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Climate change is threatening coral reefs worldwide….
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How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Beatriz Ychussie’s career in mathematics seemed to be going really well. She worked at Roskilde University in Denmark where, in 2015 and 2016 alone, she published four papers on mathematical formulae for quantum particles, heat flow and…
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Four game-changing immunology tools to watch
A magnified image of a brain organoid with fluorescent labelling of various cell types.Credit: Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University
Advanced tools and techniques are giving researchers a detailed look at the body’s defence system. From…
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Stinkbugs nurture fungi in a newly discovered organ
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Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female
Rearing of Anopheles mosquitoes
A. gambiae (G3 strain), A. stephensi (SDA-500), and recently colonized A. coluzzi41 mosquitoes were reared in an insectary maintained at 27 °C, 70–80% relative humidity, on a 12 h:12 h light:dark cycle….
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what’s causing spikes in infectious diseases?
Children receive polio drops for vaccination during a door-to-door poliovirus eradication campaign in Lahore, Pakistan, in April.Credit: ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty
Vaccines are arguably one of the greatest inventions. Since 1974, global immunization…
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People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
Melanoma cells (artificially coloured). An immune-based therapy was more effective against this cancer in people who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine within 100 days of the start of their cancer treatment.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL
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Integration of hunger and hormonal state gates infant-directed aggression
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All animal procedures performed in this study were approved by the UK Government (Home Office) and by the Crick Institutional Animal Welfare Ethical Review Panel.
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Animals were housed in individually ventilated cages on a…
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A metallic p-wave magnet with commensurate spin helix
Ahn, K.-H., Hariki, A., Lee, K.-W. & Kuneš, J. Antiferromagnetism in RuO2 as d-wave Pomeranchuk instability. Phys. Rev. B 99, 184432 (2019).
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Naka, M. et al. Spin current…
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Gene implicated in the heart defects associated with Down’s syndrome
Nature, Published online: 22 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03396-8
A search for the genes responsible for the high incidence of heart defects in children with Down’s syndrome casts a light on potentially affected developmental processes.
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