Smartphone camera takes users’ pulse passively during device use
CLINICAL BRIEFINGS 01 June 2026 A machine-learning system has been developed that can monitor heart rate using facial…
Bang! Exploding immune cells splatter potent toxins everywhere
Intact immune cells (left column) had disintegrated (right column) only 100 seconds after their explosion was triggered by…
Landmark cancer trial shows success against ‘undruggable’ cancer — raising hopes for future treatments
Pancreatic-head tumours (red, artificially coloured) have proved highly resistant to treatment, but a new drug nearly doubles the…
How long can humans live? We simply don’t know
Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science Saul Justin Newman MIT Press (2026) How old can a human live to…
Obesity doesn’t equate to ill health: why the ‘disease’ label doesn’t always fit
People with the same body mass index can have radically different health statuses. Credit: Hiraman/Getty Nearly one billion…
First pig liver and kidneys transplanted into a person — could ease organ shortages
Genetically modified pigs, at a farm in Virginia, are being bred for their organs.Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty…
Cavity-driven attractive interactions in quantum materials
Lu, I.-T. et al. Cavity engineering of solid-state materials without external driving. Adv. Opt. Photonics 17, 441–525 (2025).…
Gene therapies to fix failing hearts gain steam after years in the doldrums
Heart-muscle cells (in close-up, artificially coloured) do not normally proliferate in adult mammals, but scientists are trying to…
Dynamical freezing for magnetometry in an interacting spin ensemble
Rigol, M., Dunjko, V. & Olshanii, M. Thermalization and its mechanism for generic isolated quantum systems. Nature 452,…
Darkness and body size shaped end-Cretaceous marine extinction patterns
Bambach, R. K. Phanerozoic biodiversity mass extinctions. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 34, 127–155 (2006). Article ADS CAS …
Could a pill prevent the world’s deadliest cancer?
You have full access to this article via your institution. Globally, lung cancer kills more people than breast,…
Temporary carbon dioxide removal to offset short-lived climate forcers
Smith, S. M. et al. The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal 2nd edn (Univ. Oxford, 2024). Schweizer, V.…