Vaping in childhood has bigger health risks than we’d thought
Electronic cigarettes, or vapes, were introduced in the 2000s as a tool to help people give up tobacco…
Old hearts age backwards: transplanted organs adjust to host’s biological age
Heart transplants are limited by donor availability.Credit: Vsevolod Zviryk/Science Photo Library What happens to organs when they are…
Sequence-encoded hexagonal lattices in multichannel peptide nanofibrils
Materials Chemicals were purchased from commercial suppliers (Thermo Scientific, Merck KGaA, VWR and Honeywell). Solvents and reagents used…
Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts
Rotary evaporators are used to remove chemical solvents from the products of reactions.Credit: Forance/Alamy An analysis of 1.3…
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…