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Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse

Heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms push up the number of cases, make diseases more severe and hamper people’s ability to cope.

Nuclear war between two nations could spark global famine

A pall of smoke from burning cities would engulf Earth, causing worldwide crop failures, models show.

Alexandra Witze
News 15 Aug 2022
The UK is getting a new prime minister — what will it mean for science?

Candidates face calls to prioritize research as the leadership contest heats up.

Holly Else
News 12 Aug 2022
Even modest climate change may lead to major transitions in boreal forests

The survival of southern boreal tree saplings decreases in response to even modest warming and reduced rainfall, which,together with species-specific growth responses, could lead to regeneration failure of currently dominant tree species.

Peter B. Reich
Raimundo Bermudez
Artur Stefanski
Article 10 Aug 2022
Will ‘Centaurus’ be the next global coronavirus variant? Indian cases offers clues

The BA.2.75 variant is rising fast in the country, but hospitalization rates are low so far.

Ewen Callaway
News 10 Aug 2022
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Don’t walk on by: how to confront bias and bigotry aimed at others

Bystander-intervention programmes use humour and other tools to call out bullying and harassment in science.

Sara Reardon

Career Feature 15 Aug 2022
Nuclear war between two nations could spark global famine
Alexandra Witze
News 15 Aug 2022
Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse
McKenzie Prillaman
News 12 Aug 2022
The UK is getting a new prime minister — what will it mean for science?
Holly Else
News 12 Aug 2022
World’s largest ice sheet threatened by warm water surge
Clare Watson
News 12 Aug 2022
Twisted graphene, climate bill — the week in infographics

News 11 Aug 2022
Will a freeze in US–China climate talks threaten global action?
Smriti Mallapaty
News 11 Aug 2022

Latest Reviews & Analysis

- Structural keys unlock RAS–MAPK cellular signalling pathway
  
  Activation of the RAF protein is key to the RAS–MAPK signalling pathway, and involves the SMP protein complex. Structures for SMP shed light on the process, and suggest fresh targets for anticancer drug discovery.
  
  Hugo Lavoie
  Marc Therrien
  
  News & Views 15 Aug 2022
- 35 years of channelling potassium ions
  
  In 1987, two independent groups cloned a gene that encoded the potassium-ion-channel protein Shaker, enabling functional and structural studies that have transformed ion-channel research.
  Crina M. Nimigean
  
  News & Views 15 Aug 2022
- Immune cells use hunger hormones to aid healing
  
  Immune cells called monocytes have long been implicated in the killing of invading bacteria. However, a closer look reveals a surprising role for them: monocytes partner with a hormone to improve skin healing after bacterial infection.
  Vishwa Deep Dixit
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- Magnetically soft but mechanically tough alloys
  
  Soft magnetic materials can be magnetized and demagnetized by weak magnetic fields, but lack the strength, toughness and malleability needed for many applications. An alloy that solves this problem has now been developed.
  Easo P. George
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- A map of the human heart after myocardial infarction
  
  Myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is one of the world’s biggest killers. An analysis of spatial and single-cell changes to human tissue after a heart attack provides insights into disease mechanisms and builds a resource for the discovery of therapeutics.
  
  Research Briefing 10 Aug 2022
- Low phosphorus levels limit carbon capture by Amazonian forests
  S. Joseph Wright
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- Neurons shape the identity of microglia in the brain
  
  Research Briefing 10 Aug 2022
- Sticky logic programs bacteria to form multicellular patterns
  Luis Ángel Fernández
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- The early arrival of spring doesn’t boost annual tree growth
  Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber
  Patrick Fonti
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022

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An Asymmetric sp³–sp³ Cross-Electrophile Coupling Using ‘Ene’-Reductases

Haigen Fu
Jingzhe Cao
Todd K. Hyster
Article 11 Aug 2022
Pandemic-Scale Phylogenomics Reveals The SARS-CoV-2 Recombination Landscape

Yatish Turakhia
Bryan Thornlow
Russell Corbett-Detig
Article 11 Aug 2022
Context-specific emergence and growth of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

John T. McCrone
Verity Hill
Moritz U. G. Kraemer
Article 11 Aug 2022
Quantum cascade of correlated phases in trigonally warped bilayer graphene

A cascade of gate-tunable correlated insulating and metallic phases is observed in trigonally warped Bernal bilayer graphene at large electric fields.

Anna M. Seiler
Fabian R. Geisenhof
R. Thomas Weitz
Article 10 Aug 2022
Sufficient conditions for rapid range expansion of a boreal conifer

A boreal conifer is advancing northwards into Arctic tundra, with this treeline advance facilitated by climate warming together with winter winds, deeper snow and increased soil nutrient availability.

Roman J. Dial
Colin T. Maher
Patrick F. Sullivan
Article Open Access 10 Aug 2022

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With the right building blocks, nanoscience can revolutionize industries, whether it’s driving a new era in computing, boosting crop resilience or advancing medical innovations.

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