Harassed? Intimidated? Guidebook offers help to scientists under attack
Nature, Published online: 20 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03104-yScholars provide tactics for responding to threats and abuse, but emphasize that institutions must defend their researchers. #press
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Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail
Nature, Published online: 09 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01387-9Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, revealing cells with previously undiscovered features. #press
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Structures and activation mechanism of the Gabija anti-phage system
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07270-xStructures and activation mechanism of the Gabija anti-phage system #press
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Bring PhD assessment into the twenty-first century
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00718-0PhD supervisors can learn a lot from innovations at other stages in education. #press
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From the archive: Brain–body connection, and cuttlefish ink distracts predators
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00682-9Snippets from Nature’s past. #press
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11 reasons why we’ve stayed in academia
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00724-2Although many postdocs and faculty members are leaving for industry or elsewhere, these researchers tell us why they love the academic life. #press
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Bullied in science: I quit my job and launched an advocacy non-profit
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00706-4Ahead of the Academic Parity Movement’s annual conference, co-founder Morteza Mahmoudi describes how it supports whistle-blowers. #press
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How OpenAI's text-to-video tool Sora could change science – and society
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00661-0OpenAI’s debut of its impressive Sora text-to-video tool has raised important questions. #press
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Why the world cannot afford the rich
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00723-3Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones. #press
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Daily briefing: Astrolabe shows 11th-century scientific collaboration among Jews, Muslims and Christians
Nature, Published online: 07 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00709-1The Verona astrolabe bears Arabic, Latin and Hebrew translations and corrections. Plus, a crucial first step in the long quest to ‘de-extinct’ woolly mammoths and what a Trump vs Biden rematch means for science. #press
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Pay for trees with carbon credits to deliver urban green spaces for all
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00759-5Pay for trees with carbon credits to deliver urban green spaces for all #press
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Water shortages means greening southern European cities won’t be easy
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00760-yWater shortages means greening southern European cities won’t be easy #press
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On the ethics of informed consent in genetic data collected before 1997
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00762-wOn the ethics of informed consent in genetic data collected before 1997 #press
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Embrace AI to break down barriers in publishing for people who aren’t fluent in English
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00761-xEmbrace AI to break down barriers in publishing for people who aren’t fluent in English #press
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M. S. Swaminathan (1925–2023), leader of India’s ‘green revolution’
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03175-3Agricultural scientist who introduced crops to end famine in India in the 1960s. #press
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Tiny ‘quantum dot’ particles win chemistry Nobel
Nature, Published online: 04 October 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03048-9Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov receive the prize for their work on glowing nanoparticles that are used in fields from electronics to surgery. #press
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‘I remind people all the time that science can wait’
Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03022-5Christopher Reddy helped to quantify the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a stressful experience that changed his view of what it means to be a well-rounded scientist and person. #press
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How to train your jellyfish: brainless box jellies learn from experience
Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02975-xResearchers have shown that the creatures can learn to avoid obstacles using visual and mechanical cues, despite not having a brain. #press
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Libya floods: how climate change intensified the death and devastation
Nature, Published online: 15 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02899-6Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the devastation caused by some of Libya’s worst flooding ever, researchers say. #press
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A vaccine against the cervical-cancer virus shows its prowess
Nature, Published online: 15 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02830-zIn a large trial, not a single participant developed a serious precancerous lesion caused by a vaccine-targeted viral type. #press
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