Increase in wild animal consumption across Central Africa
DataCompiling the database We compiled our database by identifying all sources providing data on wild meat consumption in…
Digital quantum magnetism on a trapped-ion quantum computer
D’Alessio, L. & Rigol, M. Long-time behavior of isolated periodically driven interacting lattice systems. Phys. Rev. X 4,…
First detailed ‘smell maps’ reveal how noses track odours
A microscope cross-sectional image of a mouse nose, showing the anatomical structure of the nasal epithelium. Credit: Datta…
Why cosmology is more than a theory
Edwin Hubble found that distant galaxies travel away from Earth faster than nearer ones.Credit: New York Public Library/SPL…
Cavity-mediated exciton hopping in a dielectrically engineered polariton system
Our approach, illustrated schematically in Fig. 1a, is based on a van der Waals heterostack with a monolayer of…
Closure of China’s influential journal ranking leaves academics reeling — what will take its place?
The Chinese Academy of Sciences is no longer publishing its journal ranking. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty The National Science…
We need to talk about failure in science
You have full access to this article via your institution. A failed experiment shouldn’t mean the end of…
Electronic origin of reorganization energy in interfacial electron transfer
Chemicals and materials Natural Kish graphite crystals (Grade 300, 99.99% purity) were procured from Graphene Supermarket. Hexagonal boron…
Hybrid calculation of hadronic vacuum polarization in muon g − 2 to 0.48%
The muon is a short-lived elementary particle with spin 1/2 and a mass 207 times larger than that of…
A bat coronavirus can enter human cells through a previously unknown gateway – Nature
A bat coronavirus can enter human cells through a previously unknown gateway NatureHeart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to…
Symmetry classification of magnetic orders using oriented spin space groups
Further classification of magnetic geometries based on the FM/AFM dichotomy On the basis of the FM/AFM dichotomy, the…
Newfound brain network is a ‘secret system’ made of helper cells
The lesser-known brain cells called astrocytes form their own networks in the brain.Credit: Prof. Stephen Waxman, Hank Morgan/Science…