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Scalable single-mode surface emitting laser via open-Dirac singularities Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Rushin Contractor, Wanwoo Noh, Walid Redjem, Wayesh Qarony, Emma Martin, Scott Dhuey, Adam Schwartzberg, Boubacar Kanté
Single-aperture cavities are a key component of lasers, instrumental for the amplification and emission of a single light mode. However, the appearance of high-order transverse modes as cavities size increases has frustrated efforts to scale up cavities whilst preserving single-mode operation since the invention of the laser six decades ago1-8. A suitable physical mechanism that allows single-mode
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First reported case of a person getting COVID from a cat Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29
Scientists in Thailand have established that a tabby passed SARS-CoV-2 to a veterinary surgeon — although such cases of cat-to-human transmission are probably rare.
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Norovirus could spread through saliva: a new route for infection? Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 29 June 2022
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Optimization of avian perching manoeuvres Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Marco KleinHeerenbrink, Lydia A. France, Caroline H. Brighton, Graham K. Taylor
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Structural basis for SHOC2 modulation of RAS signalling Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Nicholas P. D. Liau, Matthew C. Johnson, Saeed Izadi, Luca Gerosa, Michal Hammel, John M. Bruning, Timothy J. Wendorff, Wilson Phung, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Jawahar Sudhamsu
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Hypocrystalline ceramic aerogels for thermal insulation at extreme conditions Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Jingran Guo, Shubin Fu, Yuanpeng Deng, Xiang Xu, Shujin Laima, Dizhou Liu, Pengyu Zhang, Jian Zhou, Han Zhao, Hongxuan Yu, Shixuan Dang, Jianing Zhang, Yingde Zhao, Hui Li, Xiangfeng Duan
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Structural insights into dsRNA processing by Drosophila Dicer-2–Loqs-PD Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Shichen Su, Jia Wang, Ting Deng, Xun Yuan, Jinqiu He, Nan Liu, Xiaomin Li, Ying Huang, Hong-Wei Wang, Jinbiao Ma
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Structures and mechanism of the plant PIN-FORMED auxin transporter Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Kien Lam Ung, Mikael Winkler, Lukas Schulz, Martina Kolb, Dorina P. Janacek, Emil Dedic, David L. Stokes, Ulrich Z. Hammes, Bjørn Panyella Pedersen
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GREM1 is required to maintain cellular heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Linxiang Lan, Theodore Evan, Huafu Li, Aasia Hussain, E. Josue Ruiz, May Zaw Thin, Rute M. M. Ferreira, Hari Ps, Eva M. Riising, Yoh Zen, Jorge Almagro, Kevin W. Ng, Pablo Soro-Barrio, Jessica Nelson, Gabriela Koifman, Joana Carvalho, Emma L. Nye, Yulong He, Changhua Zhang, Anguraj Sadanandam, Axel Behrens
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Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Anders Bergström, David W. G. Stanton, Ulrike H. Taron, Laurent Frantz, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Erik Ersmark, Saskia Pfrengle, Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Linus Girdland-Flink, Daniel M. Fernandes, Morgane Ollivier, Leo Speidel, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Michael V. Westbury, Jazmin Ramos-Madrigal, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Ella Reiter, Joscha Gretzinger, Susanne C. Münzel, Pooja Swali, Nicholas
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Enteric viruses replicate in salivary glands and infect through saliva Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 S. Ghosh, M. Kumar, M. Santiana, A. Mishra, M. Zhang, H. Labayo, A. M. Chibly, H. Nakamura, T. Tanaka, W. Henderson, E. Lewis, O. Voss, Y. Su, Y. Belkaid, J. A. Chiorini, M. P. Hoffman, N. Altan-Bonnet
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Increasing the resilience of plant immunity to a warming climate Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Jong Hum Kim, Christian Danve M. Castroverde, Shuai Huang, Chao Li, Richard Hilleary, Adam Seroka, Reza Sohrabi, Diana Medina-Yerena, Bethany Huot, Jie Wang, Kinya Nomura, Sharon K. Marr, Mary C. Wildermuth, Tao Chen, John D. MacMicking, Sheng Yang He
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Chiral molecular intercalation superlattices Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Qi Qian, Huaying Ren, Jingyuan Zhou, Zhong Wan, Jingxuan Zhou, Xingxu Yan, Jin Cai, Peiqi Wang, Bailing Li, Zdenek Sofer, Bo Li, Xidong Duan, Xiaoqing Pan, Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan
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Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Sylvain Delaunay, Gloria Pascual, Bohai Feng, Kevin Klann, Mikaela Behm, Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt, Karsten Richter, Karim Zaoui, Esther Herpel, Christian Münch, Sabine Dietmann, Jochen Hess, Salvador Aznar Benitah, Michaela Frye
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YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS–STING Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Hanna Lucie Sladitschek-Martens, Alberto Guarnieri, Giulia Brumana, Francesca Zanconato, Giusy Battilana, Romy Lucon Xiccato, Tito Panciera, Mattia Forcato, Silvio Bicciato, Vincenza Guzzardo, Matteo Fassan, Lorenzo Ulliana, Alessandro Gandin, Claudio Tripodo, Marco Foiani, Giovanna Brusatin, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Stefano Piccolo
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A peroxisomal ubiquitin ligase complex forms a retrotranslocation channel Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Peiqiang Feng, Xudong Wu, Satchal K. Erramilli, Joao A. Paulo, Pawel Knejski, Steven P. Gygi, Anthony A. Kossiakoff, Tom A. Rapoport
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Structure of the Dicer-2–R2D2 heterodimer bound to a small RNA duplex Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Sonomi Yamaguchi, Masahiro Naganuma, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Tsukasa Kusakizako, Yukihide Tomari, Hiroshi Nishimasu, Osamu Nureki
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Layered material soaks up molecules to form an electron sieve Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Xi Ling
Chiral molecules intercalated into van der Waals gaps.
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COVID antibody drugs have saved lives — so why aren’t they more popular? Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29
Drugs made from antibodies are huge money-makers for some conditions — but they have gained little traction in infectious diseases, including COVID.
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Ice Age wolf genomes home in on dog origins Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29
Analyses of ancient wolf genomes reveal that dogs descended from at least two separate wolf populations.
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Unleashing the power of big data to guide precision medicine in China Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29
Personalized treatments and large population studies in China are helping to uncover patterns for a range of conditions, from autism to hereditary hearing loss.
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Norovirus from the mouths of babes Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Megan T. Baldridge
Salivary transmission routes for norovirus and rotavirus.
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Celebratory science statue, polar bear survival and unappreciated research Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-29
The latest science news, in brief.
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Cancer’s clock, data hoarding — the week in infographics Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28
Nature highlights three key graphics from the week in science and research.
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How France ramped up its capacity to innovate Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28
President Emmanuel Macron wants France to become a ‘start-up nation’, fuelled by industry–academia collaborations. How is it faring?
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A space rock’s weird skips led to Earth’s biggest meteorite field Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
The hulking object bounced across the atmosphere like a stone skimming across a pond.
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From the archive: transatlantic confusion, and a fascination with canals Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Six research priorities to support corporate due-diligence policies Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Jorge Sellare, Jan Börner, Fritz Brugger, Rachael Garrett, Isabel Günther, Eva-Marie Meemken, Edoardo Maria Pelli, Linda Steinhübel, David Wuepper
Laws to stamp out deforestation, pollution and child labour in global supply chains might have unintended consequences. Researchers need to investigate these effects.
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Nuclear power can help the democratic world achieve energy independence Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the need to improve energy security.
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COVID was twice as deadly in poorer countries Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28
Study looking at death rates early in the pandemic confirms that low-income nations have born the brunt of the global disaster.
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The US Supreme Court abortion verdict is a tragedy. This is how research organizations can help Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-28
US abortion ruling is a tragedy; here’s what research bodies must do
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Fast-evolving COVID variants complicate vaccine updates Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
COVID-19 vaccines are due for an upgrade, scientists say, but emerging variants and fickle immune reactions mean it’s not clear what new jabs should look like.
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Daily briefing: See the largest bacterium ever discovered Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
A newly discovered bacterium is up to a centimetre long. Plus, monkeypox insights from Africa and the public-health consequences of a US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade.
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Ethics and Honesty in Organizations: Unique Organizational Challenges Current Opinion in Psychology (IF 6.813) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Rellie Derfler-Rozin, Hyunsun Park
Ethics and honesty in organizations deserve unique attention as the workplace context adds additional complexities to be considered. We organize the development in research into three areas: (a) the move from the traditional view of looking at unethical behaviors in organizations as motivated by self-interest to the one looking at some motivated by the desire to benefit others; (b) honesty in organizations
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Shifting mutational constraints in the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain during viral evolution Science (IF 63.714) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Tyler N. Starr, Allison J. Greaney, William W. Hannon, Andrea N. Loes, Kevin Hauser, Josh R. Dillen, Elena Ferri, Ariana Ghez Farrell, Bernadeta Dadonaite, Matthew McCallum, Kenneth A. Matreyek, Davide Corti, David Veesler, Gyorgy Snell, Jesse D. Bloom
SARS-CoV-2 has evolved variants with substitutions in the spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) that impact its affinity for ACE2 receptor and recognition by antibodies. These substitutions could also shape future evolution by modulating the effects of mutations at other sites—a phenomenon called epistasis. To investigate this possibility, we performed deep mutational scans to measure the effects on
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Plumbing the depths of Costa Rica’s volcanoes Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
Volcanologist Maarten de Moor helps to warn local people of looming eruptions.
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Audio long read: These six countries are about to go to the Moon Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature feature.
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China’s first mRNA vaccine is close — will that solve its COVID woes? Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
Researchers say a highly effective jab will help to avoid hospitals getting overwhelmed, but probably won’t end to the country’s ‘zero COVID’ policy.
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Protecting the ocean requires better progress metrics Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
Sixteen world leaders have now promised to protect the ocean. Researchers need to work with them to create and improve measurable indicators.
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Synthesis reveals unexpected biological targets of a traditional medicine Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27 Nicholas P. R. Onuska, Joshua G. Pierce
Gram-scale preparation of an alkaloid enables its biological testing.
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How the peanut trade prolonged slavery Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
The legume’s history in West Africa is intimately linked with conquest.
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How to make spatial maps of gene activity — down to the cellular level Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27
Computational and experimental methods are bringing researchers closer to their goal of revealing exactly where in a cell or tissue each gene is expressed.
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Bacterial envelope built to a peptidoglycan tune Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-27 Michaël Deghelt, Jean-François Collet
Gram-negative bacteria coordinate the growth of their outer layers.
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Coronapod: USA authorizes vaccines for youngest of kids Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
We discuss the USA’s decision to authorize the Moderna and Pfizer COVID vaccines for children under five.
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After Roe v. Wade: US researchers warn of what’s to come Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
Years of studies on abortion access foreshadow the negative economic and health effects ahead.
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Mysterious child hepatitis continues to vex researchers Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
US cases of liver inflammation among children have remained flat, but UK cases seem to have risen, leading some to suggest a coronavirus contribution.
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Professions, Honesty, and Income Current Opinion in Psychology (IF 6.813) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Kelly A. Nault, Stefan Thau
Professional choices influence valued outcomes such as income, life satisfaction, and social status. However, public opinion polls consistently illustrate that an individual’s profession also influences how honest one is perceived to be, and people are motivated to see themselves as honest for many reasons. Why would people choose professions that do not confer them with the benefits of honesty? Survey
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Attachment, Loss, & Related Challenges in Migration Current Opinion in Psychology (IF 6.813) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Amanda Venta, Maria Cuervo
Attachment theory—built on the knowledge that infants have an innate need to form an attachment bond with a caregiver and that separation from or loss of that caregiver has a lasting impact on the child’s development—is a useful lens through which to examine the consequences of family separation due to migration. The aim of this review was to highlight the impacts of separation due to migration on
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When does moral engagement risk triggering a hypocrisy penalty? Current Opinion in Psychology (IF 6.813) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Jillian Jordan, Roseanna Sommers
Society suffers when people stay silent on moral issues. Yet people who engage morally may appear hypocritical if they behave imperfectly themselves. Research reveals that hypocrites can—but do not always—trigger a “hypocrisy penalty,” whereby they are evaluated as more immoral than ordinary (non-hypocritical) wrongdoers. This pattern reflects that moral engagement can confer reputational benefits
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When Listening is Spoken Current Opinion in Psychology (IF 6.813) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Hanne K. Collins
Feeling heard is critical to human flourishing—across domains, relationships are strengthened and individual well-being is enhanced when people feel listened to. High-quality conversational listening not only requires the cognitive processes of attention and processing, but also behavioral expression to communicate one’s cognitive engagement to others. This need to behaviorally express listening introduces
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Honest feedback: Barriers to receptivity and discerning the truth in feedback Current Opinion in Psychology (IF 6.813) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Nathan M. Fulham, Kori L. Krueger, Taya R. Cohen
Feedback is information provided to recipients about their behavior, performance, or understanding, the goal of which is to foster recipients’ self-awareness, and behavioral reinforcement or change. Yet, feedback often fails to achieve this goal. For feedback to be effective, recipients must be receptive and accurately understand the meaning and veracity of the feedback (i.e., discern the truth in
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Predicting youth aggression with empathy and callous unemotional traits: A Meta-analytic review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 11.397) Pub Date : 2022-06-25 Mary B. Ritchie, Richard W.J. Neufeld, Minha Yoon, Ashley Li, Derek G.V. Mitchell
Historically, empathy has been thought to motivate prosocial behaviour and inhibit aggressive behaviour. Contrary to current assumptions and theoretical support, a recent meta-analysis revealed a small effect of empathy on aggression among adults (Vachon, Lynam, & Johnson, 2013). The current study sought to determine whether broadening the focus from empathy to include other socially relevant affective
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Effect size guidelines for cross-lagged effects. Psychological Methods (IF 10.929) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Ulrich Orth, Laurenz L. Meier, Janina Larissa Bühler, Laura C. Dapp, Samantha Krauss, Denise Messerli, Richard W. Robins
Cross-lagged models are by far the most commonly used method to test the prospective effect of one construct on another, yet there are no guidelines for interpreting the size of cross-lagged effects. This research aims to establish empirical benchmarks for cross-lagged effects, focusing on the cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) and the random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM). We drew a quasirepresentative
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Why you should love wasps, and what is emotion? Books in brief Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks.
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Into high gear: material made of cogs stiffens or flexes on command Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-24
A strong material becomes more rigid or more relaxed when its constituent gears are spun.
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Daily briefing: Rare ‘triple-dip’ La Niña climate event looks likely Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-23
A long-running La Niña climate event could persist into 2023. Plus, breast cancer cells are more likely to go rogue at night, and research to quantify and reduce inequality.
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What Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 variants mean for the pandemic Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-23
The lineages’ rise seems to stem from their ability to infect people who were immune to earlier forms of Omicron and other variants.
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Largest bacterium ever found is surprisingly complex Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-23
‘Microorganism’ is a misnomer when it comes to centimetre-long Thiomargarita magnifica.
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Separating molecules by their shapes can purify natural gas Nature (IF 69.504) Pub Date : 2022-06-22
Membranes with methane-excluding pores can remove nitrogen and carbon dioxide from natural gas in an energy-efficient and cost-effective way.