Genomic history of early dogs in Europe
Radiocarbon and contextual dating We generated eleven new radiocarbon dates (Supplementary Data 2). Dates were calibrated using the IntCal20…
Major conference catches illicit AI use — and rejects hundreds of papers
Organizers of the 2026 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) used a watermarking system to catch the use…
Lab-grown oesophagus restores pigs’ ability to swallow
Pigs that received bioengineered oesophagi were able to swallow food normally.Credit: Fotosmurf03/iStock via Getty Scientists have used stem…
Stress can cause eczema to flare-up – now we know why
Soothing the skin can help reduce eczema flare ups. Credit: Ladanifer/iStock via Getty For people with eczema, stress…
Leading the charge to explain static electricity
You have full access to this article via your institution. A considerable amount of research has focused on…
Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification
SiO2 accounts for up to 60% of the Earth’s crust, primarily in minerals such as olivine and pyroxene1.…
Broadly stable atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels over the past 3 million years
Lüthi, D. et al. High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000–800,000 years before present. Nature 453, 379–382 (2008). Article …
Global ocean heat content over the past 3 million years
Shackleton, S. et al. Miocene and Pliocene ice and air from the Allan Hills blue ice area, East…
Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it
Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head,…
Bistable superlattice switching in a quantum spin Hall insulator
Auciello, O., Scott, J. F. & Ramesh, R. The physics of ferroelectric memories. Phys. Today 51, 22–27 (1998).…