Nature Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community. http://feeds.nature.com/nature/rss/current Nature Publishing Group en © 2024 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. Nature © 2024 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. permissions@nature.com Nature https://www.nature.com/uploads/product/nature/rss.png http://feeds.nature.com/nature/rss/current <![CDATA[Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00922-y Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00922-y

Analysis of a random selection of papers shared on social media showed no causative link between posting and citations.]]>
Bianca Nogrady doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00922-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00922-y 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00922-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00922-y
<![CDATA[Video: Cancer-busting vaccines]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00842-x Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00842-x

Treatments that could train the immune system to identify and destroy cancer cells are on the way.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00842-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00842-x 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00842-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00842-x
<![CDATA[Cancer-vaccine trials give reasons for optimism]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00840-z Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00840-z

Therapeutic vaccines could provide a transformative shot in the arm for cancer treatment.]]>
Liam Drew doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00840-z Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00840-z 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00840-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00840-z
<![CDATA[No sweat: Moisture-wicking device keeps wearable-tech dry]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00945-5 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00945-5

Breathable patch could allow for comfortable and multifunctional wearable electronics.]]>
Dan Fox doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00945-5 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00945-5 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00945-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00945-5
<![CDATA[A global timekeeping problem postponed by global warming]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07170-0 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0

Increased melting of ice in Greenland and Antarctica, measured by satellite gravity, has decreased the angular velocity of Earth more rapidly than before and has already affected global timekeeping.]]>
Duncan Carr Agnew doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07170-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07170-0
<![CDATA[CGRP sensory neurons promote tissue healing via neutrophils and macrophages]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07237-y Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07237-y

Experiments in mouse models show that NaV1.8+ nociceptors innervate sites of injury and provide wound repair signals to immune cells by releasing calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP).]]>
Yen-Zhen LuBhavana NayerShailendra Kumar SinghYasmin K. AlshoubakiElle YuanAnthony J. ParkKenta MaruyamaShizuo AkiraMikaël M. Martino doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07237-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07237-y 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07237-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07237-y
<![CDATA[Formation of memory assemblies through the DNA-sensing TLR9 pathway]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07220-7 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07220-7

Learning results in persistent double-stranded DNA breaks, nuclear rupture and release of DNA fragments and histones within hippocampal CA1 neurons that, following TLR9-mediated DNA damage repair, results in their recruitment to memory circuits.]]>
Vladimir JovasevicElizabeth M. WoodAna CicvaricHui ZhangZorica PetrovicAnna CarboncinoKendra K. ParkerThomas E. BassettMaria MoltesenNaoki YamawakiHande LoginJoanna KaluckaFarahnaz SananbenesiXusheng ZhangAndre FischerJelena Radulovic doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07220-7 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07220-7 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07220-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07220-7
<![CDATA[The HEAT repeat protein HPO-27 is a lysosome fission factor]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07249-8 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07249-8

The conserved HEAT repeat protein HPO-27 is identified as a lysosome scission factor in Caenorhabditis elegans, and the human homologue MROH1 also serves the same function to maintain lysosomal homeostasis.]]>
Letao LiXilu LiuShanshan YangMeijiao LiYanwei WuSiqi HuWenjuan WangAmin JiangQianqian ZhangJunbing ZhangXiaoli MaJunyan HuQiaohong ZhaoYubing LiuDong LiJunjie HuChonglin YangWei FengXiaochen Wang doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07249-8 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07249-8 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07249-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07249-8
<![CDATA[Five million years of Antarctic Circumpolar Current strength variability]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07143-3 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07143-3

The strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, as traced in sediment cores from the Pacific Southern Ocean, shows no linear long-term trend over the past 5.3 Myr; instead, the strongest flow occurs consistently in warmer-than-present intervals.]]>
Frank LamyGisela WincklerHelge W. ArzJesse R. FarmerJulia GottschalkLester Lembke-JeneJennifer L. MiddletonMichèlle van der DoesRalf TiedemannCarlos Alvarez ZarikianChandranath BasakAnieke BrombacherLevin DummOliver M. EsperLisa C. HerbertShinya IwasakiGaston KrepsVera J. LawsonLi LoElisa MalinvernoAlfredo Martinez-GarciaElisabeth MichelSimone MorettiChristopher M. MoyAna Christina RaveloChristina R. RiesselmanMariem Saavedra-PelliteroHenrik SadatzkiInah SeoRaj K. SinghRebecca A. SmithAlexandre L. SouzaJoseph S. StonerMaria ToyosIgor M. Venancio P. de OliveiraSui WanShuzhuang WuXiangyu Zhao doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07143-3 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07143-3 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07143-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07143-3
<![CDATA[Optomechanical realization of the bosonic Kitaev chain]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07174-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07174-w

We report the experimental realization of a bosonic Kitaev chain in a nano-optomechanical network.]]>
Jesse J. SlimClara C. WanjuraMatteo BrunelliJavier del PinoAndreas NunnenkampEwold Verhagen doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07174-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07174-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07174-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07174-w
<![CDATA[TRBC1-targeting antibody–drug conjugates for the treatment of T cell cancers]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07233-2 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07233-2

Anti-TRBC1 antibody–drug conjugates may offer a more potent T cell cancer therapy by bypassing the fratricide that may be limiting the efficacy of anti-TRBC1 CAR T cells in the clinical trial for patients with T cell cancers.]]>
Tushar D. NichakawadeJiaxin GeBrian J. MogBum Seok LeeAlexander H. PearlmanMichael S. HwangSarah R. DiNapoliNicolas WyhsNikita MarcouStephanie GlavarisMaximilian F. KonigSandra B. GabelliEvangeline WatsonCole SterlingNina Wagner-JohnstonSima RozatiLode SwinnenEphraim FuchsDrew M. PardollKathy GabrielsonNickolas PapadopoulosChetan BettegowdaKenneth W. KinzlerShibin ZhouSurojit SurBert VogelsteinSuman Paul doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07233-2 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07233-2 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07233-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07233-2
<![CDATA[Depleting myeloid-biased haematopoietic stem cells rejuvenates aged immunity]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07238-x Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07238-x

Antibody-mediated depletion of myeloid-biased haematopoietic stem cells in aged mice restores characteristic features of a more youthful immune system.]]>
Jason B. RossLara M. MyersJoseph J. NohMadison M. CollinsAaron B. CarmodyRonald J. MesserErica DhueyKim J. HasenkrugIrving L. Weissman doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07238-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07238-x 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07238-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07238-x
<![CDATA[Structural basis of exoribonuclease-mediated mRNA transcription termination]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07240-3 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07240-3

A study presents two cryo-EM structures of yeast Pol II pre-termination transcription complexes bound to Rat1–Rai1, and provides the mechanisms for termination of mRNA transcription in yeast and other eukaryotes.]]>
Yuan ZengHong-Wei ZhangXiao-Xian WuYu Zhang doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07240-3 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07240-3 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07240-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07240-3
<![CDATA[High-fidelity spin qubit operation and algorithmic initialization above 1 K]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07160-2 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07160-2

Initialization and operation of spin qubits in silicon above 1 K reach fidelities sufficient for fault-tolerant operations at these temperatures.]]>
Jonathan Y. HuangRocky Y. SuWee Han LimMengKe FengBarnaby van StraatenBrandon SeverinWill GilbertNard Dumoulin StuyckTuomo TanttuSantiago SerranoJesus D. CifuentesIngvild HansenAmanda E. SeedhouseEnsar VahapogluRoss C. C. LeonNikolay V. AbrosimovHans-Joachim PohlMichael L. W. ThewaltFay E. HudsonChristopher C. EscottNatalia AresStephen D. BartlettAndrea MorelloAndre SaraivaArne LauchtAndrew S. DzurakChih Hwan Yang doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07160-2 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07160-2 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07160-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07160-2
<![CDATA[Controlling the helicity of light by electrical magnetization switching]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07125-5 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07125-5

The helicity of light from a light-emitting diode can be electrically controlled by spin–orbit torque effects, enabling a seamless integration of magnetization dynamics with photonics.]]>
Pambiang Abel DainoneNicholas Figueiredo PrestesPierre RenucciAlexandre BouchéMartina MorassiXavier DevauxMarkus LindemannJean-Marie GeorgeHenri JaffrèsAristide LemaitreBo XuMathieu StoffelTongxin ChenLaurent LombezDelphine LagardeGuangwei CongTianyi MaPhilippe PigeatMichel VergnatHervé RinnertXavier MarieXiufeng HanStephane ManginJuan-Carlos Rojas-SánchezJian-Ping WangMatthew C. BeardNils C. GerhardtIgor ŽutićYuan Lu doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07125-5 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07125-5 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07125-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07125-5
<![CDATA[Graphene nanoribbons grown in hBN stacks for high-performance electronics]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07243-0 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07243-0

A strategy for the transfer-free direct growth of ultralong, high-quality graphene nanoribbons, which have desirable electronic properties, between layers of a boron nitride insulator is reported.]]>
Bosai LyuJiajun ChenSen WangShuo LouPeiyue ShenJingxu XieLu QiuIzaac MitchellCan LiCheng HuXianliang ZhouKenji WatanabeTakashi TaniguchiXiaoqun WangJinfeng JiaQi LiangGuorui ChenTingxin LiShiyong WangWengen OuyangOded HodFeng DingMichael UrbakhZhiwen Shi doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07243-0 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07243-0 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07243-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07243-0
<![CDATA[A figure of merit for efficiency roll-off in TADF-based organic LEDs]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07149-x Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07149-x

Efficiency roll-off in a wide range of TADF OLEDs is analysed and a figure of merit proposed for materials design to improve efficiency at high brightness, potentially expanding the range of applications of TADF materials.]]>
S. DiesingL. ZhangE. Zysman-ColmanI. D. W. Samuel doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07149-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07149-x 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07149-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07149-x
<![CDATA[The complex polyploid genome architecture of sugarcane]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07231-4 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07231-4

We build a polyploid reference genome for hybrid sugarcane cultivar R570, improving on its current ‘mosaic monoploid’ representation, enabling fine-grain description of genome architecture and the exploration of candidate genes underlying the Bru1 brown rust resistance locus.]]>
A. L. HealeyO. GarsmeurJ. T. LovellS. ShengquiangA. SreedasyamJ. JenkinsC. B. PlottN. PiperidisN. PompidorV. LlacaC. J. MetcalfeJ. DoleželP. CápalJ. W. CarlsonJ. Y. HoarauC. HervouetC. ZiniA. DievartA. LipzenM. WilliamsL. B. BostonJ. WebberK. KeymaneshS. TejomurthulaS. RajasekarR. SucheckiA. FurtadoG. MayP. ParakkalB. A. SimmonsK. BarryR. J. HenryJ. GrimwoodK. S. AitkenJ. SchmutzA. D’Hont doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07231-4 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07231-4 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07231-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07231-4
<![CDATA[Targeting DCAF5 suppresses <i>SMARCB1</i>-mutant cancer by stabilizing SWI/SNF]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07250-1 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07250-1

DCAF5 has a quality-control function for SWI/SNF complexes and promotes the degradation of incompletely assembled SWI/SNF complexes in the absence of SMARCB1.]]>
SMARCB1-mutant cancer by stabilizing SWI/SNF]]> Sandi Radko-JuettnerHong YueJacquelyn A. MyersRaymond D. CarterAlexis N. RobertsonPriya MittalZhexin ZhuBaranda S. HansenKatherine A. DonovanMoritz HunkelerWojciech RosikiewiczZhiping WuMeghan G. McReynoldsShourya S. Roy BurmanAnna M. SchmokerNada MageedScott A. BrownRobert J. MobleyJanet F. PartridgeElizabeth A. StewartShondra M. Pruett-MillerBehnam NabetJunmin PengNathanael S. GrayEric S. FischerCharles W. M. Roberts doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07250-1 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07250-1 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07250-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07250-1
<![CDATA[Climate velocities and species tracking in global mountain regions]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07264-9 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07264-9

An analysis of the rate at which isotherms are shifting in mountain regions worldwide identifies 17 key regions with particularly high vertical isotherm shift velocities, and provides insight into how these shifts affect species ranges.]]>
Wei-Ping ChanJonathan LenoirGuan-Shuo MaiHung-Chi KuoI-Ching ChenSheng-Feng Shen doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07264-9 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07264-9 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07264-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07264-9
<![CDATA[Revealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07236-z Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07236-z

This study presents an approach to deal with spatial, temporal and phylogenetic non-independence in large-scale analyses of biodiversity change, improving trend estimation and inference across scales.]]>
T. F. JohnsonA. P. BeckermanD. Z. ChildsT. J. WebbK. L. EvansC. A. GriffithsP. CapdevilaC. F. ClementsM. BessonR. D. GregoryG. H. ThomasE. DelmasR. P. Freckleton doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07236-z Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07236-z 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07236-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07236-z
<![CDATA[The complex circumstellar environment of supernova 2023ixf]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07116-6 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07116-6

Using ultraviolet data as well as a comprehensive set of further multiwavelength observations of the supernova 2023ixf, a reliable bolometric light curve is derived that indicates the heating nature of the early emission.]]>
E. A. ZimmermanI. IraniP. ChenA. Gal-YamS. SchulzeD. A. PerleyJ. SollermanA. V. FilippenkoT. ShenarO. YaronS. ShahafR. J. BruchE. O. OfekA. De CiaT. G. BrinkY. YangS. S. VasylyevS. Ben AmiM. AubertA. BadashJ. S. BloomP. J. BrownK. DeG. DimitriadisC. FranssonC. FremlingK. HindsA. HoreshJ. P. JohanssonM. M. KasliwalS. R. KulkarniD. KushnirC. MartinM. MatuzewskiR. C. McGurkA. A. MillerJ. MoragJ. D. NeilP. E. NugentR. S. PostN. Z. PrusinskiY. QinA. RaichoorR. RiddleM. RoweB. RusholmeI. SfaradiK. M. SjobergM. SoumagnacR. D. SteinN. L. StrotjohannJ. H. TerwelT. WassermanJ. WiseA. WoldL. YanK. Zhang doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07116-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07116-6 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07116-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07116-6
<![CDATA[Single-cell multiplex chromatin and RNA interactions in ageing human brain]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07239-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07239-w

We introduce multinucleic acid interaction mapping in single cells (MUSIC), for concurrent profiling of multiplex chromatin interactions, gene expression and RNA–chromatin associations within individual nuclei, as a tool for exploring chromatin architecture and transcription.]]>
Xingzhao WenZhifei LuoWenxin ZhaoRiccardo CalandrelliTri C. NguyenXueyi WanJohn Lalith Charles RichardSheng Zhong doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07239-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07239-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07239-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07239-w
<![CDATA[Heat and desiccation tolerances predict bee abundance under climate change]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07241-2 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07241-2

A 16-year dataset of abundance patterns of a diverse assemblage of bees in New Mexico, USA predicts declines for many bee species and indicates that drought-tolerant taxa will prevail in a warming and drying climate.]]>
Melanie R. KazenelKaren W. WrightTerry GriswoldKenneth D. WhitneyJennifer A. Rudgers doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07241-2 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07241-2 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07241-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07241-2
<![CDATA[A three-dimensional liquid diode for soft, integrated permeable electronics]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07161-1 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07161-1

Incorporation of a ‘liquid diode’ into a wearable electronic platform enhances comfort and stability by shunting away sweat as it accumulates.]]>
Binbin ZhangJiyu LiJingkun ZhouLung ChowGuangyao ZhaoYa HuangZhiqiang MaQiang ZhangYawen YangChun Ki YiuJian LiFengjun ChunXingcan HuangYuyu GaoPengcheng WuShengxin JiaHu LiDengfeng LiYiming LiuKuanming YaoRui ShiZhenlin ChenBee Luan KhooWeiqing YangFeng WangZijian ZhengZuankai WangXinge Yu doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07161-1 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07161-1 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07161-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07161-1
<![CDATA[Interchain-expanded extra-large-pore zeolites]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07194-6 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07194-6

We report a strategy that yields thermally and hydrothermally stable silicates by expansion of a one-dimensional silicate chain with an intercalated silylating agent that separates and connects the chains.]]>
Zihao Rei GaoHuajian YuFei-Jian ChenAlvaro MayoralZijian NiuZiwen NiuXintong LiHua DengCarlos Márquez-ÁlvarezHong HeShutao XuYida ZhouJun XuHao XuWei FanSalvador R. G. BalestraChao MaJiazheng HaoJian LiPeng WuJihong YuMiguel A. Camblor doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07194-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07194-6 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07194-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07194-6
<![CDATA[Evidence for chiral graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall liquids]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07201-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07201-w

Through inelastic light scattering chiral spin-2 long-wavelength magnetorotons are observed, revealing chiral graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall states and aiding in understanding the quantum metric impacts in topological correlated systems.]]>
Jiehui LiangZiyu LiuZihao YangYuelei HuangUrsula WurstbauerCory R. DeanKen W. WestLoren N. PfeifferLingjie DuAron Pinczuk doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07201-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07201-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07201-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07201-w
<![CDATA[High-threshold and low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum memory]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07107-7 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07107-7

An end-to-end quantum error correction protocol that implements fault-tolerant memory on the basis of a family of low-density parity-check codes shows the possibility of low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum memory within the reach of near-term quantum processors.]]>
Sergey BravyiAndrew W. CrossJay M. GambettaDmitri MaslovPatrick RallTheodore J. Yoder doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07107-7 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07107-7 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07107-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07107-7
<![CDATA[A brainstem–hypothalamus neuronal circuit reduces feeding upon heat exposure]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07232-3 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07232-3

In response to acute thermal challenge, thermosensing glutamatergic neurons of the parabrachial nucleus in mouse brain activate tanycytes, which reduce the excitability of Flt1-expressing dopamine and agouti-related peptide-containing neurons, thus suppressing appetite.]]>
Marco BeneventoAlán AlpárAnna GundackerLeila AfjehiKira BaluevaZsofia HevesiJános HanicsSabah RehmanDaniela D. PollakGert LubecPeer WulffVincent PrevotTamas L. HorvathTibor Harkany doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07232-3 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07232-3 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07232-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07232-3
<![CDATA[Thermonuclear explosions on neutron stars reveal the speed of their jets]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07133-5 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07133-5

Relativistic jets observed from transient neutron stars throughout the Universe produce bright flares for minutes after each X-ray burst, helping to determine the role individual system properties have on the speed and revealing the dominant launching mechanism.]]>
Thomas D. RussellNathalie DegenaarJakob van den EijndenThomas MaccaroneAlexandra J. TetarenkoCelia Sánchez-FernándezJames C. A. Miller-JonesErik KuulkersMelania Del Santo doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07133-5 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07133-5 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-07133-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07133-5
<![CDATA[Journal editors are resigning en masse: what do these group exits achieve?]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00887-y Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00887-y

Editorial rebellions seem to be on the rise, as researchers seek more control over scholarly communication.]]>
Katharine Sanderson doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00887-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00887-y 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00887-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00887-y
<![CDATA[Electrons flip a switch on optical communications]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00663-y Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00663-y

Clever manipulation of electrons has enabled scientists to change a key property of light emitted by a device using electrically controlled magnetization. The method could lead to stable and energy-efficient information transfer.]]>
Satoshi Hiura doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00663-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00663-y 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00663-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00663-y
<![CDATA[The real time-travel paradox was the friends we made along the way]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00897-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00897-w

Life at the cutting edge.]]>
Rodrigo Culagovski doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00897-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00897-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00897-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00897-w
<![CDATA[Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00932-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00932-w

The effect of melting polar ice could delay the need for a ‘leap second’ by three years.]]>
Elizabeth Gibney doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00932-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00932-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00932-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00932-w
<![CDATA[Divisive Sun-dimming study at Harvard cancelled: what’s next?]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00876-1 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00876-1

As the climate crisis rages on, advocacy for testing controversial solar geoengineering technology is ramping up.]]>
Jeff Tollefson doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00876-1 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00876-1 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00876-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00876-1
<![CDATA[The surprising history of the Southern Ocean’s super current]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00678-5 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5

Reconstructions of the strength of a powerful current that circles the South Pole reveal that it has undergone no long-term change in the past five million years, even though Earth cooled substantially over that time.]]>
Natalie J. Burls doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00678-5
<![CDATA[Anti-ageing antibodies revive the immune system]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00680-x Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00680-x

Depleting an expanding pool of aberrant stem cells in aged mice using antibody therapy has been shown to rebalance blood cell production, diminish age-associated inflammation and strengthen acquired immune responses.]]>
Yasar Arfat T. KasuRobert A. J. Signer doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00680-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00680-x 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00680-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00680-x
<![CDATA[Maple-scented cacti and pom-pom cats: how pranking at work can lift lab spirits]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00951-7 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00951-7

Whether for April Fools’ Day or year-round, practical jokes allow scientists to tap into creative thinking while building group camaraderie.]]>
Amanda Heidt doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00951-7 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00951-7 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00951-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00951-7
<![CDATA[The wearable electronic patch that’s impervious to sweat]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00789-z Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00789-z

A smart adhesive patch that wicks sweat away from electronics embedded in its centre offers comfortable and reliable sensing of the wearer’s biometrics or environment without the risk of perspiration damaging the devices.]]>
Yifan RaoNanshu Lu doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00789-z Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00789-z 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00789-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00789-z
<![CDATA[How to make an old immune system young again]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00871-6 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00871-6

Antibodies that target blood stem cells can rejuvenate immune responses in mice.]]>
Heidi Ledford doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00871-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00871-6 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00871-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00871-6
<![CDATA[Mouse brains respond differently to observed threat and direct danger]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00051-6 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00051-6

Humans and other social animals are highly adept at learning by observing how others interact with the environment, especially when identifying potential sources of danger. In mice, a specific brain region acts as an information-processing hub that distinguishes between observed and directly experienced fear, and signals different behavioural responses accordingly.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00051-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00051-6 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00051-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00051-6
<![CDATA[Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00930-y Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00930-y

Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds.]]>
Max Kozlov doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00930-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00930-y 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00930-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00930-y
<![CDATA[Melting ice solves leap-second problem — for now]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00850-x Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00850-x

Humans’ effect on the polar ice sheets is slowing Earth’s rotation, posing challenges for its alignment with the official time standard. Two researchers discuss the science behind the slowdown and the impact it has on timekeeping.]]>
Patrizia TavellaJerry X. Mitrovica doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00850-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00850-x 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00850-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00850-x
<![CDATA[Innate immunity in neurons makes memories persist]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00679-4 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00679-4

A population of neurons that engages mechanisms of the innate immune system during memory formation has been uncovered in mice. Surprisingly, inflammatory signalling might pave the way for long-term memory.]]>
Benjamin A. KelvingtonTed Abel doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00679-4 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00679-4 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00679-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00679-4
<![CDATA[How does a cancer vaccine work?]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00841-y Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00841-y

After decades of slow progress, therapeutic vaccines that direct the immune system to attack tumours could soon become a fixture of cancer treatment.]]>
Liam Drew doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00841-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00841-y 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00841-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00841-y
<![CDATA[Climate change predicted to exacerbate declines in bee populations]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00681-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00681-w

What effects will climate change have on insect communities? Analyses of data collected over decades robustly document consequences specific to bee populations, and this evidence might aid future conservation efforts.]]>
Nicole E. Miller-Struttmann doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00681-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00681-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00681-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00681-w
<![CDATA[How climate change is affecting global timekeeping]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00952-6 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00952-6

Melting polar ice could delay major time adjustment, and the strange connection between brain inflammation and memory.]]>
Elizabeth GibneyNick Petrić Howe doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00952-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00952-6 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00952-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00952-6
<![CDATA[<i>Nature</i> is committed to diversifying its journalistic sources]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00891-2 Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00891-2

The latest data are in on the diversity of people interviewed for the journal’s News, Features and Careers articles, and audio and video content.]]>
Nature is committed to diversifying its journalistic sources]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00891-2 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00891-2 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00891-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00891-2
<![CDATA[The race to uncover fission factors for lysosomal organelles heats up]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00851-w Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00851-w

Organelles called lysosomes fuse with cargo-carrying vesicles and degrade the cargo molecules. How lysosomes maintain their size despite constant vesicle fusion was unclear, but now factors that aid organelle fission have been found.]]>
Shilpa GopanThomas J. Pucadyil doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00851-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-27; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00851-w 2024-03-27 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00851-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00851-w
<![CDATA[Superconductivity case shows the need for zero tolerance of toxic lab culture]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00915-x Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00915-x

Superconductivity case shows the need for zero tolerance of toxic lab culture]]>
Juan Pablo Fuenzalida Werner doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00915-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00915-x 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00915-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00915-x
<![CDATA[How Sydney Harbour Bridge was shaping up 100 years ago]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00684-7 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00684-7

Plans for Sydney’s iconic landmark become concrete, plus a ‘Michelin Guide’ to superconductive tunnelling, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00684-7 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00684-7 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00684-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00684-7
<![CDATA[These levitating bubbles are long-lived and puncture-proof]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00859-2 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00859-2

Soap bubbles bombarded with ultrasonic waves rise into mid-air and can survive being stabbed with a needle.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00859-2 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00859-2 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00859-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00859-2
<![CDATA[Cuts to postgraduate funding threaten Brazilian science — again]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00916-w Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00916-w

Cuts to postgraduate funding threaten Brazilian science — again]]>
Marcus F. OliveiraAdriane R. Todeschini doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00916-w Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00916-w 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00916-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00916-w
<![CDATA[A glowing glass transmits X-rays with ease]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00862-7 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00862-7

Copper-containing ‘nanoclusters’ form glasses with an orderly structure and unusual properties.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00862-7 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00862-7 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00862-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00862-7
<![CDATA[The ‘Anthropocene’ is here to stay — and it’s better not as a geological epoch]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00914-y Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00914-y

The ‘Anthropocene’ is here to stay — and it’s better not as a geological epoch]]>
Thomas P. RolandGraeme T. SwindlesAlastair Ruffell doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00914-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00914-y 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00914-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00914-y
<![CDATA[A test for Alzheimer’s-disease stage predicts dementia risk]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00860-9 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00860-9

Levels of a host of molecules in the cerebrospinal fluid reliably assess development of the disease.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00860-9 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00860-9 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00860-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00860-9
<![CDATA[Don’t underestimate the rising threat of groundwater to coastal cities]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00917-9 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00917-9

Don’t underestimate the rising threat of groundwater to coastal cities]]>
Daniel J. Rozell doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00917-9 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00917-9 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00917-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00917-9
<![CDATA[Daily briefing: Weird new electron behaviour thrills physicists]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00939-3 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00939-3

The first experiments have shown that electrons can behave as if they had fractional charges. Plus, how birds gesture ‘after you’ to their mate and the real story of how the Big Bang got its name.]]>
Katrina Krämer doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00939-3 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00939-3 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00939-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00939-3
<![CDATA[‘Exhausted and insulted’: how harsh visa-application policies are hobbling global research]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00892-1 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00892-1

Institutions and individuals from low- and middle-income countries are wasting time, effort and money trying to get visas for research travel, only to be rejected. A new approach is needed.]]>
Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00892-1 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00892-1 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00892-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00892-1
<![CDATA[Deep-sea mining plans should not be rushed]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00890-3 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00890-3

Why are companies and governments determined to start commercial-scale mining for rare metals, when so little is known about its wider impacts?]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00890-3 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00890-3 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00890-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00890-3
<![CDATA[The beauty of what science can do when urgently needed]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00928-6 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00928-6

Working amid New York City’s pandemic response inspired Nili Ostrov’s approach to expanding the list of organisms that can be used in synthetic biology and engineering.]]>
Katherine Bourzac doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00928-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00928-6 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00928-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00928-6
<![CDATA[AI & robotics briefing: Can AI’s bias problem be fixed?]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00947-3 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00947-3

Researchers argue for more transparency to remove the biases that plague image generators. Plus, Nvidia’s new ‘superchip’ promises AI performance and Google AI could soon use a person’s cough to diagnose disease.]]>
Katrina Krämer doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00947-3 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00947-3 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00947-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00947-3
<![CDATA[How a tree-hugging protest transformed Indian environmentalism]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00895-y Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00895-y

Fifty years ago, a group of women from the villages of the Western Himalayas sparked Chipko, a green movement that remains relevant in the age of climate change.]]>
Seema Mundoli doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00895-y Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00895-y 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00895-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00895-y
<![CDATA[The ‘Mother Tree’ idea is everywhere — but how much of it is real?]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00893-0 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00893-0

A popular theory about how trees cooperate has enchanted the public and raised the profile of forest conservation. But some ecologists think its scientific basis has been oversold.]]>
Aisling Irwin doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00893-0 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00893-0 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00893-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00893-0
<![CDATA[Abortion-pill challenge provokes doubt from US Supreme Court]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00938-4 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00938-4

Lawsuit could roll back access to mifepristone, a drug widely used to induce abortion in the United States.]]>
Mariana Lenharo doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00938-4 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00938-4 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00938-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00938-4
<![CDATA[A delay that makes wireless communication faster]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00455-4 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00455-4

Cutting-edge communication (6G and beyond) will rely on precise time control of large amounts of wirelessly transferred information. To achieve this precision, a ‘quasi-true time delay’ chip has been designed that packs as much time delay as possible into a tiny area using 3D waveguides whose length can be varied as required.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00455-4 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00455-4 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00455-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00455-4
<![CDATA[Estella Bergere Leopold (1927–2024), passionate environmentalist who traced changing ecosystems]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00905-z Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00905-z

The trailblazing palaeobotanist investigated how climate change affected Earth in the past — and firmly believed science should be used in its defence now.]]>
Cathy Whitlock doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00905-z Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00905-z 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00905-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00905-z
<![CDATA[How AI is improving climate forecasts]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00780-8 Nature, Published online: 26 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00780-8

Researchers are using various machine-learning strategies to speed up climate modelling, reduce its energy costs and hopefully improve accuracy.]]>
Carissa Wong doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00780-8 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00780-8 2024-03-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00780-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00780-8
<![CDATA[A horse cemetery in London reveals medieval mounts’ distant origins]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00861-8 Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00861-8

Horses buried near the royal complex of Westminster in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries had been imported from as far away as Scandinavia.]]>
doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00861-8 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00861-8 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00861-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00861-8
<![CDATA[I peer into volcanoes to see when they’ll blow]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00896-x Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00896-x

Mariton Antonia Bornas runs a Filipino volcano research and response organization.]]>
Margaret Simons doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00896-x Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00896-x 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00896-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00896-x
<![CDATA[How did the Big Bang get its name? Here’s the real story]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00894-z

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.]]>
Helge Kragh doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00894-z Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00894-z 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00894-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z
<![CDATA[‘Hopeless, burnt out, sad’: how political change is impacting female researchers in Latin America]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00885-0 Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00885-0

Already feeling invisible and unappreciated, the election of far-right administrations in Argentina and elsewhere are unsettling for women in science.]]>
Julie Gould doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00885-0 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00885-0 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00885-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00885-0
<![CDATA[Larger or longer grants unlikely to push senior scientists towards high-risk, high-reward work]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00929-5 Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00929-5

A survey of US professors suggests that broad changes to grant schemes might be needed to incentivize new approaches to research.]]>
Dalmeet Singh Chawla doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00929-5 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00929-5 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00929-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00929-5
<![CDATA[Weird new electron behaviour in stacked graphene thrills physicists]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00832-z Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00832-z

This 2D material is only the second to exhibit the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect, and theorists are still debating how it works.]]>
Dan Garisto doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00832-z Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00832-z 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00832-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00832-z
<![CDATA[Daily briefing: Pregnancy advances your ‘biological’ age’]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00936-6 Nature, Published online: 25 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00936-6

Being pregnant can increase a person’s ‘biological age’ by a couple of years — but giving birth reverses these changes. Plus, urban vegetable gardens have a shocking carbon footprint.]]>
Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00936-6 Nature, Published online: 2024-03-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00936-6 2024-03-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-00936-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00936-6