why some people die from typically harmless germs
Michael Levin had just started working as a paediatric infectious-disease doctor in London when he received an urgent…
Do their ears hang low? The genetics of dogs’ adorable floppy ears
Evolution and breeding have wrought a wide variety of ear lengths in our canine companions.Credit: Getty A gene…
a huge study offers clues
Bruno Lage, then-manager of the football team Wolverhampton Wanderers, receives his COVID-19 vaccination in December 2021.Credit: Jack Thomas…
this is the science that will be lost
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover poses for a selfie after drilling a sample from Cheyava Falls, the arrowhead-shaped rock…
Bioresorbable RFID capsule for assessing medication adherence
Brown, M. T. & Bussell, J. K. Medication adherence: WHO Cares? Mayo Clin. Proc. 86, 304–314 (2011). Article …
Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei, China.Credit: Zhang Yazi/China News Service/VCG via…
Can’t get motivated? This brain circuit might explain why — and it can be turned off
A neural circuit connecting brain areas related to risk and reward can makes it hard to start a…
A young progenitor for the most common planetary systems in the Galaxy
Transit observations and analysis We analysed a heterogeneous dataset of light curves from space- and ground-based telescopes (Supplementary…
Will mpox go global again? Research shows it’s evolving in curious ways
Mpox virus particles (purple) seem to be spreading more easily between people.Credit: NIAID/SPL As mpox continues to spark…
Transport evidence of current-induced nematic Dirac valleys in a parity-time-symmetric antiferromagnet
To achieve high current density without significant current heating effects, we fabricated micro-devices (Fig. 2a) capable of reaching a…
Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans’ technological talents
Humans have used bows and arrows to hunt for thousands of years, as depicted in this cave painting…
Octopus-inspired ‘synthetic skin’ changes colour and texture on demand
The new materials are inspired by the colour-changing, shape-shifting properties of octopus skin. Credit: Ethan Daniels/Alamy Researchers have…