How DeepMind’s genome AI could help solve rare disease mysteries
Researchers at a Hackathon used AlphaGenome to search for the genetic causes of 29 undiagnosed diseases.Credit: Peter Kováč/Alamy…
Still conscious? Brain marker signals when anaesthesia takes hold
Unconsciousness induced by the widely used drug propofol is marked by characteristic changes in electrical activity. Credit: Abed…
artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
X-rays show a 33-year old patients’ new lungs (left) and old lungs (right).Credit: Northwestern Medicine A 33-year-old man…
This AI has chemical expertise — and helps synthesize 35 new compounds
Chemical synthesis is the process of creating complex chemical compounds from simpler precursors.Credit: Andrew Lambert Photography/SPL Searching for…
Critical social media posts linked to retractions of scientific papers
Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Posts on social-media platform X that are critical of scientific research can act…
Population-scale sequencing resolves determinants of persistent EBV DNA
Rationale of EBV detection The 171,823-nucleotide EBV genome (NC_007605.1) was first included in December 2013 (hg38 version GCA_000001405.15)…
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa
Our analysis framework comprised nine main stages, summarized in Extended Data Fig. 1. Preparation of consistent geotemporal climatologies,…
Alternative explanation for how celestial objects generate large-scale magnetic fields
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 28 January 2026 Numerical simulations provide a mechanism that explains how celestial objects such as stars…
Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behaviour
Subjects Male and female mice of C57BL/6J background (Jackson Laboratories, strain 000664) were used in approximately equal numbers…
An X-ray-emitting protocluster at z ≈ 5.7 reveals rapid structure growth
JWST characterization of the JADES-ID1 protocluster Here we overview several key aspects of the JWST analysis. Specifically, we…
Vacuum ultraviolet second-harmonic generation in NH4B4O6F crystal
Eaton, D. F. Nonlinear optical materials. Science 253, 281–287 (1991). Article ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar Meng, J.…
Ferromagnet-like binary switching of a Stoner–Wohlfarth antiferromagnet
The response of magnetization to external stimuli has drawn attention for more than a century, providing fundamental insights…