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Three research teams each created quantum-entangled states over several kilometres of existing optical fibres in real urban areas. Plus, lizard-inspired buildings could save lives and linguists are re-examining the idea that people are shaped by their native language.
Mathematical conjectures could be the ideal testing ground for AI-assisted discovery. Plus, why humans are so good at running and how to kill ‘zombie’ cells that make us age.
The absence of negative results in the scientific literature is affecting AI tools trained on published data. Plus, why animals still outrun robots and AlphaFold gets major upgrade.
The upcoming solar maximum means more and bigger solar storms to come. Plus, how to decarbonize the workhorse of fossil fuel production: oil refineries.
A survey of people in 168 countries finds that Internet use might boost life satisfaction and sense of purpose. Plus, what a Neanderthal’s Mona-Lisa smile tells us about ourselves and how the cauliflower got its whorls.
Data repositories, workshops and alternative journals allow scientists to destigmatize and discuss negative results. Plus, a major step toward ultra-precise ‘nuclear’ clocks and the first rocky exoplanet with a confirmed atmosphere.
Studies in mice raise the tantalising prospect of treating immune ageing to control age-related diseases. Plus, concerns grow over cows becoming a permanent reservoir for the bird flu virus and a major AlphaFold upgrade offers a boost for drug discovery.
Food insecurity is ‘off the scales’ in universities, say researchers. Plus, the mission to grab rocks from the far side of the Moon has launched and the letter that jump-started Alzheimer’s research.
An algorithm trained on electrocardiograms reduced deaths among high-risk patients by 31%. Plus, an AI transcription tool seems to hallucinate harmful text and a robot that efficiently combines bouncing and flying.
A Sumatran orangutan nicknamed Rakus treated a gash in his cheek with a poultice. Plus, a promising vaccine for urinary tract infections and a special collection on sex and gender in research.
Scientists are starting to untangle exactly how we benefit from the stress of physical activity. Plus, studies in mice might have pinpointed the master dial that controls the immune system.
The scientific adviser of 3 Body Problem, a planetary scientist and a nanotechnology expert review the hit sci-fi show. Plus, why a trailblazing Chinese virologist was sleeping in the street outside his own lab.
A robot that changes from trot to bounce to avoid falls hints at why four-legged animals transition between gaits. Plus, AI designs new gene-editing tools and how autonomous weapons are changing war.
Kidney tissue was transplanted from one rat fetus to another while the recipient was still in its mother’s womb. Plus, ‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ creates new gene-editing tools and a desperate plan to save permafrost from carbon-bomb wildfires.
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza probably jumped from an infected bird into a cow around late December. Plus, a rare mutation that causes dwarfism might slow ageing and how to collect royalties from your research papers.
The new Geologic Atlas took more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile. Plus, how gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’ and H5N1 bird flu virus material has been detected in US milk.
A patient–analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer and other diseases, and medieval graves reveal secrets of a mysterious nomadic people.
Octocorals probably evolved the ability to make light when the first animals developed eyes. Plus, the WHO has redefined ‘airborne transmission’ and how artificial intelligence is changing weapons of war.
Our ability to track time is skewed by what we are looking at. Plus, NASA has reestablished clear communication with Voyager 1 and why we aren’t ready for the next big volcano eruption.