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NATURE MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 4, 2025

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Photo Realism’ – Ethical image data set help to benchmark bias in AI models…

Cooking up a storm of air pollution

A study of the effects of COVID-19 policies highlights the underexplored impacts of commercial cooking on air quality.

The mystery of emerald green — cracked‘

Emerald’ or ‘Paris’ green was once a highly popular pigment among painters, but the chemistry behind its slow decay over time has been unclear.

Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before

Studying trapped antimatter could help to explain why our world is so full of matter.

AI finds signs of life in ancient rocks

A specially trained algorithm could aid the search for biological activity both on the early Earth and on other worlds.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 6, 2025

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Brain Development’ – Mapping the distribution and diversity of cells in the growing brain.’

Artificial brains with less drain

Biologically inspired electronic neurons could boost the efficiency of artificial-intelligence systems.

Longer walks beat shorter strolls for heart health

People who rack up most of their daily steps in walks lasting less than five minutes have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than do those who amass their steps in big blocks.

Secret route to warm cosmic ‘inflation’: the nuclear force

Modelling shows how the infant Universe might have stayed warm and dense during its primoridal expansion.

Forests’ misty breath sustains crops in distant lands

The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – AUGUST 14, 2025 RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Troubled Waters’ – Iceberg formation sparks wave-driven melting at glacier fronts.

Globally recognized island is losing its trademark glaciers

Ice coverage is shrinking on Heard Island — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a haven of biodiversity.

Tiny motor uses heat to perform molecular magic

A nanoscopic machine transforms a molecular chain into interlocking loops.

How animal paw pads got their toughness

In creatures that walk on land, a protein called Slurp1 protects skin cells from stress.

Mystery of billions of sea-star deaths solved at last

Experiments identify a bacterium as the cause of sea-star wasting disease, which has devastated populations along the western coast of North America.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JULY 24, 2025 – RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Microbes Mapped’ – Spread of human pathogens across Eurasia plotted from ancient DNA.

Asia’s haze affects ice and weather on the Frozen Continent

Pollution emitted by fossil-fuel usage in Asia influences sea-ice coverage in Antarctica.

The mysterious missing ingredient in the highest-energy cosmic rays

Data from a South Pole observatory show that the fraction of protons in ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays is lower than expected.

How the world’s biggest bats got their enormous wingspans

Genetic analysis helps to reveal why flying foxes can measure almost 2 metres from wingtip to wingtip.

How sugar overload in early life affects the brain later

A study in mice finds that a high-sucrose diet during youth has long-term implications for learning and brain connectivity.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JUNE 26, 2025 – RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Cyborg Tadpoles’ – Soft electrode implant maps neural activity in the developing brain…

This tiny robot moves mini-droplets with ease

Magnetially controlled device can combine or split microlitre-sized droplets.

Sensors pinpoint the exact time of a Yellowstone explosion

Data could help to reveal the warning signs of potentially dangerous eruptions caused by liquid groundwater abruptly turning into gas.

One dose of gene therapy gives years of relief from blood disorder

The average number of bleeding episodes for men with haemophilia B dropped almost tenfold after treatment.

Why pangolins are poached: they’re the tastiest animal around

Trafficking of scales for traditional medicine plays a relatively small part in the hunting of pangolins in Nigeria.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JUNE 19, 2025 – RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE (June 18, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Food Forecast’ – How climate change and adaptation could affect global agriculture…

Minuscule worms form living towers to hunt for food

Scientists observe the nematode’s behaviour in the wild for the first time.

Hungry caterpillars can brew exotic molecules in their guts

Researchers fed moth larvae the chemical building blocks, and the insects’ enzymes did the rest.

A cancer-causing mutation meets its match

In mice, engineered immune cells shrink pancreatic and other tumours bearing a mutant version of the KRAS protein.

A long-predicted cosmic collision might not happen after all

The pull of a third galaxy could yank the Milky Way out of the path of Andromeda.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JUNE 5, 2025 – RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE (June 4, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Carbon Flow’ – Radioactive archive reveals rivers release ancient carbon into the atmosphere…

How a freezing pond could kick-start life’s self-replication

Freeze–thaw cycles in an icy pond could let an enzyme copy RNA double helices indefinitely — suggesting one way in which evolution could have begun.

The perfect storm for dust storms, thanks to global warming

Climate change is lengthening the gap between snowmelt and vegetation growth.

Forehead ‘e-tattoo’ tracks how hard you’re thinking

Temporary device records eye movement and brain activity to monitor mental strain.

Bed bugs boomed as the world’s first cities did

Genomic evidence suggests that the bloodsuckers might have been among the first urban insect pests.

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Nature Magazine – May 29, 2025 – Research Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (May 28, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Flight Path’ – Well preserved Archaeopteryx fossil reveals details birds evolution…

Telescope team reads the fine print — from more than a kilometre away

A pair of telescopes picking up reflected light achieve a performance 14 times better than a single telescope can manage alone.

Explosive volcanoes can bury carbon —a climate boon

Ash spread by violent eruptions in South American sequester carbon in the soil.

What big eyes this whale has — but not the better to see you with

The humpback whale has the whale equivalent of nearsightedness, which puts it at risk of being snarled in fishing gear.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – MAY 8, 2025 RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE (May 7, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Relative Gains’ – Complete genome sequences for six ape species offer insights into human evolution…

Storm of seizures in a baby’s brain calms after trial therapy

The treatment, which aimed to block production of a mutant protein, reduced the frequency of infant’s seizures, but did not improve neurological impairments.