Risks of outbreaks with pandemic potential rise with increasing land-use change, biodiversity loss and climate change. The Pandemic Agreement adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2025 marks a historic shift that establishes the One Health…
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could a renewed focus on energy transform biomedicine?
Every biological process requires energy, from a neuron firing to a cell making proteins, and from digesting dinner to taking a stroll. Energy flows constantly through every part of a cell, in chemical, thermal, mechanical or electromagnetic…
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How data can help to guide NIH funding policy
The world’s largest funder of biomedical research, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), has decades’ worth of data on grant applications, peer-review results, funding outcomes and publications. Using such data to guide NIH policy…
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A daily multivitamin slows the signs of biological ageing
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Could flies sniff out contraband chemicals?
Nature, Published online: 10 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00642-5
A suggestion that mutant insects could detect narcotics or explosive substances, and how ash seeds feature a screw propeller, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.
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the real science of skincare and why it matters for your health
Over the past five years, dermatologist Rajani Katta has noticed a change in the people who come into her office. Their skincare routines have been getting more complicated — some stretching to 12 steps — and often involve products that they…
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Maximizing carrier extraction in hybrid back-contact silicon solar cells
Hybrid back-contact (BC) silicon solar cells 1-3 combine the strengths of TOPCon-derived 4-7 n-type contacts, SHJ-derived 8-12 p-type contacts, and interdigitated BC (IBC)13,14 device structures. Though high performance in the form of 27.8%…
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Live parrots were carried across the Andes before the Incas’ rise
Nature, Published online: 10 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00765-9
Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon.
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How ‘Pele’s hair’ sprouts from erupting lava
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Experiments with simulated magma show it can be pulled…
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Privilege, power and vulnerability in science: precarious funding can prompt unethical ties
Nature, Published online: 10 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00777-5
Privilege, power and vulnerability in science: precarious funding can prompt unethical ties
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