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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.

Magazines, Research, Reviews, Science

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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New Scientist Magazine – October 11, 2025

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New Scientist Magazine: This issue features ‘Decoding Dementia’ – How to understand your risk of Alzheimer’s, and what you can really do about it.

Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong

One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?

What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

Autism may have subtypes that are genetically distinct from each other

20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

Should we worry AI will create deadly bioweapons? Not yet, but one day

Magazines, Research, Reviews, Science

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.

Magazines, Research, Reviews, Science

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 12, 2025 RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Picture Perfect’ – Oil painting restored using computer generated mask…

Solved: the mystery of the evaporating planet

An intimate look at a puffy exoplanet and its nearest star has revealed its tragic destiny.

Clever cockatoos learn an easy way to quench their thirst

Some birds master the fine art of manoeuvring beak, feet and body weight to turn on a tap.

CRISPR helps to show why a boy felt no pain

Mutation in an enzyme leads to resistance to chronic and acute pain, according to research in mice.

‘Missing’ air pollution is tracked to its ephemeral source

Discrepancy between models and measurements is resolved by peering into plumes emitted from power plants and other industrial facilities.

Magazines, Research, Reviews, Science

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.

Magazines, Physics, Research, Science

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN – SUMMER 2025 PREVIEW

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (June 3, 2025): The special edition issue features ‘Into The Quantum Realm’….

The Secret to the Strongest Force in the Universe

New discoveries demystify the bizarre force that binds atomic nuclei together

Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers Threaten Today’s Secrets. Here’s How to Protect Them

Researchers are racing to create codes so complex that even quantum computers can’t break them

Quantum Weirdness in New Materials Bends the Rules of Physics

Electrons swarm in a soup of quantum entanglement in a new class of materials called strange metals

Magazines, Research, Reviews, Science

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…

The mystery of emerald green — cracked‘

The Secret to the Strongest Force in the Universe

Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers Threaten Today’s Secrets. Here’s How to Protect Them

Quantum Weirdness in New Materials Bends the Rules of Physics

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