Mice
Unless noted otherwise, young female (8 weeks old) and male (4 weeks old) C57BL/6 mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory and old mice (18 months old) were acquired from the National Institute on Aging. For co-housing, mice were housed…
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A big-push community intervention reduced rates of child marriage by 80%
Child Marriage (UNICEF, 2022).
State of the Nigerian Girl Report: An Incisive Diagnosis of Child Marriage in Nigeria (Save the Children, 2021).
Asadullah, M. N. & Wahhaj, Z. Early marriage, social networks and the transmission of norms. Economica…
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How an all-female fish species defies evolutionary expectations
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00493-0
Asexual reproduction should be an evolutionary dead end. A study of asexual fish shows that a genetic ‘copy and paste’ helps to overcome the predicted costs of asexuality.
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A mechanism to initiate emergency type 2 myelopoiesis
Animal studies
All animal studies were performed in accordance with UK Home Office regulations with approval by the University of Oxford Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (project license number 30/3359, PP2240412 and PP3246892) and the…
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The dynamic basis of G-protein recognition and activation by a GPCR
Hilger, D., Masureel, M. & Kobilka, B. K. Structure and dynamics of GPCR signaling complexes. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 25, 4–12 (2018).
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Assembly of helper NLR resistosome clusters upon activation of a coiled-coil NLR
Plant materials and growth conditions
The Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Col-0 was used as the WT in this study. The mekk1 (salk_052557), mpk4, summ2 (summ2-8) and mekk2 mutants have been reported previously18,61, and the T-DNA insertion mutant…
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Structures of Marburgvirus glycoprotein and its complex with NPC1 receptor
Cell lines and plasmids
HEK293T and Huh7 cells (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)) were maintained in Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine, 100 U ml−1 penicillin and…
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National statistics are in crisis around the world — and the impacts will be severe
“Uncertainty.”
“Loss of trust.”
“Definitely a crisis.”
These are some of the ways in which researchers describe the state of affairs for government data in many countries.
Do you really know the way the world is heading? Take this quiz…
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Gut microbes affect cognition during ageing
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00492-1
As mice age, changes in the microorganisms in their guts contribute to cognitive decline by altering signalling between the gut and brain.
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B cell imprinting in children impairs antibodies to the haemagglutinin stalk
Human samples
Serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) samples were obtained from participants enrolled in two prospective community-based studies in Nicaragua: The Household Influenza Transmission Study (HITS) and the Nicaraguan…
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