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Disputed dark-matter claim to be tested by new lab in South Korea
A multi-million dollar facility is hoping to put a 21-year-old debate about dark matter to rest.
- Gemma Conroy
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How AI could improve robotics, the cockroach’s origins, and promethium spills its secrets
We round up some recent stories from the Nature Briefing.
- Benjamin Thompson
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Heterogeneous integration of spin–photon interfaces with a CMOS platform
A modular quantum system-on-chip architecture integrates thousands of individually addressable spin qubits in two-dimensional quantum microchiplet arrays into an integrated circuit designed for cryogenic control, supporting full connectivity for quantum memory arrays across spin–photon channels.
- Linsen Li
- , Lorenzo De Santis
- & Dirk Englund
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| Open AccessWork hardening in colloidal crystals
Deformation of soft colloidal crystals lead to work hardening, similar to that seen in the deformation of metals.
- Seongsoo Kim
- , Ilya Svetlizky
- & Frans Spaepen
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| Open AccessVan der Waals polarity-engineered 3D integration of 2D complementary logic
We develop a method for high-density vertical stacking of active-device multi-layers, implementing memory and logic functions, using unique VIP-FETs where a van der Waals intercalation layer modulates the p- or n-type nature of the FETs.
- Yimeng Guo
- , Jiangxu Li
- & Zheng Han
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A vision chip with complementary pathways for open-world sensing
Inspired by the human visual system, a vision chip with primitive-based complementary pathways is developed to overcome the power and bandwidth wall of vision systems, achieving fast, precise, robust and high-dynamic-range sensing efficiently in the open world.
- Zheyu Yang
- , Taoyi Wang
- & Luping Shi
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| Open AccessCanted spin order as a platform for ultrafast conversion of magnons
A study demonstrates a new functionality of canted spin order for magnonics and shows that it facilitates mechanisms for ultrafast nonlinear conversion of magnons.
- R. A. Leenders
- , D. Afanasiev
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Selective lignin arylation for biomass fractionation and benign bisphenols
By controlling C–C bond formation in catalytic arylation, lignin can be efficiently extracted from biomass and converted into benign bisphenols that can be used as replacements for their fossil-based counterparts.
- Ning Li
- , Kexin Yan
- & Feng Wang
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Exclusive: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026
Simulated lunar exploration in an Arizona volcanic field this month helped astronauts to prepare for doing geology in harsh conditions at the lunar south pole. Nature joined mission control.
- Alexandra Witze
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Who owns your voice? Scarlett Johansson OpenAI complaint raises questions
In the age of artificial intelligence, situations are emerging that challenge the laws over rights to a persona.
- Nicola Jones
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A site-resolved two-dimensional quantum simulator with hundreds of trapped ions
In this work, stable trapping of a two-dimensional Wigner crystal of above 500 ions is achieved, and the quantum simulation of 300 ions with individual state detection demonstrated.
- S.-A. Guo
- , Y.-K. Wu
- & L.-M. Duan
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Reproducible graphene synthesis by oxygen-free chemical vapour deposition
Assessment of surface contamination shows that trace oxygen is a key factor influencing the trajectory and quality of graphene grown by low-pressure chemical vapour deposition, with oxygen-free synthesis showing increased reproducibility and quality.
- Jacob Amontree
- , Xingzhou Yan
- & James Hone
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Nano-achiral complex composites for extreme polarization optics
Multilayer composites of 2D nanomaterials manufactured using a layer-by-layer methodology demonstrates strong polarization rotation, mechanical robustness and operational temperatures as high as 250 °C, despite being nano-achiral and partially disordered.
- Jun Lu
- , Wenbing Wu
- & Nicholas A. Kotov
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| Open AccessA contact binary satellite of the asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh
Observations from the Lucy spacecraft of the small main-belt asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh reveals unexpected complexity, with a longitudinal trough and equatorial ridge, as well as the discovery of the first contact binary satellite.
- Harold F. Levison
- , Simone Marchi
- & Yifan Zhao
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| Open AccessAcceleration of radiative recombination for efficient perovskite LEDs
A dual-additive crystallization method using PyNI and 5AVA as additives results in highly efficient 3D perovskite films with enhanced photoluminescence quantum efficiencies and external quantum efficiencies, and hence increased LED performance.
- Mengmeng Li
- , Yingguo Yang
- & Jianpu Wang
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| Open AccessLow-latency automotive vision with event cameras
Use of a 20 frames per second (fps) RGB camera plus an event camera can achieve the same latency as a 5,000-fps camera with the bandwidth of a 45-fps camera without compromising accuracy.
- Daniel Gehrig
- & Davide Scaramuzza
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Correspondence |
Keep an open mind on faster-than-light ‘tachyons’ as the source of quantum entanglement
- Ian Crawford
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Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketimines with minimally different alkyl groups
- Mingyang Wang
- , Shihan Liu
- & Qiang Liu
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Correspondence |
Anglo-American bias could make generative AI an invisible intellectual cage
- Queenie Luo
- & Michael Puett
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Risks of bridge collapses are real and set to rise — here’s why
Hundreds of millions of people cross deficient bridges each day. With damage to these structures likely to intensify because of climate change and ageing, technicians and policymakers must act to make them safer.
- Jose M. Adam
- , Nirvan Makoond
- & Manuel Buitrago
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Tackling ‘wicked’ problems calls for engineers with social responsibility
Many technologies are high-risk, and their problems cannot be fixed by policy alone; engineers must embrace social responsibility.
- Susan Krumdieck
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Stereospecific alkenylidene homologation of organoboronates by SNV reaction
- Miao Chen
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- & Guangbin Dong
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Is that a giant sandwich? No, it’s the biggest protoplanetary disk in the sky
A colossal object called Dracula’s Chivito, referring to an well-stuffed sandwich popular in Uruguay, is the chunkiest planetary nursery known.
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Two receptors are better than one for AI-designed obesity drugs
Compounds predicted by machine learning attach to two receptors involved in appetite and weight.
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Superstar porous materials get salty thanks to computer simulations
Model predicts the structure of previously elusive compounds with practical applications.
- Ariana Remmel
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Laser-powered bullets reveal surprising metal hardness
Micro-ballistics research has shown metals hardening as they are heated, under extreme strain rates.
- Dan Fox
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News & Views |
Combined cement and steel recycling could cut CO2 emissions
Cement can be reused by including it as a component of steel recycling. This opens the way to an industrial partnership that improves the use of materials and lowers carbon emissions — but only if waste resources are well managed.
- Sabbie A. Miller
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Designer porous solids open up vast sandbox for materials research
A simple design approach and predictive computational methods have spawned a pathway for making materials that could trap specific molecules — an ability needed for applications such as carbon capture.
- Dejan-Krešimir Bučar
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Promethium bound: fundamental chemistry of an elusive element finally observed
The chemistry of promethium, a rare radioactive element, has been clouded in mystery, owing to its scarcity and the difficulties involved in working with it. The synthesis of a complex of promethium plugs this knowledge gap.
- Kristina O. Kvashnina
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Element from the periodic table’s far reaches coaxed into elusive compound
Chemists achieve synthetic feat with radioactive promethium for the first time.
- Mark Peplow
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| Open AccessLense–Thirring precession after a supermassive black hole disrupts a star
The accretion disk from a star tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole undergoes Lense–Thirring precession with strong, quasi-periodic X-ray flux and temperature modulations.
- Dheeraj R. Pasham
- , Michal Zajaček
- & Michael Loewenstein
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| Open AccessCapturing electron-driven chiral dynamics in UV-excited molecules
Time-resolved photoelectron circular dichroism with a temporal resolution of 2.9 fs is used to track the ultrafast electron dynamics following ultraviolet excitation of neutral chiral molecules, which generate chiral currents that exhibit periodic rotation direction reversal.
- Vincent Wanie
- , Etienne Bloch
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Imaging surface structure and premelting of ice Ih with atomic resolution
Atomic-resolution imaging of the surface structure of hexagonal water ice is achieved using cryogenic atomic force microscopy, providing a molecular perspective on the origin and mechanism of of ice premelting.
- Jiani Hong
- , Ye Tian
- & Ying Jiang
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| Open AccessObservation of a promethium complex in solution
Stable chelation of the 147Pm radionuclide in aqueous solution by the newly synthesized organic diglycolamide ligand is demonstrated and the resulting complex studied, showing accelerated shortening of bonds at the beginning of the lanthanide series.
- Darren M. Driscoll
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- & Alexander S. Ivanov
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Editorial |
AlphaFold3 — why did Nature publish it without its code?
Criticism of our decision to publish AlphaFold3 raises important questions. We welcome readers’ views.
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Nature Podcast |
Fentanyl addiction: the brain pathways behind the opioid crisis
How two neural pathways contribute to the deadly opioid’s addictive nature, and why babies are suing the South Korean government.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Can mathematicians help to solve social-justice problems?
Researchers discuss the triumphs and trials of using their craft to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
- Rachel Crowell
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| Open AccessThe solar dynamo begins near the surface
Simple analytic estimates and detailed numerical calculations show that the solar dynamo begins near the surface, rather than at the much-deeper tachocline.
- Geoffrey M. Vasil
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- & Keith Julien
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Monolithic three-dimensional tier-by-tier integration via van der Waals lamination
We develop a low-temperature, damage-free process using van der Waals lamination to integrate multiple circuit tiers into a monolithic three-dimensional device, incorporating unique multi-tier functionality and resolving legacy issues with the layering technology.
- Donglin Lu
- , Yang Chen
- & Yuan Liu
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Strain-invariant stretchable radio-frequency electronics
Stretchable radio-frequency electronics based on a dielectro-elastic elastomer is demonstrated to be capable of completely maintaining operating frequencies unaffected by strain and shows superior electrical, mechanical and thermal properties compared with conventional stretchable substrate materials.
- Sun Hong Kim
- , Abdul Basir
- & Yei Hwan Jung
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Instability could explain the Sun’s curious cycle
A phenomenon that affects the magnetic fields of rotating bodies could be involved in recurring changes in the Sun’s behaviour, which are related to a periodic flipping of its field. The proposal is a fresh take on this strange effect.
- Ellen Zweibel
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Transcranial volumetric imaging using a conformal ultrasound patch
A conformal ultrasound patch can be used for hands-free volumetric imaging and continuous monitoring of cerebral blood flow
- Sai Zhou
- , Xiaoxiang Gao
- & Sheng Xu
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| Open AccessAdhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs
A study shows that implants with an adhesive implant–tissue interface mitigate the formation of a fibrous capsule when attached to various organs in mice, rats and pigs.
- Jingjing Wu
- , Jue Deng
- & Xuanhe Zhao
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| Open AccessPorous isoreticular non-metal organic frameworks
The use of computational crystal-structure prediction has enabled the targeted assembly of frameworks of porous organic ammonium halide salts that have many of the qualities of metal–organic frameworks despite containing no metal.
- Megan O’Shaughnessy
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| Open AccessMetals strengthen with increasing temperature at extreme strain rates
Microballistic impact testing at strain rates greater than 106 s−1 shows that pure metals, including copper, gold and titanium, become stronger with increasing temperature.
- Ian Dowding
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| Open AccessElectric recycling of Portland cement at scale
Recovered cement paste can be reclinkered if used as a partial substitute for the lime–dolomite flux used in steel recycling, which can reduce waste and carbon emissions.
- Cyrille F. Dunant
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Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy
Radiopharmaceuticals engineered with click chemistry to selectively bind to tumour-specific proteins can be used to successfully target tumour cells, boosting the pharmacokinetics of radionuclide therapy and improving tumour regression.
- Xi-Yang Cui
- , Zhu Li
- & Zhibo Liu
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Save the forest to save the tiger — why vegetation conservation matters
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, emphasizes the importance of conserving wild plant species, plus a wonderstruck sky-watcher spots a brilliant meteor, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
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A high internal heat flux and large core in a warm neptune exoplanet
- Luis Welbanks
- , Taylor J. Bell
- & Kenneth E. Arnold