‘Shrugging off failure is hard’: the $400-million grant setback that shaped the Smithsonian lead scientist’s career
Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01108-2Planetary scientist Ellen Stofan thought about leaving research after a funding bid was rejected. But new opportunities emerged. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 15, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Anne Gulland Source Type: research
A milestone map of mouse-brain connectivity reveals challenging new terrain for scientists
Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01096-3A pioneering ‘connectomics’ collaboration has successfully reconstructed one cubic millimetre of brain tissue, but researchers are still just scratching the surface of the complexity it contains. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 15, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Michael Eisenstein Source Type: research
Are women in research being led up the garden path?
Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01093-6A moving memoir of botany and motherhood explores the historical pressures on female scientists. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 15, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Josie Glausiusz Source Type: research
How a young physicist’s job move helped Argentina join the ATLAS collaboration
Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01050-3A stint at CERN exposed María Teresa Dova to longstanding collaborators and mentors, culminating in a successful bid to join a landmark project. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 15, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Julie Gould Source Type: research
Acid test: why the chemistry of this unique crater lake matters
Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01097-2Hanik Humaida monitors the activity of Indonesia’s volcanoes to help protect the public. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 15, 2024 Category: Research Authors: James Mitchell Crow Source Type: research
Lethal dust storms blanket Asia every spring — now AI could help predict them
Nature, Published online: 15 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01076-7As the annual phenomenon once again strikes East Asia, scientists are hard at work to better predict how they will affect people. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 15, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Xiaoying You Source Type: research
Daily briefing: First direct image of a ‘Wigner crystal’ made entirely of electrons
Nature, Published online: 12 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01112-6A crystal structure predicted by Eugene Wigner in 1934 has been directly imaged for the first time. Plus, the first algae that can fix nitrogen and evidence for a shared practice of human sacrifice across Stone Age Europe. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Flora Graham Source Type: research
Peter Higgs obituary: physicist who predicted boson that explains why particles have mass
Nature, Published online: 12 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01103-7Theoretical physicist saw his eponymous particle discovered after 48 years. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Christine Sutton Source Type: research
Author Correction: Controlling the helicity of light by electrical magnetization switching
Nature, Published online: 12 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07401-4Author Correction: Controlling the helicity of light by electrical magnetization switching (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 12, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Pambiang Abel Dainone Nicholas Figueiredo Prestes Pierre Renucci Alexandre Bouch é Martina Morassi Xavier Devaux Markus Lindemann Jean-Marie George Henri Jaffr ès Aristide Lemaitre Bo Xu Mathieu Stoffel Tongxin Chen Laurent Lombez Delphine Lagarde Guang Source Type: research
Daily briefing: Signs that ChatGPT is polluting peer review
Nature, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01106-4Buzzwords typical of AI-generated text were found in peer review reports. Plus, replication issues plague promising DIANA fMRI technique and how climate change is harming mental health. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Flora Graham Source Type: research
Scientists discover first algae that can fix nitrogen — thanks to a tiny cell structure
Nature, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01046-zA newly discovered ‘organelle’ that converts nitrogen gas into a useful form could pave the way for engineered plants that require less fertilizer. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Carissa Wong Source Type: research
Biological age surges in survivors of childhood cancer
Nature, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01033-4People who survived paediatric cancers age faster and are at higher risk of early death. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
An exoplanet is wrapped in glory
Nature, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01032-5Astronomers spot the first planet outside the Solar System to boast a phenomenon reminiscent of a rainbow. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
Bitter taste receptors are even older than scientists thought
Nature, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01031-6Discovery in sharks suggests that these sensory receptors date back to some 450 million years ago. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
This fMRI technique promised to transform brain research — why can no one replicate it?
Nature, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00931-xThe DIANA technique sparked excitement from neuroscientists. But two new papers have cast doubt over the results. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: McKenzie Prillaman Source Type: research
