virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
Credit: Christopher Michel (CC-BY-SA-4.0) The world has lost a giant of virology, molecular biology and science advocacy with…
Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity
Survey data To assess impacts of land-use change on bird diversity, we began by collating surveys from the…
Chemically tunable quantum magnetism on the anisotropic triangular lattice in rhenium oxyhalides
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Slipknot-gauged mechanical transmission and robotic operation
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New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda
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ADHD diagnoses are growing. What’s going on?
In some parts of the world, record numbers of people are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain
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Entanglement-enhanced nanoscale single-spin sensing | Nature
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Multi-qubit nanoscale sensing with entanglement as a resource
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CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
CAR T cells (pictured) are being used to treat autoimmune diseases.Credit: Eye Of Science/SPL Engineered immune cells are…
Ultra high-Q tunable microring resonators enabled by slow light
Slow light-induced linewidth narrowing The maximum achievable Q-factor (Q = ωc/κ) of resonators is primarily constrained by intrinsic loss mechanisms…
vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Human chromosomes (artificially coloured) vary widely from cell to cell, according to an investigation of the DNA in…