What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
Which animals came first? For more than a century, most evidence suggested that sponges, immobile filter-feeders that lack…
Integration of modern technologies to advance dietary assessment
Franks, P. W. et al. Precision medicine for cardiometabolic disease: a framework for clinical translation. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol.…
Targeting mGlyR with nanobodies for depression
Animals All animal experiments were approved by the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology…
Harnessing Van Hove singularities for terahertz photoresponse via Fermi surface reconstruction in kagome lattices
VHS-driven photodetection mechanism RVS system consists of planar V-atom kagome networks, intervening Sb honeycomb layers, and triangular Rb-ion…
Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten
Erecińska, M. & Silver, I. A. Tissue oxygen tension and brain sensitivity to hypoxia. Respir. Physiol. 128, 263–276…
Temporal tissue dynamics from a spatial snapshot
The number of cells of a given type in a tissue section can change by division or death,…
Guinea-Bissau suspends a US-funded vaccine trial as African scientists question its motives
Guinea-Bissau will implement a universal birth-dose policy for the Hepatitis B vaccine in 2027.Credit: Enrique Lopez-Tapia/Nature Picture Library/Alamy…
Biomechanical limits of hopping in the hindlimbs of giant extinct kangaroos
Specimens All species included in this study were macropodiforms; the bone measurement dataset encompassed all extant families and…
Strain-induced two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator in bilayer SnTe
Experimental realization of strained 3 atomic layers We prepared ultrathin SnTe films on a 2H-NbSe2 substrate using the…
Cancer might protect against Alzheimer’s — this protein helps explain why
Amyloid plaques (light pink; artist’s illustration) speckle neurons in a brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: Artur Plawgo/Science Photo…
quantum physicists create largest ever ‘superposition’
Large objects, including cats, don’t show quantum effects. But physicists aren’t sure where the size limit lies. Credit:…
Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period
Eakin, R. M. The Third Eye (Univ. of California Press,1973). Book Google Scholar Lamb, T. D. Evolution of…