Somatic mutation and selection at population scale
Cohort selection The TwinsUK study contains around 16,000 participants. From a preselection of 4,800 donors, we invited 1,796…
First proposed blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome: what scientists think
Scientists have developed a blood test that analyses epigenetic changes in immune cells. They say it could be…
‘Google for DNA’ brings order to biology’s big data
MetaGraph indexes and vast archives of DNA, RNA, and protein sequences. Scientists can search the archives and trace…
Current and recommended diets in the USA have embedded forced labour risk
Willett, W. et al. Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems.…
Brain area linked to chronic pain discovered — offering hope for treatments
Neurons (pictured) in a brain region called the parabrachial nucleus have been implicated in creating the sensation of…
Quantum-amplified global-phase spectroscopy on an optical clock transition
Ludlow, A. D., Boyd, M. M., Ye, J., Peik, E. & Schmidt, P. O. Optical atomic clocks. Rev.…
GHz-rate optical phase shift in light-matter interaction-engineered, silicon-ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
Shekhar, S. et al. Roadmapping the next generation of silicon photonics. Nat. Commun. 15, 1–15 (2024). Article Google…
Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
You have full access to this article via your institution. Head of the US Food and Drugs Administration…
Identifying prenatal risk factors of postpartum depression with machine learning
The aim of this study was: (1) to determine how early during pregnancy postpartum depression (PPD) can be…
AI has designed thousands of potential antibiotics. Will any work?
Credit: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Researchers are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help design the next generation…