AI system helps lab devices ‘talk’ with each other — streamlining research
A new AI platform can connect robotic arms and other equipment into a seamless system. Credit: Joan Cros/NurPhoto…
Lsp2 links mTORC1 to TOP mRNA translation and lifespan in Drosophila
Liu, G. Y. & Sabatini, D. M. mTOR at the nexus of nutrition, growth, ageing and disease. Nat.…
mTORC1 drives cell-autonomous astrocyte reactivity in tuberous sclerosis
hPS cell culture Derivation, maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cell lines was approved by the University…
Gravitational tug-of-war inside Earth is changing the length of our days
Interactions between Earth’s solid inner core, its molten outer core and its rocky mantle control how fast the…
Best clock ever: timekeeper based on lutetium atoms wows researchers
A close-up of the lutetium clock’s interior, which is the world’s most accurate timekeeper. Credit: Centre for Quantum…
The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases
The aim of this study was to test empirically for a general detectable fingerprint of anthropogenic drivers on…
Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography
Senckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany Ariadna E. Morales, Evgeny V. Leushkin, Alexander Ben Hamadou, Alejandro…
Landmark map of human brain’s gene activity holds clues to Alzheimer’s disease and more
A detailed brain map describes gene activity in neurons (artist’s illustration) as well as immune and vascular cells…
Lu+ optical frequency references with accuracy verified at the 19th digit
Experimental sequence Each interrogation beginsonly after both ions have been subjected to Doppler cooling and prepared in the…
Gravitational torque drives multidecadal variations in length of day
Torque and changes in the LOD An axial torque Γz acting on the mantle causes a change in…
This super-cold microscope could spur a quantum revolution
GAIA is a scanning transmission electron microscope with a built-in system to cool samples to ultra-low temperatures with…
All the ways a cell can die — and why the variety matters
The cells in Daolin Tang’s Petri dishes were dead. Signs of life had dropped off a cliff; they…