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• Abstract Oncogenes such as KRAS display marked tissue specificity in their oncogenic potential, genetic interactions and phenotypic effects, but the underlying determinants remai

• Abstract From mammals to bacteria, the direct recognition and cleavage of viral nucleic acids is a potent defence strategy against viral infection, but it requires mechanisms for

• Abstract Multicellularity evolved independently multiple times in eukaryotes1,2,3,4 • Two distinct mechanisms underpin multicellularity5: clonality (serial cell division without

• Abstract Antimicrobial drug resistance poses a global health challenge that necessitates the identification of new druggable targets1,2,3 • The essential lipid II flippase MurJ i

• Abstract Cellular solids ubiquitously exist in natural systems and are crucial for living organisms1,2 • Their unique smooth branch and node morphologies are often seen as adapta

• Abstract Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-natural killer (NK) cell therapies hold promise for solid tumours but remain limited because of poor tumour infiltration, persistence and

• Abstract Achieving pancreatic-targeted delivery marks a breakthrough in treating pancreatic diseases, yet precise delivery remains challenging1 • Here we identify an explicit and

• Abstract Atopic diseases associated with allergens, as well as allergic diseases, frequently arise early in life; however, the age-dependent mechanisms governing immune responses

• Abstract Biological machines use targeted deformations that can be actuated by Brownian fluctuations • However, although synthetic micromachines can similarly make use of targete

• Abstract Squeaking is a constant companion in various aspects of our daily lives, whether we slide rubber-soled shoes across hardwood floors1, scrape chalk on a blackboard2, enga

• Abstract Vectorization of teaching signals is a key element of almost all modern machine learning algorithms, including backpropagation, target propagation and reinforcement lear

• Abstract Is it feasible to alter the ground-state properties of a material by engineering its electromagnetic environment • Inspired by theoretical predictions1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1

• Abstract A powerful approach to understand the computations carried out by the visual cortex is to build models that predict neural responses to any arbitrary image • Deep neural

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• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X You have full access to this article via your institution • It’s not just shoes that squeak when they slide over a hard surface

• Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, r

• Researchers have reported the discovery of a new species of jellyfish, Malagazzia michelin, marking only the second species of its genus ever found in Japanese waters • Led by Ta

• The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is one of the most dreaded insects to have invaded North America and parts of Europe • Accidentally introduced to the United States in the

• For many Australians working in high-risk industries, the answer is a resounding no, and that’s a problem • A new study by Flinders University reveals that fear of punishment and

• Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth’s systems is a core question in the evolution of the Earth system • A research t

• NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar Wednesday for more repairs

• There is a long history of the mechanical thinning of forests in standard forestry operations • Thinning typically involves removing some 30-50% of the standing volume of trees w

• At several archaeological sites in southern Africa, hundreds of highly unusual fragments of ostrich eggs have been found • Dating back more than 60,000 years, the shells were eng

• The indigenous Bugkalot people of Nueva Ecija call it ‘kelli’: a plant with white, starburst-like flowers and oval-shaped leaves that are traditionally mashed and mixed with food

• Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% Two days of oatmeal may be enough to slash bad cholesterol and reprogram your gut for better heart health • Eating mostly oatm

• Grocery retailers may not need new technology-or behavior change from shoppers-to meaningfully reduce food waste • New research in the journal Management Science finds that small

• New generations of memristors could reliably store information directly within the molecular structures of graphene-like materials • In a new review published in Nanoenergy Advan

• Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers • However, there remains a

• New drug target discovered for devastating â brain on fireâ disease Scientists have uncovered a critical weak spot in a rare â Brain on Fireâ disorder • Researchers have uncovere

• Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria • The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called Mu

• Reconstruction ofAlnashetri cerropoliciensisGabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro • Reconstruction ofAlnashetri cerropoliciensis Gabriel Díaz Yantén, Univers

• Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds • Such sounds have long been attributed to

• Mas Subramanian accompanies his wife, Rajeevi, to art museums all over the world • But, until fairly recently, he rarely lingered over the paintings • While she could spend hours

• A team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastian Apesteguía has identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that pr

• In the canals, marshes, and swamps of the Florida Everglades, invasive fish are silently slipping into new waterways • Among them are the Asian swamp eel and the bullseye snakehe

• A giant weak spot in Earthâ s magnetic field is now half the size of Europe Earthâ s magnetic field is on the move â and one giant weak spot over the Atlantic is getting dramatic

• An international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1387 • Resu

• Photocatalysts facilitate chemical reactions by absorbing light • Metal-based photocatalysts are widely used in organic synthesis due to their durability and the ability to tune

• There is a tiny cyclops among your oldest ancestors, and humans share these remarkable ancestral roots with all other vertebrates • Researchers from Lund University and Universit

• The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has developed a next-generation gas sensor technology that uses low-cost and safe LED light to precisely distinguish multipl

• What does it take to make people genuinely care about endangered cultural heritage • According to a new study from researchers at Nagoya University and Gifu University in Japan,

• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Jumping to a new research topic is intimidating but can enable diverse teams and creative breakthroughs • Credit: Getty In scien

• Comments written quickly after an article was published were more likely to contain hate and threats than those posted later • This is shown by a time analysis conducted by resea

• Humans differ from other primates due to their relatively large, permanent breasts, and their development has so far not been conclusively explained • According to a study conduc

• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Illustration: Jacey The associate stops them right there • ‘Guys, you lost me,’ he says, staring at slide three, which is actual

• Deep in the heart of Martu Country lies Karlamilyi National Park • Red rock and red sand stretch as far as the eye can see • Within some of these rocky outcrops, live a small pop

• NASA study finds ancient life could survive 50 million years in Martian ice If life ever existed on Mars, its best hiding place may be frozen deep within the planetâ s ice • Futu

• More than half of those experiencing homelessness in New Zealand are women, often mothers of young children and living in uninhabitable housing or sharing accommodation, a resear

• A new peer-reviewed study led by Dr • , professor of computational and data science at Chapman University, concludes that the saddle dam of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam sh

• A new method for cleaning household water supplies in rural communities in Nepal is being developed by an international team of scientists • The solution removes harmful bacteria

• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X You have full access to this article via your institution • Emmanuel Macron speaking at the European Industry Summit in Antwerp,

• Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens • Given their ubiquity in the environment, these compounds are considered per

• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Illustration: The Project Twins From the low-quality output of paper mills to increasingly convincing content generated by artif

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• For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom-they happen first in the doctor’s office.

• Quantum technologies, devices and systems that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could tackle some tasks more reliably and efficiently than any classical technology

• A simple chemical tweak could supercharge quantum computers A small chemical tweak may unlock the exotic materials needed to power tomorrowâ s quantum computers • Even the fastes

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