, R. Kalfusová, J. Lunerová, J. Fuchs, D. Harpke, B. Huettel, U. Pfordt, V. Wissemann, A. Kovařík, A. Marques, C. M. Ritz
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Kupffer cell programming by maternal obesity triggers fatty liver disease Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Hao Huang, Nora R. Balzer, Lea Seep, Iva Splichalova, Nelli Blank-Stein, Maria Francesca Viola, Eliana Franco Taveras, Kerim Acil, Diana Fink, Franzisca Petrovic, Nikola Makdissi, Seyhmus Bayar, Katharina Mauel, Carolin Radwaniak, Jelena Zurkovic, Amir H. Kayvanjoo, Klaus Wunderling, Malin Jessen, Mohamed H. Yaghmour, Lukas Kenner, Thomas Ulas, Stephan Grein, Joachim L. Schultze, Charlotte L. Scott
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Allosteric modulation and biased signalling at free fatty acid receptor 2 Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Xuan Zhang, Abdul-Akim Guseinov, Laura Jenkins, Alice Valentini, Sara Marsango, Katrine Schultz-Knudsen, Trond Ulven, Elisabeth Rexen Ulven, Irina G. Tikhonova, Graeme Milligan, Cheng Zhang
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Machine-learning design of ductile FeNiCoAlTa alloys with high strength Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Yasir Sohail, Chongle Zhang, Dezhen Xue, Jinyu Zhang, Dongdong Zhang, Shaohua Gao, Yang Yang, Xiaoxuan Fan, Hang Zhang, Gang Liu, Jun Sun, En Ma
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Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Andrew Hultgren, Tamma Carleton, Michael Delgado, Diana R. Gergel, Michael Greenstone, Trevor Houser, Solomon Hsiang, Amir Jina, Robert E. Kopp, Steven B. Malevich, Kelly E. McCusker, Terin Mayer, Ishan Nath, James Rising, Ashwin Rode, Jiacan Yuan
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Gut inflammation promotes microbiota-specific CD4 T cell-mediated neuroinflammation Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Zachary White, Ivan Cabrera, Linghan Mei, Margarette Clevenger, Andrea Ochoa-Raya, Isabel Kapustka, Joseph R. Dominguez, Jinyan Zhou, Kevin P. Koster, Shehata Anwar, Qianxun Wang, Charles Ng, Shoko Sagoshi, Takashi Matsuo, Dulari Jayawardena, Seung Hyeon Kim, Takahiro Kageyama, Benjamin J. Mitchell, Dante Rivera, Pradeep K. Dudeja, Sarah E. Lutz, Ki-Wook Kim, Akira Yoshii, Nicolas Chevrier, Makoto
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Targeting de novo purine biosynthesis for tuberculosis treatment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Dirk A. Lamprecht, Richard J. Wall, Annelies Leemans, Barry Truebody, Joke Sprangers, Patricia Fiogbe, Cadi Davies, Jennefer Wetzel, Stijn Daems, William Pearson, Vanessa Pillay, Samantha Saylock, M. Daniel Ricketts, Ellie Davis, Adam Huff, Tsehai Grell, Shiming Lin, Michelle Gerber, Ann Vos, John Dallow, Sam J. Willcocks, Christine Roubert, Stéphanie Sans, Amandine Desorme, Nicolas Chappat, Aurélie
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Morphodynamics of human early brain organoid development Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Akanksha Jain, Gilles Gut, Fátima Sanchis-Calleja, Reto Tschannen, Zhisong He, Nicolas Luginbühl, Fides Zenk, Antonius Chrisnandy, Simon Streib, Christoph Harmel, Ryoko Okamoto, Malgorzata Santel, Makiko Seimiya, René Holtackers, Juliane K. Rohland, Sophie Martina Johanna Jansen, Matthias P. Lutolf, J. Gray Camp, Barbara Treutlein
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Bioinspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filter Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Junyong Park, Chan Sik Moon, Ji Min Lee, Sazzadul A. Rahat, Sang Moon Kim, Jonathan T. Pham, Michael Kappl, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Sanghyuk Wooh
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Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 David Dreyer, Andrea Adden, Hui Chen, Barrie Frost, Henrik Mouritsen, Jingjing Xu, Ken Green, Mary Whitehouse, Javaan Chahl, Jesse Wallace, Gao Hu, James Foster, Stanley Heinze, Eric Warrant
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Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Emily Y. Hallett, Michela Leonardi, Jacopo Niccolò Cerasoni, Manuel Will, Robert Beyer, Mario Krapp, Andrew W. Kandel, Andrea Manica, Eleanor M. L. Scerri
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In vivo mapping of mutagenesis sensitivity of human enhancers Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Michael Kosicki, Boyang Zhang, Vivian Hecht, Anusri Pampari, Laura E. Cook, Neil Slaven, Jennifer A. Akiyama, Ingrid Plajzer-Frick, Catherine S. Novak, Momoe Kato, Stella Tran, Riana D. Hunter, Kianna von Maydell, Sarah Barton, Erik Beckman, Yiwen Zhu, Diane E. Dickel, Anshul Kundaje, Axel Visel, Len A. Pennacchio
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Single-cell transcriptomic and chromatin dynamics of the human brain in PTSD Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Ahyeon Hwang, Mario Skarica, Siwei Xu, Jensine Coudriet, Che Yu Lee, Lin Lin, Rosemarie Terwilliger, Alexa-Nicole Sliby, Jiawei Wang, Tuan Nguyen, Hongyu Li, Min Wu, Yi Dai, Ziheng Duan, Shushrruth Sai Srinivasan, Xiangyu Zhang, Yingxin Lin, Dianne Cruz, P. J. Michael Deans, Bertrand R. Huber, Daniel Levey, Jill R. Glausier, David A. Lewis, Joel Gelernter, Paul E. Holtzheimer, Matthew J. Friedman,
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Vertically stacked monolithic perovskite colour photodetectors Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Sergey Tsarev, Daria Proniakova, Xuqi Liu, Erfu Wu, Gebhard J. Matt, Kostiantyn Sakhatskyi, Lorenzo L. A. Ferraresi, Radha Kothandaraman, Fan Fu, Ivan Shorubalko, Sergii Yakunin, Maksym V. Kovalenko
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R9AP is a common receptor for EBV infection in epithelial cells and B cells Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Yan Li, Hua Zhang, Cong Sun, Xiao-Dong Dong, Chu Xie, Yuan-Tao Liu, Ruo-Bin Lin, Xiang-Wei Kong, Zhu-Long Hu, Xiao-Yan Ma, Dan-Ling Dai, Qian-Ying Zhu, Yu-Chun Li, Ying Li, Shang-Xin Liu, Li Yuan, Peng-Hui Zhou, Song Gao, Ya-Ping Tang, Jin-Ying Yang, Ping Han, Andrew T. McGuire, Bo Zhao, Jin-Xin Bei, Erle Robertson, Yi-Xin Zeng, Qian Zhong, Mu-Sheng Zeng
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Homo sapiens adapted to diverse habitats before successfully populating Eurasia Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 William E. Banks
Ecological modelling reveals that the range of habitats humans occupied in Africa increased before our species established a lasting presence outside the continent.
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‘Remarkable’ new enzymes built by algorithm with physics know-how Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18
Computer approach creates synthetic enzymes 100 times more efficient than those designed by AI.
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Carbon-fibre composites can be broken down into reusable components Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18
The chemical building blocks from material used to make mountain bikes can be recovered using acetic acid.
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Migratory moths navigate using the stars Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Kenneth J. Lohmann
Australian migratory moths use the night sky to maintain their course when they travel long distances to shelter in cool caves during the arid summer.
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How dopamine neurons devalue delayed rewards Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18
Reinforcement learning in the brain relies on different dopamine neurons discounting rewards at different rates.
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Investigating the molecular ‘scars’ of PTSD in the human brain Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-18 Arturo Marroquin Rivera, Benoit Labonté
Trauma leaves traces in the brain. A study of alterations in gene regulation in the brains of people with post-traumatic stress disorder offers insights into its biology.