Could measuring immune health reshape medical care?
The immune system is central to human health. When it fails, people can become more susceptible to infection…
Evolutionary ‘game-changer’: weird armoured amphibian lived in ancient seas
A newly discovered amphibian species called Gerrothorax maritimus was about 74 centimetres long and had a flattened, armoured…
The Selfish Gene, 50 years on — it’s time for an update
I first read The Selfish Gene in the 1980s, as a graduate student in neurobiology and animal behaviour.…
First person infected with rare Shamonda virus: what we know
An outbreak of Shamonda virus was detected in cows in Europe in July and is ongoing.Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP…
Giant orbital Zeeman effects in a magnetic topological van der Waals interphase
Density functional theory The orbital magnetization in three-dimensional k-space is given by ref. 10 $${{\bf{M}}}^{{\rm{BO}}}= \dfrac{e}{2\hslash}{{\rm{Im}}}{\sum }_{n}\int_{{\rm{BZ}}}\dfrac{d{{\bf{k}}}}{\left(2\pi \right)^{3}}\,{f}_{n{{\bf{k}}}}\left\langle…
Cold activates a BH2 metabolic network promoting longevity and proteostasis
C. elegans strains and maintenance C. elegans were maintained at 20 °C on standard nematode growth medium (NGM) seeded…
Laser-enhanced quantum sensing boosts sensitivity and dynamic range
Experimental setup and methodology The two-media laser system used in this work is schematically shown in Fig. 1a. The…
This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like
Artist depiction of the heavy set facial features of a Denisovan.Credit: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Chinese Academy…
Functional architecture of the human insula
Wager, T. D. et al. An fMRI-based neurologic signature of physical pain. N. Engl. J. Med. 368, 1388–1397…
The anatomy of a personal health agent
Real-world wearable and health data To ground our agent evaluation with real-world validity, we evaluated the applicability and…
Octupole-driven spin torque switching of antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions
Moodera, J. S., Kinder, L. R., Wong, T. M. & Meservey, R. Large magnetoresistance at room temperature in…
A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics
The researchers devised a one-positron quantum cyclotron to probe the particle’s properties.Credit: Gerald Gabrielse/Northwestern University Physicists have now…