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Why it was right to reject the Anthropocene as a geological epoch Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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How to stop students cramming for exams? Send them to sea Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Corrosion is a global menace to crucial infrastructure — act to stop the rot now Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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Zoos should focus on animal welfare before claiming to champion conservation Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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Climate-targets group should rescind its endorsement of carbon offsets Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Letter to the Editor
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First fetus-to-fetus transplant demonstrated in rats Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
The tissue developed into functioning kidneys and produced urine.
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What China’s mission to collect rocks from the far side could reveal about the Moon Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
The Chang’e-6 mission aims to land in the Moon’s oldest and largest crater, collect rocks, and bring them back to Earth.
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Why doing science is difficult in India today Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
With an election under way, the future of Indian science is on the ballot. Encouraging research and critical thinking should be a priority for the new government.
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Do cutting-edge CAR-T-cell therapies cause cancer? What the data say Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30
Regulators have identified around 30 cases of cancer linked to this blockbuster treatment. But is CAR T to blame? The hunt is on for answers.
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Epic blazes threaten Arctic permafrost. Can fire-fighters save it? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Some scientists argue that it’s time to rethink the blanket policy of letting blazes burn themselves out in northern wildernesses.
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How reliable is this research? Tool flags papers discussed on PubPeer Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Browser plug-in alerts users when studies — or their references — have been posted on a site known for raising integrity concerns.
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‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ creates new gene-editing tools Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Some of the AI-designed gene editors could be more versatile than those found in nature.
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Disorder-Induced Transition from Transient Quantum Delocalization to Charge Carrier Hopping Conduction in a Nonfullerene Acceptor Material Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Ljiljana Stojanović, Jack Coker, Samuele Giannini, Giacomo Londi, Anders S. Gertsen, Jens Wenzel Andreasen, Jun Yan, Gabriele D’Avino, David Beljonne, Jenny Nelson, Jochen Blumberger
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Erratum: Almost Qudits in the Prepare-and-Measure Scenario [Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 250504 (2022)] Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Jef Pauwels, Stefano Pironio, Erik Woodhead, Armin Tavakoli
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.189901
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Gapless Neutron Superfluidity Can Explain the Late Time Cooling of Transiently Accreting Neutron Stars Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 V. Allard, N. Chamel
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Water, Not Salt, Causes Most of the Seebeck Effect of Nonisothermal Aqueous Electrolytes Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Ole Nickel, Ludwig J. V. Ahrens-Iwers, Robert H. Meißner, Mathijs Janssen
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Discovery of Higher-Order Nodal Surface Semimetals Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Huahui Qiu, Yuzeng Li, Qicheng Zhang, Chunyin Qiu
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Proton Coulomb Blockade Effect Involving Covalent Oxygen-Hydrogen Bond Switching Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Yuwei Cao, Wanqi Zhou, Chun Shen, Hu Qiu, Wanlin Guo
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Enhancement of magnonic frequency combs by exceptional points Nat. Phys. (IF 19.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Congyi Wang, Jinwei Rao, Zhijian Chen, Kaixin Zhao, Liaoxin Sun, Bimu Yao, Tao Yu, Yi-Pu Wang, Wei Lu
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Constant-overhead fault-tolerant quantum computation with reconfigurable atom arrays Nat. Phys. (IF 19.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Qian Xu, J. Pablo Bonilla Ataides, Christopher A. Pattison, Nithin Raveendran, Dolev Bluvstein, Jonathan Wurtz, Bane Vasić, Mikhail D. Lukin, Liang Jiang, Hengyun Zhou
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Attosecond core-level absorption spectroscopy reveals the electronic and nuclear dynamics of molecular ring opening Nat. Photon. (IF 35.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 S. Severino, K. M. Ziems, M. Reduzzi, A. Summers, H.-W. Sun, Y.-H. Chien, S. Gräfe, J. Biegert
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I strive to make the Great Barrier Reef more resilient to heat stress Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Matthew Nitschke grows coral symbionts in a slowly warming tank to prepare reef life for climate change.
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Superconductivity hunt gets boost from China's $220 million physics 'playground' Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
From extreme cold to strong magnets and high pressures, the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF) provides conditions for researching these potential wonder materials.
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Elephant-nose fish ‘see’ farther by electric sensing when in groups Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
The elephant-nose fish detects electric pulses from its neighbours to extend the distance over which it senses objects.
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85 million cells — and counting — at your fingertips Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29
Chan Zuckerberg CELL by GENE Discover aims to be a one-stop shop for single-cell RNA sequencing data storage, access and analysis.
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Daily briefing: Gaze upon the most detailed Moon maps ever made Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
The new Geologic Atlas took more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile. Plus, how gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’ and H5N1 bird flu virus material has been detected in US milk.
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Calorimetry of Photon Gases in Nonlinear Multimode Optical Fibers Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 M. Ferraro, F. Mangini, F. O. Wu, M. Zitelli, D. N. Christodoulides, S. Wabnitz
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Laser Excitation of the Th-229 Nucleus Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 J. Tiedau, M. V. Okhapkin, K. Zhang, J. Thielking, G. Zitzer, E. Peik, F. Schaden, T. Pronebner, I. Morawetz, L. Toscani De Col, F. Schneider, A. Leitner, M. Pressler, G. A. Kazakov, K. Beeks, T. Sikorsky, T. Schumm
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Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-27
Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source.
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Want to make a difference? Try working at an environmental non-profit organization Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
Moving to non-profit work requires researchers to shift their mindset to focus on applied science for policymaking and conservation practice.
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Corporate emissions targets and the neglect of future innovators Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yann Robiou du Pont, Joeri Rogelj, Angel Hsu, Detlef van Vuuren, Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Widely recognized as key partners for achieving international climate goals (1, 2), businesses like to indicate that their targets and activities are “Paris-aligned.” In response, research and initiatives have emerged to guide and assess whether companies’ targets represent an adequate mitigation effort to achieve the Paris Agreement. Here, we highlight conceptual limitations of effort-sharing approaches
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A sound beginning of life starts before birth Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Hans Slabbekoorn
The acoustic environment of animals and humans has never been quiet, encompassing all sounds, from natural to those made by humans. The effect of sound on physiology and development starts before birth, which is why a world that grows increasingly more noisy, with loud outdoor entertainment, construction, and traffic, is a concern. On page 475 of this issue, Meillère et al. (1) report that exposure
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Microbes and vitamin D aid immunotherapy Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Fabien Franco, Kathy D. McCoy
Tremendous progress has been made in improving cancer immunotherapy, which is now established as a pillar for cancer treatment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) enhance antitumoral T cell responses by blocking interactions of the inhibitory receptors cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) or programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) that are expressed on T cells with their ligands. ICIs
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Ciliopathy patient variants reveal organelle-specific functions for TUBB4B in axonemal microtubules Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Daniel O. Dodd, Sabrina Mechaussier, Patricia L. Yeyati, Fraser McPhie, Jacob R. Anderson, Chen Jing Khoo, Amelia Shoemark, Deepesh K. Gupta, Thomas Attard, Maimoona A. Zariwala, Marie Legendre, Diana Bracht, Julia Wallmeier, Miao Gui, Mahmoud R. Fassad, David A. Parry, Peter A. Tennant, Alison Meynert, Gabrielle Wheway, Lucas Fares-Taie, Holly A. Black, Rana Mitri-Frangieh, Catherine Faucon, Josseline
Tubulin, one of the most abundant cytoskeletal building blocks, has numerous isotypes in metazoans encoded by different conserved genes. Whether these distinct isotypes form cell type– and context-specific microtubule structures is poorly understood. Based on a cohort of 12 patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia as well as mouse mutants, we identified and characterized variants in the TUBB4B isotype
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Emergence of Long-Range Angular Correlations in Low-Multiplicity Proton-Proton Collisions Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 S. Acharyaet al.(ALICE Collaboration)
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Sub-cycle photonics in correlated materials Nat. Photon. (IF 35.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Eleftherios Goulielmakis
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Turnkey locking of quantum-dot lasers directly grown on Si Nat. Photon. (IF 35.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Bozhang Dong, Yating Wan, Weng W. Chow, Chen Shang, Artem Prokoshin, Emad Alkhazraji, Rosalyn Koscica, Heming Wang, John E. Bowers
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Audio long read: Why loneliness is bad for your health Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature Feature.
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Could a rare mutation that causes dwarfism also slow ageing? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
People with Laron syndrome have a low risk of heart disease and a number of other age-related disorders, hinting at strategies for new treatments.
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Future of Humanity Institute shuts: what’s next for ‘deep future’ research? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26
Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity.
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Garden-variety fungus is an expert at environmental clean-ups Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
The common fungus Aspergillus niger removes both heavy metals and organic pollutants from its surroundings.
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Air-travel climate-change emissions detailed for nearly 200 nations Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Carbon emissions from flights that departed from low- and middle-income countries in 2019 totalled 417 million tonnes.
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Rat neurons repair mouse brains — and restore sense of smell Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Scientists develop hybrid mice by filling in missing cells and structures in their brains with rat stem cells.
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Hello puffins, goodbye belugas: changing Arctic fjord hints at our climate future Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Stunning images show an ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace.
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Scientists urged to collect royalties from the ‘magic money tree’ Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced.
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Daily briefing: How an unlikely friendship with Jung influenced Pauli’s physics Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
A patient-analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer and other diseases, and medieval graves reveal secrets of a mysterious nomadic people.
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NIH pay raise for postdocs and PhD students could have US ripple effect Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Salary increases for the 17,000-plus recipients of an NIH research award could lead to increases in other academic settings.
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Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Pasteurized milk is probably not a threat to people, but fresh milk droplets on milking equipment could be spreading the virus in a herd.
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Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist’s lawsuit against university Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Ranga Dias sued his university, in part, for allegedly conducting a biased investigation, which found he had committed extensive scientific misconduct.
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Daily briefing: The origins of bioluminescence in animals date back over half a billion years Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-24
Octocorals probably evolved the ability to make light when the first animals developed eyes. Plus, the WHO has redefined ‘airborne transmission’ and how artificial intelligence is changing weapons of war.
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How DNA encodes the start of transcription Science (IF 56.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Jun Wang, Vikram Agarwal
The central dogma of molecular biology outlines the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to proteins. With a limited vocabulary of four nucleotides (A, C, G, and T), DNA encodes an extensive instruction set, including the chromosomal positions where RNAs begin to be transcribed and the magnitudes of their expression. This process, known as transcription initiation (1), begins at transcription
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Autoparametric Resonance Extending the Bit-Flip Time of a Cat Qubit up to 0.3 s Phys. Rev. X (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 A. Marquet, A. Essig, J. Cohen, N. Cottet, A. Murani, E. Albertinale, S. Dupouy, A. Bienfait, T. Peronnin, S. Jezouin, R. Lescanne, B. Huard
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Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill Encoding in Continuous Modal Variables of Single Photons Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Éloi Descamps, Arne Keller, Pérola Milman
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Separability Transitions in Topological States Induced by Local Decoherence Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yu-Hsueh Chen, Tarun Grover
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Cosmological Background Interpretation of Pulsar Timing Array Data Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Daniel G. Figueroa, Mauro Pieroni, Angelo Ricciardone, Peera Simakachorn
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Promise of Future Searches for Cosmic Topology Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yashar Akrami, Stefano Anselmi, Craig J. Copi, Johannes R. Eskilt, Andrew H. Jaffe, Arthur Kosowsky, Pip Petersen, Glenn D. Starkman, Kevin González-Quesada, Özenç Güngör, Deyan P. Mihaylov, Samanta Saha, Andrius Tamosiunas, Quinn Taylor, Valeri Vardanyan (COMPACT Collaboration)
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Chern-Simons Modified RPA-Eliashberg Theory of the ν=12+12 Quantum Hall Bilayer Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Tevž Lotrič, Steven H. Simon
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Ferroelastic Twin-Wall-Mediated Ferroelectriclike Behavior and Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in SrTiO3 Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Ri He, Haowei Xu, Peijun Yang, Kai Chang, Hua Wang, Zhicheng Zhong
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A generalized model for tribovoltaic nanogenerator Appl. Phys. Rev. (IF 15.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Xin Guo, Jing You, Di Wei, Jiajia Shao, Zhong Lin Wang
Converting mechanical energy into direct-current electric power based on the tribovoltaic effect is a typical characteristic of tribovoltaic nanogenerators (TVNGs). Although this newly discovered physics effect has been devoted to numerous research studies recently, a generalized theoretical model is still missing, thus unable to comprehensively elaborate the working principles of TVNG. Unlike previous
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Non-equilibrium structural and dynamic behaviors of active polymers in complex and crowded environments Rep. Prog. Phys. (IF 18.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Guolong Zhu, Lijuan Gao, Yihang Sun, Wenjie Wei and Li-Tang Yan
Active matter systems, which convert internal chemical energy or energy from the environment into directed motion, are ubiquitous in nature and exhibit a range of emerging non-equilibrium behaviors. However, most of the current works on active matter have been devoted to particles, and the study of active polymers has only recently come into the spotlight due to their prevalence within living organisms