Karl Thompson is a microbiologist at Howard University in Washington DC and the director of its graduate programme for biomedical sciences.Credit: Justin D. Knight/Howard University
One year ago this month, Howard University in Washington DC…
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Music is not a universal language — but it can bring us together when words fail
As humanity emerged from the social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, people craved human connection. Instead, we got generative artificial-intelligence programs, complete with hallucinating chatbots and deepfake songs. Yet, music from diverse…
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Illustration of the perils of relying solely on patient self-identification for the diagnosis of premature ejaculation
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Daily briefing: New AI drug-discovery engine is ‘on the scale of an AlphaFold4’
Nature, Published online: 23 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00605-w
Scientists are impressed by a new AI model that predicts drug-molecule interactions. Plus, giant tortoises are once again roaming on a Galápagos island and why science still…
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Intermediates of forming transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures revealed by machine learning simulations
Ng, H. K. et al. Improving carrier mobility in two-dimensional semiconductors with rippled materials. Nat. Electron 5, 489–496 (2022).
Jin, W. et al. Direct measurement of the…
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Multifaceted roles for persulfide species in redox chemical biology
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Predefined-time tracking control for underwater robots
Li, D. & Du, L. AUV trajectory tracking models and control strategies: A review. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9091020 (2021).
Utkin, V. Variable structure systems with sliding…
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Nine Years of UVIT: Assessing Sensitivity Variation
The Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the five payloads on board the first Indian multiwavelength astronomical observatory, AstroSat, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on 2015 September 28. UVIT, designed for…
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