Critical social media posts linked to retractions of scientific papers
Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Posts on social-media platform X that are critical of scientific research can act…
Alternative explanation for how celestial objects generate large-scale magnetic fields
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 28 January 2026 Numerical simulations provide a mechanism that explains how celestial objects such as stars…
An X-ray-emitting protocluster at z ≈ 5.7 reveals rapid structure growth
JWST characterization of the JADES-ID1 protocluster Here we overview several key aspects of the JWST analysis. Specifically, we…
A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction
Erwin, D. H. & Valentine, J. W. The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity (Roberts & Company,…
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa
Our analysis framework comprised nine main stages, summarized in Extended Data Fig. 1. Preparation of consistent geotemporal climatologies,…
Ferromagnet-like binary switching of a Stoner–Wohlfarth antiferromagnet
The response of magnetization to external stimuli has drawn attention for more than a century, providing fundamental insights…
Vacuum ultraviolet second-harmonic generation in NH4B4O6F crystal
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Damage from a heart attack comes from brain signals, mouse study suggests
Heart damage caused by a myocardial infarction is exacerbated by activation of a heart–brain–immune axis.Credit: Sevolod Zviryk/Science Photo…
Lasing of a cavity-based X-ray source
Shortly after the free-electron laser (FEL) concept was proposed in the 1970s11, the first FEL oscillator was developed12…
Accurate determination of the 3D atomic structure of amorphous materials
Nomura, K. et al. Room-temperature fabrication of transparent flexible thin-film transistors using amorphous oxide semiconductors. Nature 432, 488–492…
Optical control over topological Chern number in moiré materials
Wang, Y. H., Steinberg, H., Jarillo-Herrero, P. & Gedik, N. Observation of Floquet-Bloch states on the surface of…
Bandwidth-tuned Mott transition and superconductivity in moiré WSe2
Anderson, P. W. The resonating valence bond state in La2CuO4 and superconductivity. Science 235, 1196–1198 (1987). Article ADS …