All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful?
In 2025, quantum physicist Daniel Oblak and his colleagues published images of mice that made headlines around the…
Researchers are building computers that run on brain organoids — but have neglected a major ethical issue
The workings of the brain are often compared to those of a computer. Some researchers are testing this…
Bizarre CRISPR enzyme kills cancer cells by shredding their DNA
A bacterial enzyme that indiscriminately slashes DNA (artist’s illustration) has been harnessed to kill cancer cells. Credit: KTSDesign/Science…
Food waste recycling in the USA can reduce climate and nutrient pollution impacts yet risks plastic accumulation in soils
Kenny, S. et al. From Field to Bin: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste Management Pathways (US…
Miniature Dungey-like cycle at Mars
MAVEN observations Figure 1 shows MAVEN observations from 22:17 UT (universal time) to 22:22 UT on 25 February 2017…
Versatile electronic phases enabled by intertwined multiple frustrations in an antiferromagnetic two-dimensional semimetal
We first identify magnetically driven charge orders from STM measurements performed across the AF transition at TN ≈ 1.5 K under…
Breathalyser can tell if you are burning fat from a single exhalation
Molecules released in the breath can signal whether the body is burning fat.Credit: Mascot/Getty A handheld breath test…
Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star
Schneider, J., Dedieu, C., Le Sidaner, P., Savalle, R. & Zolotukhin, I. The extrasolar planets encyclopaedia: a database…
Youth lead current dietary emissions while seniors increasingly drive total emission growth
Miller, V. et al. Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by…
A global molecular code for birth order and neuronal identity in Drosophila
scRNA-seq data generation To discriminate technical from biological variability, we used flies from different genetic backgrounds19,77, enabling us…
Imaging of nanoscale polar textures in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3
Cochran, W. Crystal stability and the theory of ferroelectricity. Adv. Phys. 9, 387–423 (1960). Article ADS CAS Google…
Precise DNA base editing using AlphaFold3-based contact modelling
Anzalone, A. V., Koblan, L. W. & Liu, D. R. Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas nucleases, base editors, transposases…