Octopus arm flexibility facilitates complex behaviors in diverse natural environments
Arm actions Twelve arm actions were identified from 15 behaviors with a total of 3,907 actions recorded from…
Probing the Kitaev honeycomb model on a neutral-atom quantum computer
Experimental system We use the experimental apparatus previously described in refs. 6,9,12,38,57, with key upgrades that enable efficient…
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
DeMeo, F. E. et al. Connecting asteroids and meteorites with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Icarus 380, 114971 (2022).…
The emergence of globular clusters and globular-cluster-like dwarfs
Brodie, J. P. & Strader, J. Extragalactic globular clusters and galaxy formation. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 44, 193–267…
Probing non-equilibrium topological order on a quantum processor
Floquet Kitaev model The Floquet Kitaev model is well understood because of a Majorana representation of the spins,…
The maximum Tc of conventional superconductors at ambient pressure
Based on the observation that the coupling constant depends mainly on the phonon frequencies, McMillan in 196836 already…
The negligible role of carbon offsetting in corporate climate strategies
Quantitative data Our main data source for numerical sustainability data is the CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure…
The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations
Uetz, P. et al. The Reptile Database (accessed 29 January 2024); http://www.reptile-database.org. Evans, S. E. & Borsuk-Białynicka, M.…
Observing differential spin currents by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
Uchida, K. et al. Observation of the spin Seebeck effect. Nature 455, 778–781 (2008). Article PubMed ADS CAS …
Food impacts on species extinction risks can vary by three orders of magnitude
Variation in the opportunity cost of food production Animal products generally have substantially greater impacts on species extinction…
Flexible use of multimodal communicative strategies in adult chimpanzees
Schwarz, N. Cognition and Communication: Judgmental Biases, Research Methods, and the Logic of Conversation (Psychology, 2014). Heesen, R.…
Structural variation in 1,019 diverse humans based on long-read sequencing
Samples and DNA extraction We initially selected 1,064 samples from the 1kGP collection, sourcing genomic DNA from Coriell…