AI-generated medical data can sidestep usual ethics review, universities say
Medical researchers at some institutions in Canada, the United States and Italy are using data created by artificial…
Molecular subtypes of human skeletal muscle in cancer cachexia
Xia, L. et al. Sarcopenia and adverse health-related outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies. Cancer…
The negligible role of carbon offsetting in corporate climate strategies
Quantitative data Our main data source for numerical sustainability data is the CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure…
Probing the Kitaev honeycomb model on a neutral-atom quantum computer
Experimental system We use the experimental apparatus previously described in refs. 6,9,12,38,57, with key upgrades that enable efficient…
Observing differential spin currents by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
Uchida, K. et al. Observation of the spin Seebeck effect. Nature 455, 778–781 (2008). Article PubMed ADS CAS …
Stabilizing effect of amino acids on protein and colloidal dispersions
Second osmotic virial coefficient A common way to evaluate the stability of a compound in a dispersion is…
The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations
Uetz, P. et al. The Reptile Database (accessed 29 January 2024); http://www.reptile-database.org. Evans, S. E. & Borsuk-Białynicka, M.…
Probing non-equilibrium topological order on a quantum processor
Floquet Kitaev model The Floquet Kitaev model is well understood because of a Majorana representation of the spins,…
Clearest gravitational wave detection yet confirms Hawking’s black hole theory
The merger of one black hole (artist’s illustration) with another created gravitational waves detected in January by the…
Fluctuating DNA methylation tracks cancer evolution at clinical scale
Assembly and quality control of DNA methylation data We assembled and processed with a harmonized pipeline14 (v4.1; see…