why some people die from typically harmless germs
Michael Levin had just started working as a paediatric infectious-disease doctor in London when he received an urgent…
this is the science that will be lost
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover poses for a selfie after drilling a sample from Cheyava Falls, the arrowhead-shaped rock…
Can’t get motivated? This brain circuit might explain why — and it can be turned off
A neural circuit connecting brain areas related to risk and reward can makes it hard to start a…
Bioresorbable RFID capsule for assessing medication adherence
Brown, M. T. & Bussell, J. K. Medication adherence: WHO Cares? Mayo Clin. Proc. 86, 304–314 (2011). Article …
Neuro-epithelial circuits promote sensory convergence and intestinal immunity
Gieseck, R. L. 3rd, Wilson, M. S. & Wynn, T. A. Type 2 immunity in tissue repair and…
Transport evidence of current-induced nematic Dirac valleys in a parity-time-symmetric antiferromagnet
To achieve high current density without significant current heating effects, we fabricated micro-devices (Fig. 2a) capable of reaching a…
Will mpox go global again? Research shows it’s evolving in curious ways
Mpox virus particles (purple) seem to be spreading more easily between people.Credit: NIAID/SPL As mpox continues to spark…
Towards fibre-like loss for photonic integration from violet to near-infrared
Burmeister, E. F. et al. Photonic integrated circuit optical buffer for packet-switched networks. Opt. Express 17, 6629–6635 (2009).…
Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans’ technological talents
Humans have used bows and arrows to hunt for thousands of years, as depicted in this cave painting…
A young progenitor for the most common planetary systems in the Galaxy
Transit observations and analysis We analysed a heterogeneous dataset of light curves from space- and ground-based telescopes (Supplementary…
Aharonov–Bohm interference in even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states
Feldman, D. E. & Halperin, B. I. Fractional charge and fractional statistics in the quantum Hall effects. Rep.…
Octopus-inspired ‘synthetic skin’ changes colour and texture on demand
The new materials are inspired by the colour-changing, shape-shifting properties of octopus skin. Credit: Ethan Daniels/Alamy Researchers have…