Boycott of major AI conference exposes a growing US–China divide
Controversy over attendance at the 2026 NeurIPS meeting reflects a growing divide in artificial-intelligence research between the two…
The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity
Michalet, R. et al. Competition, facilitation and environmental severity shape the relationship between local and regional species richness…
Protected quantum gates using qubit doublons in dynamical optical lattices
Jaksch, D., Briegel, H.-J., Cirac, J. I., Gardiner, C. W. & Zoller, P. Entanglement of atoms via cold…
Superconductivity and electronic structures of nickelate thin film superstructures
Sun, H. et al. Signatures of superconductivity near 80 K in a nickelate under high pressure. Nature 621, 493–498…
Genetic predictors of GLP1 receptor agonist weight loss and side effects
Overview of study recruitment Participants in this study were recruited from the customer base of 23andMe. Participants provided…
High-precision measurement of the W boson mass with the CMS experiment
Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia V. Chekhovsky, A. Hayrapetyan, V. Makarenko, A. Tumasyan, O. Kodolova & A. Nikitenko Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Vienna, Austria W.…
High-precision calculation of the quark–gluon coupling from lattice QCD
At the fundamental level, the strong nuclear force between nucleons arises from quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a quantum field…
Mini models of the human brain are revealing how this complex organ takes shape
The development of the human brain, with its extraordinary range of cognitive abilities, is an awe-inspiring feat of…
This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans
Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus. On…
quantum-computing breakthroughs pose imminent risks to cybersecurity
Cloudflare is one of several cybersecurity companies now reassessing their timelines to provide protection against quantum hacking.Credit: Richard…