Adopt sustainable aviation fuels
Sustainable aviation fuels represent the most viable near-term pathway for decarbonizing aviation. Produced from renewable feedstocks such as waste oils, municipal solid waste, agricultural residues, and algae,…
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Lessons from Portugal on effects of cutting research funding
The entire scientific community is reeling from severe cuts to US research funding (see Nature 638, 865–867; 2025). Policymakers globally must recognize that science cannot be switched on and off without lasting consequences. Portugal offers a…
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How to get more women into mining
Your Editorial (see Nature 638, 582; 2025) emphasized that gender-specific awards play a crucial part in promoting women’s contributions to science and technology. This is the case in the mining sector, which is conventionally male-dominated….
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Improving scientific integrity in Chinese medical institutions with the Hospital Research Integrity Alliance
Improving scientific integrity in Chinese medical institutions with the Hospital Research Integrity Alliance
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How a scientist–pop industry partnership slashed a live gig’s carbon emissions by 98%
An energy-efficient concert by the UK trip-hop band Massive Attack.Credit: Kristian Buus/Getty
A battery-powered live outdoor concert headlined by the UK trip-hop band Massive Attack, and attended by more than 32,000 fans, slashed energy-related…
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Chimpanzees act as ‘engineers’, choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Jane Goodall Institute in Tanzania, the University of Algarve…
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Why Don’t We Remember Specific Events from Our First Years of Life?
Challenging assumptions about infant memory, a new Yale University-led study shows that infants as young as 12 months old can encode memories. The findings suggest that infantile amnesia — the inability to remember our first few years of…
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New research reveals secrets about locust swarm movement
New research published in Science is reshaping our understanding of one of nature’s most stunning yet destructive phenomena — massive locust swarms moving together.
A team of researchers, including Greg Sword, Ph.D., Regents Professor and…
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Integrating multimodal data to understand cortical circuit architecture and function
Yuste, R. et al. A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types. Nat. Neurosci. 23, 1456–1468 (2020).
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Risks of mineral resources in the supply of renewable energy batteries
This section provides a comprehensive assessment and prospect prediction of the supply risks of critical mineral resources. In addition, sensitivity analysis is also used to determine future risk sources and propose policy recommendations.
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