Mining triggers extensive additional deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa
Data To map and analyse the spatial extent of direct mining-induced deforestation of dense forest across sub-Saharan Africa,…
Reply to: The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production
Tian, J. et al. The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10562-z (2026). Lai, J. et…
First and last authors more likely to be men in leading science journals
Women’s growing participation in research is not always matched by high-profile authorship positions.Credit: Pierre Trihan/AFP via Getty In…
Bang! Exploding immune cells splatter potent toxins everywhere
Intact immune cells (left column) had disintegrated (right column) only 100 seconds after their explosion was triggered by…
Bohmian mechanics remains unchallenged by tunnelling experiment
Sharoglazova, V., Puplauskis, M., Mattschas, C., Toebes, C. & Klaers, J. Energy–speed relationship of quantum particles challenges Bohmian…
Therapeutic effect of T-cell engager in two patients with autoimmune neuropathy
Both patients presented with progressive, treatment-refractory autoimmune neuropathy associated with either IgM-kappa paraproteins or MAG-Abs and were at…
Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue
Y-shaped biomolecules called antibodies are scientific workhorse tools that researchers use to bind to and track specific proteins.Credit:…
Cavity-driven attractive interactions in quantum materials
Lu, I.-T. et al. Cavity engineering of solid-state materials without external driving. Adv. Opt. Photonics 17, 441–525 (2025).…
Dynamical freezing for magnetometry in an interacting spin ensemble
Rigol, M., Dunjko, V. & Olshanii, M. Thermalization and its mechanism for generic isolated quantum systems. Nature 452,…
Gene therapies to fix failing hearts gain steam after years in the doldrums
Heart-muscle cells (in close-up, artificially coloured) do not normally proliferate in adult mammals, but scientists are trying to…
Sparse-to-dense coding transformation between hippocampal areas CA3 and CA1
Bats Fifteen adult male Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) were included in this study for neural recording experiments…
Meet the biologists deciphering marine-mammal histories from baleen, whiskers and tusks
Male narwhals fighting over the carcass of a female off Baffin Island, Canada.Credit: Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures via Alamy…