The brain’s map of the body is surprisingly stable — even after a limb is lost
The brain’s map of the body in the primary somatosensory cortex remains unchanged after amputation.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library…
A lithography-free approach to polaritonic Luneburg lenses
Gradient indices from dielectric environment engineering The propagation of polaritons is significantly influenced by the surrounding dielectric environment,…
Realization of a doped quantum antiferromagnet in a Rydberg tweezer array
Lee, P. A., Nagaosa, N. & Wen, X.-G. Doping a Mott insulator: physics of high-temperature superconductivity. Rev. Mod.…
Experimental determination of partial charges with electron diffraction
Chemical reagents The chemical reagents used in the synthesis experiments include tyrosine (C9H11NO3, 99.0 wt%, Sigma-Aldrich), histidine (C6H9N3O2, 99.0 wt%,…
faster, healthier writing with AI speech recognition
Tools that turn speech into text not only save time, Zhicheng Lin finds, but also allow him to…
Molecular mechanism of ultrafast transport by plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPases
Luan, S. & Wang, C. Calcium signaling mechanisms across kingdoms. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 37, 311–340 (2021).…
SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter
Study Population The UKB is a prospective cohort study that has collected extensive phenotypic and genetic data from…
Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees
Strains, culture conditions and chemicals Escherichia coli strain DH5α was used for plasmid construction. E. coli was grown at…
Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment
Lenton, T. M. et al. The Global Tipping Points Report 2023 (Univ. of Exeter, 2023). This report assesses…
What counts as plagiarism? AI-generated papers pose new risks
This January, Byeongjun Park, a researcher in artificial intelligence (AI), received a surprising e-mail. Two researchers from India…
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Safe and snug: frogs kept warm in brick ‘saunas’ are able to ward off a deadly fungal infection.Credit:…
A physics-informed Airy beam learning framework for blockage avoidance in sub-terahertz wireless networks
Airy beam generation and characterization To model the best Airy beam for delivering data to an obstructed user,…