Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei, China.Credit: Zhang Yazi/China News Service/VCG via…
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…
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…
Prefrontal neural geometry of learned cues guides motivated behaviours
Pearce, J. M. & Bouton, M. E. Theories of associative learning in animals. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 52, 111–139…
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…
A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe
Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Ősi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X. & Brusatte, S. L. Island life in the Cretaceous —…
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.…
ipRGC properties prevent light from shifting the SCN clock during daytime
Hattar, S., Liao, H. W., Takao, M., Berson, D. M. & Yau, K. W. Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells:…
Jellyfish sleep like humans — even though they don’t have brains
The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda sleeps for roughly 8 hours a day.Credit: Shahar Shabtai/Alamy Neither jellyfish nor sea…