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Nature Magazine – March 13, 2025 Research Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (March 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Good Or Bad?’ – Simple two-point rating system curbs racial bias in the gig economy.

Who’s likely to wake up from a coma? Brainwaves provide a clue

The presence of a pattern called a sleep spindle helps to predict which people will recover from an unresponsive state.

A super-gel stays supple from −115 ºC to 143 ºC

A network of two polymers plus sulfuric acid allows a hydrogel to keep its elasticity and softness at extreme temperatures.

Ancient puppets that smile or scowl hint at shared rituals

Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies.

The surprising culprit for the loss of huge swathes of tropical forest

Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads take an outsized toll.

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Nature Magazine —– March 6, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (March 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Fungal Waves’ – How mycorrhizal fungi build supply-chain networks for underground nutrient exchange…

Lhasa′s rocks reveal an Australian birthplace

Granite from the chunk of Earth’s crust called the Lhasa terrane did not come from India, as had previously been thought, but from much further afield.

Our Galaxy’s central black hole puts on a fireworks show

The James Webb Space Telescope uncovered repeated flares from the supermassive object called Sagittarius A*.

Just a smidgen of yellow-fever vaccine is enough

The standard protective dose is almost 14,000 units, but even 500 units raises antibody levels sufficiently to do the job.

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Nature Magazine – February 13, 2025

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NATURE MAGAZINE (February 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Cosmic Catcher; – Deep sea telescope detects neutrino with highest energy ever recorded.

How to make the perfect egg: give it lukewarm baths

Process turns out eggs with delectable texture and high nutritional value.

How COVID vaccination keeps a ‘breakthrough’ infection in check

The vaccines’ effect on inflammation-promoting cells might help to explain why the jabs protect against severe disease.

Record-setting trove of buried beads speaks to power of ancient women

A Copper Age burial in Spain holds the largest collection of beads ever found ― enough to require a tonne of shellfish as raw material.

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Nature Magazine — February 6, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (February 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Sight Unseen’ – Infrared capabilities of JWST reveal horde of previously undetectable asteroids…

Even at one month, a baby’s brain shows an aptitude for smell

Brain regions linked to the sense of smell in adults were activated in infants exposed to the odours of petrol, strawberry and more.

How a wobbly arrow can achieve superpropulsion

A flexible dart with a weighted tip can have 60% more kinetic energy than a rigid one, experiments show.

Who’s the new furry neighbour? It might be a wolverine

The large carnivores are spreading out of remote mountains and into areas settled by humans.

What lies beneath Europa’s icy surface? Perhaps a heart of metal

One of Jupiter’s biggest moons has the potential to harbour life in a subsurface sea. The nature of its core will provide information about that ocean.

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Science: Nature Magazine – January 29, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Deposit Accopunt’ – How brine evaporation left sodium salts on the asteroid Bennu…

Seaweed farms dish up climate benefits

First estimate of its type shows that cultivated seaweed beds can accumulate as much carbon as some natural ecosys

The surprising link between muscle and the reproductive system

Myostatin, which blocks muscle development, unexpectedly has an effect on ovulation in female mice.

Rubbish under the floorboards exposes secret snacking in colonial Australia

Seeds, fruit stones and other remnants hidden in a Sydney barracks in the nineteenth century show residents’ deviation from the standard diet.

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Science Magazine —- January 24, 2025 Preview

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 23, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Maniforld Males’ – Genetic orchestration of breeding morphs in ruffs…

Private fusion firms put bold claims to the test

Amid skepticism, companies bet that speed and innovation can realize fusion’s promise

The parting of water

Green hydrogen is key to decarbonizing the world. But the costly, finicky devices that make it need dramatic improvement

Misreported meals skew nutrition research data

Survey-based studies linking diet patterns to health may be fatally flawed, paper suggests

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Science: Nature Magazine —- January 23, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (January 22, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Net Gains’ – Small-scale fisheries make major contribution to sustainable food, nutrition and livelihoods…

Mines for a clean-energy metal have a surprise climate effect

Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.

Hidden tattoos on mummy skin emerge under a laser’s light

Blurry markings more than 1,000 years old become clear again thanks to scanning method.

Got flu? Promising drug shortens symptoms

Influenza viruses have not evolved resistance to suraxavir marboxil, which relieves cough, fever and other symptoms.

Voter turnout drives margins of victory ― if elections are fair

Model that predicts the spread of winning margins could be used to detect electoral interference.

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Scientific American Magazine – February 2025

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE (January 21, 2025): The latest issue features ‘A Cellular Revolution’ – Long-overlooked molecular blobs are transforming our understanding of how life works….

Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works

Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are leading to a new understanding of the cell

Why We Need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Space

Crushed Rocks Could Be the Next Climate Solution

How Neandertal DNA May Affect the Way We Think

Transcendent Thinking May Boost Teen Brains

Controversial New Guidelines Would Diagnose Alzheimer’s before Symptoms Appear

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Science: Nature Magazine – January 9, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (January 8, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Skin Deep’ – How the crocodile’s head got its scales…

This digital-memory device keeps its cool even at 600 °C

A battery-like technology uses a metal called tantalum to create an equivalent of digital 0s and 1s.

Fancy birds decorate nests with a natural pattern: snakeskin

The use of shed skins might help to ward off predators, experiments suggest.

A blood test detects aged cells

Proteins could serve as biomarkers for senescent cells, which have stopped dividing but have not yet died.

That Christmas jumper is a marvel of complicated physics

Models and experiments demonstrate what happens when a knitted fabric is deformed.

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Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Dec. 12, 2024

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Nature Magazine – December 11, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Digestive Tracks’ – Fossilized vomit and poo reveal how dinosaurs came to dominate ancient ecosystems…