Distinct genetic architecture in the tails of complex traits
Data processingUKB genotype data The UKB is a prospective cohort study of approximately 500,000 participants recruited across the…
Gene-expression patterns can be used to estimate mortality risk and chronological age – Nature
Gene-expression patterns can be used to estimate mortality risk and chronological age Nature‘Universal’ aging clocks offer new clues to…
Meet the biologists deciphering marine-mammal histories from baleen, whiskers and tusks
Male narwhals fighting over the carcass of a female off Baffin Island, Canada.Credit: Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures via Alamy…
Move over, AlphaFold: open source model predicts shape of 1 billion proteins
The AI tool designed binders against Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4). Credit: Molekuul/Science Photo Library The known protein…
Quantum beats of exciton-polarons in CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals
Photon echo and long coherence of zero-phonon exciton The ensemble of CsPbI3 NCs is synthesized in a fluorophosphate…
Why AI can’t be trusted to write scientific reviews
Artificial-intelligence tools are being touted as a means to conduct rapid reviews of scientific literature. At the London-based…
Fermi-surface diagnosis for topological superconductivity with s-wave-like pairing symmetries
Fermi surface formulas In this work, we focus on s-wave-like pairing symmetries, formally defined by the symmetry properties…
Advancing solar and wind penetration in China through energy complementarity
Grams, C. M., Beerli, R., Pfenninger, S., Staffell, I. & Wernli, H. Balancing Europe’s wind-power output through spatial…
Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started?
A researcher retrieves bats from a net inside a cave in central Africa.Credit: Steeve Jordan/AFP via Getty The…
Tough peer-review process? Your paper might end up being more highly cited
Academic reviewers sometimes deliver the feedback that a scientific paper can be published, but with major revisions. Credit:…
Wearable robot boosts strength of children with spinal muscular atrophy
Conventional physiotherapy is often a part of neuromuscular rehabilitation in children.Credit: Cultura/Alamy A wearable robot weighing just under…
Accurate and fast event-based shape measurement of mixed reflectance scenes
Principles In our proposed approach, we tightly integrate event-based triangulation and deflectometry to simultaneously scan all surface types…