Genetic predisposition to coffee consumption and the association with the early risk of atherosclerosis
Data collection in SCAPIS This study utilized data from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), a national large-scale…
Lab-grown oesophagus restores pigs’ ability to swallow
Pigs that received bioengineered oesophagi were able to swallow food normally.Credit: Fotosmurf03/iStock via Getty Scientists have used stem…
Stress can cause eczema to flare-up – now we know why
Soothing the skin can help reduce eczema flare ups. Credit: Ladanifer/iStock via Getty For people with eczema, stress…
Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification
SiO2 accounts for up to 60% of the Earth’s crust, primarily in minerals such as olivine and pyroxene1.…
Leading the charge to explain static electricity
You have full access to this article via your institution. A considerable amount of research has focused on…
Broadly stable atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels over the past 3 million years
Lüthi, D. et al. High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000–800,000 years before present. Nature 453, 379–382 (2008). Article …
Global ocean heat content over the past 3 million years
Shackleton, S. et al. Miocene and Pliocene ice and air from the Allan Hills blue ice area, East…
Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it
Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head,…
Bistable superlattice switching in a quantum spin Hall insulator
Auciello, O., Scott, J. F. & Ramesh, R. The physics of ferroelectric memories. Phys. Today 51, 22–27 (1998).…
Magnetic resonance control of spin-correlated radical pair dynamics in vivo
Kaptein, R. & Oosterhoff, J. L. Chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization II: (relationwith anomalous ESR spectra). Chem. Phys.…
Major Turing computing award goes to quantum science for first time
Charles Bennett (left) and Gilles Brassard pose for a photograph next to a cryptography quilt. Credit: Lise Raymond…
how neuroscience is rethinking the ‘feel-good’ chemical
When neuroscientists gather in the Spanish city of Seville in May for the annual Dopamine Society meeting, one…