Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma
Zebrafish husbandry Stable transgenic zebrafish lines were kept at 28.5 °C in a dedicated aquatics facility with a 14 h…
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps
Sample collection Human developmental stages E45–E72 were obtained from first-trimester termination procedures conducted at the Birth Defects Research…
Ultrafast decoupling of polarization and strain in ferroelectric BaTiO3
Photoinduced structural dynamics Our sample consists of a coherently strained, monodomain BaTiO3 (BTO) thin film, grown on a…
How did life get multicellular? Five simple organisms could have the answer
For some three billion years, unicellular organisms ruled Earth. Then, around one billion years ago, a new chapter…
Experimental confirmation of secondary flows within granular media
Experimental setup The experimental flume is divided into three sections: a reservoir to supply incoming grains, the flow…
Complete vectorial optical mode converter using multi-layer metasurface
Multi-input vectorial mode converter using a multi-layer metasurface Figure 1a shows the schematic of the vectorial mode converter using…
Biodiversity pressure from fruit and vegetable consumption in the United Kingdom, India and South Africa varies by product and growing location
Willett, W. et al. Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems.…
A day in the life of the world’s fastest supercomputer
Oak Ridge, Tennessee The fastest supercomputer in the world is a machine known as Frontier, but even this…
To the Moon and quack: Books in brief
The Story of Astrophysics in Five Revolutions Ersilia Vaudo W. W. Norton (2025) Apollo 11’s Moon landing in…
Nonreciprocal surface plasmonic neural network for decoupled bidirectional analogue computing
Design of nonreciprocal cells and network strategy The 8-input 8-output nonreciprocal network consists of 4 reciprocal cells and…
Leveraging internet use for sustainable agriculture: the impact of digital training on adoption of energy-smart agricultural practices and welfare
Data collection The study utilized cross-sectional data gathered from Okara and Pakpattan districts of Punjab through a well-structured…
Optical focusing into scattering media via iterative time reversal guided by absorption nonlinearity
Wang, L. V. & Wu, H. Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging. (John Wiley & Sons, 2007). Hampson, K.…