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NASA embraced diversity. Trump’s DEI purge is hitting space scientists hard Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Some researchers at NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the changes at the agency, which was known for promoting inclusion in science.
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‘Targeted and belittled’: scientists at US environmental agency speak out as layoffs begin Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
President Donald Trump and his team view the Environmental Protection Agency as a threat to US prosperity. Workers have been waiting for the axe to fall.
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Daily briefing: Why US scientists aren’t retiring Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
Centuries of isolation shaped Greenlanders’ unique genetics. Plus, why so many US scientists don’t want to retire.
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Lithium in white dwarfs from the Big Bang Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-14 Bokyoung Kim
Some white dwarfs (WDs) show unique metallic features in their spectra, which are considered to originate from recently accreted planetesimals. Among these ‘metal-polluted’ WDs, only a few have lithium (Li) in their photosphere. Benjamin Kaiser and colleagues investigated five known Li-enhanced WDs and evaluated the physical parameters of the sample under different hypotheses for the Li enhancement
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Enigmatic ice leaves cold trail Nat. Astron. (IF 12.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-14 Paul Woods
Solidified molecular material, called ices, can often be found in the cold, dense regions of space, such as molecular clouds or the environs around protostars. In 2007, the AKARI satellite serendipitously detected two icy objects during an infrared spectral Galactic plane survey. Takashi Shimonishi and colleagues have now performed follow-up observations with ALMA, discovering that the two regions
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‘Researching climate change feels like standing in the path of an approaching train’ Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Studying the impacts of extreme weather events can exact a heavy mental toll. Finding your ‘happy place’ is an important coping strategy.
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Why I retracted part of my PhD dissertation Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Psychologist Laura Steenbergen took the step after raising research-integrity concerns about a former mentor.
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Bats on film: scientific storytelling from a recovering academic Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-14
Scientific exchange is more than just research papers. Get your camera out to capture the beauty and intensity of your work, says Mari?tte van der Walt.
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Bullseye! Galaxy hosts a record-breaking nine starry rings Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.
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From farm to pharmacy: gene-edited plants produce a popular supplement Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Widely grown crops can be bioengineered to make a form of coenzyme Q taken by people seeking a health boost.
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Daily briefing: A simple blood test could diagnose pancreatic cancer early Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
A new blood test could diagnose pancreatic cancer before it spreads. Plus, physicists have detected the highest-energy neutrino ever.
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Scientists use AI to design life-like enzymes from scratch Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Combined approach takes AI-engineered enzymes one step closer to practical applications.
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Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.
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Vaccine sceptic RFK Jr is now a powerful force in US science: what will he do? Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Kennedy has expressed support for some fields, but has also declared he’d like a ‘break’ in infectious-disease research.
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Quantum-computing technology that makes qubits from atoms wins mega investment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Firms using ‘neutral atoms’ to create qubits are reentering the race to build useful quantum machines.
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Author Correction: India–Eurasia convergence speed-up by passive-margin sediment subduction Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Hao Zhou, Jiashun Hu, Luca Dal Zilio, Ming Tang, Keqing Li, Xiumian Hu
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08069-6 Published online 6 November 2024
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Publisher Correction: Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer in the tumour microenvironment Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13 Hideki Ikeda, Katsushige Kawase, Tatsuya Nishi, Tomofumi Watanabe, Keizo Takenaga, Takashi Inozume, Takamasa Ishino, Sho Aki, Jason Lin, Shusuke Kawashima, Joji Nagasaki, Youki Ueda, Shinichiro Suzuki, Hideki Makinoshima, Makiko Itami, Yuki Nakamura, Yasutoshi Tatsumi, Yusuke Suenaga, Takao Morinaga, Akiko Honobe-Tabuchi, Takehiro Ohnuma, Tatsuyoshi Kawamura, Yoshiyasu Umeda, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yukiko
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08439-0 Published online 22 January 2025
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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Are PhDs losing their lustre? Why fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries.
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The researchers on a quest to protect the gut from antibiotics Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-13
The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.
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σ-Bond insertion reactions of two strained diradicaloids Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Arismel Tena Meza, Christina A. Rivera, Huiling Shao, Andrew V. Kelleghan, K. N. Houk, Neil K. Garg
The development of new synthetic methodologies are instrumental for enabling the discovery of new medicines. Those methods that provide efficient access to structural alternatives for aromatic compounds (i.e., saturated arene bioisosteres), have become highly coveted.1,2,3,4 The incorporation of such bioisosteres typically leads to favorable drug-like properties and represents an emerging field of
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Observation of Plastic Ice VII by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12 Maria Rescigno, Alberto Toffano, Umbertoluca Ranieri, Leon Andriambariarijaona, Richard Gaal, Stefan Klotz, Michael Marek Koza, Jacques Ollivier, Fausto Martelli, John Russo, Francesco Sciortino, Jose Teixeira, Livia Eleonora Bove
Water is the third most abundant molecule in the universe and a key component in the interiors of icy moons, giant planets, and Uranus- and Neptune-like exoplanets1–3. Owing to its distinct molecular structure and flexible hydrogen bonds that readily adapt to a wide range of pressures and temperatures, water forms numerous crystalline and amorphous phases4–6. Most relevant for the high pressures and
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Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
The deadly cancer is often not found until it has spread to other parts of the body.
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Gourmet cockatoos like to fancy up their food Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
Make mine blueberry: Goffin’s cockatoos add flair to plain vegetables with a dip into fruity soy yogurt.
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Observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino with KM3NeT Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12
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Learning produces an orthogonalized state machine in the hippocampus Nature (IF 50.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-12