The surprising history of the Southern Ocean’s super current
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5Reconstructions of the strength of a powerful current that circles the South Pole reveal that it has undergone no long-term change in the past five million years, even though Earth cooled substantially over that time. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Natalie J. Burls Source Type: research
Divisive Sun-dimming study at Harvard cancelled: what’s next?
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00876-1As the climate crisis rages on, advocacy for testing controversial solar geoengineering technology is ramping up. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Jeff Tollefson Source Type: research
Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00932-wThe effect of melting polar ice could delay the need for a ‘leap second’ by three years. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Elizabeth Gibney Source Type: research
Electrons flip a switch on optical communications
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00663-yClever manipulation of electrons has enabled scientists to change a key property of light emitted by a device using electrically controlled magnetization. The method could lead to stable and energy-efficient information transfer. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Satoshi Hiura Source Type: research
Thermonuclear explosions on neutron stars reveal the speed of their jets
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07133-5Relativistic jets observed from transient neutron stars throughout the Universe produce bright flares for minutes after each X-ray burst, helping to determine the role individual system properties have on the speed and revealing the dominant launching mechanism. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Thomas D. Russell Nathalie Degenaar Jakob van den Eijnden Thomas Maccarone Alexandra J. Tetarenko Celia S ánchez-Fernández James C. A. Miller-Jones Erik Kuulkers Melania Del Santo Source Type: research
A brainstem–hypothalamus neuronal circuit reduces feeding upon heat exposure
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07232-3In response to acute thermal challenge, thermosensing glutamatergic neurons of the parabrachial nucleus in mouse brain activate tanycytes, which reduce the excitability of Flt1-expressing dopamine and agouti-related peptide-containing neurons, thus suppressing appetite. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Marco Benevento Al án Alpár Anna Gundacker Leila Afjehi Kira Balueva Zsofia Hevesi J ános Hanics Sabah Rehman Daniela D. Pollak Gert Lubec Peer Wulff Vincent Prevot Tamas L. Horvath Tibor Harkany Source Type: research
High-threshold and low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum memory
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07107-7An end-to-end quantum error correction protocol that implements fault-tolerant memory on the basis of a family of low-density parity-check codes shows the possibility of low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum memory within the reach of near-term quantum processors. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Sergey Bravyi Andrew W. Cross Jay M. Gambetta Dmitri Maslov Patrick Rall Theodore J. Yoder Source Type: research
Evidence for chiral graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall liquids
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07201-wThrough inelastic light scattering chiral spin-2 long-wavelength magnetorotons are observed, revealing chiral graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall states and aiding in understanding the quantum metric impacts in topological correlated systems. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Jiehui Liang Ziyu Liu Zihao Yang Yuelei Huang Ursula Wurstbauer Cory R. Dean Ken W. West Loren N. Pfeiffer Lingjie Du Aron Pinczuk Source Type: research
Interchain-expanded extra-large-pore zeolites
We report a strategy that yields thermally and hydrothermally stable silicates by expansion of a one-dimensional silicate chain with an intercalated silylating agent that separates and connects the chains. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Zihao Rei Gao Huajian Yu Fei-Jian Chen Alvaro Mayoral Zijian Niu Ziwen Niu Xintong Li Hua Deng Carlos M árquez-Álvarez Hong He Shutao Xu Yida Zhou Jun Xu Hao Xu Wei Fan Salvador R. G. Balestra Chao Ma Jiazheng Hao Jian Li Peng Wu Jihong Yu Miguel A. Cam Source Type: research
A three-dimensional liquid diode for soft, integrated permeable electronics
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07161-1Incorporation of a ‘liquid diode’ into a wearable electronic platform enhances comfort and stability by shunting away sweat as it accumulates. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Binbin Zhang Jiyu Li Jingkun Zhou Lung Chow Guangyao Zhao Ya Huang Zhiqiang Ma Qiang Zhang Yawen Yang Chun Ki Yiu Jian Li Fengjun Chun Xingcan Huang Yuyu Gao Pengcheng Wu Shengxin Jia Hu Li Dengfeng Li Yiming Liu Kuanming Yao Rui Shi Zhenlin Chen Bee Luan Source Type: research
Heat and desiccation tolerances predict bee abundance under climate change
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07241-2A 16-year dataset of abundance patterns of a diverse assemblage of bees in New Mexico, USA predicts declines for many bee species and indicates that drought-tolerant taxa will prevail in a warming and drying climate. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Melanie R. Kazenel Karen W. Wright Terry Griswold Kenneth D. Whitney Jennifer A. Rudgers Source Type: research
Single-cell multiplex chromatin and RNA interactions in ageing human brain
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07239-wWe introduce multinucleic acid interaction mapping in single cells (MUSIC), for concurrent profiling of multiplex chromatin interactions, gene expression and RNA–chromatin associations within individual nuclei, as a tool for exploring chromatin architecture and transcription. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Xingzhao Wen Zhifei Luo Wenxin Zhao Riccardo Calandrelli Tri C. Nguyen Xueyi Wan John Lalith Charles Richard Sheng Zhong Source Type: research
The complex circumstellar environment of supernova 2023ixf
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07116-6Using ultraviolet data as well as a comprehensive set of further multiwavelength observations of the supernova 2023ixf, a reliable bolometric light curve is derived that indicates the heating nature of the early emission. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: E. A. Zimmerman I. Irani P. Chen A. Gal-Yam S. Schulze D. A. Perley J. Sollerman A. V. Filippenko T. Shenar O. Yaron S. Shahaf R. J. Bruch E. O. Ofek A. De Cia T. G. Brink Y. Yang S. S. Vasylyev S. Ben Ami M. Aubert A. Badash J. S. Bloom P. J. Brown K. De Source Type: research
Revealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change
This study presents an approach to deal with spatial, temporal and phylogenetic non-independence in large-scale analyses of biodiversity change, improving trend estimation and inference across scales. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: T. F. Johnson A. P. Beckerman D. Z. Childs T. J. Webb K. L. Evans C. A. Griffiths P. Capdevila C. F. Clements M. Besson R. D. Gregory G. H. Thomas E. Delmas R. P. Freckleton Source Type: research
Climate velocities and species tracking in global mountain regions
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07264-9An analysis of the rate at which isotherms are shifting in mountain regions worldwide identifies 17 key regions with particularly high vertical isotherm shift velocities, and provides insight into how these shifts affect species ranges. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - March 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Wei-Ping Chan Jonathan Lenoir Guan-Shuo Mai Hung-Chi Kuo I-Ching Chen Sheng-Feng Shen Source Type: research
