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COVID was twice as deadly in poorer countries

Study looking at death rates early in the pandemic confirms that low-income nations have born the brunt of the global disaster.

First reported case of a person getting COVID from a cat

Scientists in Thailand have established that a tabby passed SARS-CoV-2 to a veterinary surgeon — although such cases of cat-to-human transmission are probably rare.

Smriti Mallapaty
News 29 Jun 2022
COVID antibody drugs have saved lives — so why aren’t they more popular?

Drugs made from antibodies are huge money-makers for some conditions — but they have gained little traction in infectious diseases, including COVID.

Asher Mullard
News Feature 29 Jun 2022
The metastatic spread of breast cancer accelerates during sleep

A study of patients with breast cancer and mouse models demonstrates that most circulating tumour cells are generated during the rest phase of the circadian rhythm, and that these cells are highly prone to metastasize.

Zoi Diamantopoulou
Francesc Castro-Giner
Nicola Aceto
Article 22 Jun 2022
Daily briefing: See the largest bacterium ever discovered

A newly discovered bacterium is up to a centimetre long. Plus, monkeypox insights from Africa and the public-health consequences of a US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade.

Flora Graham
Nature Briefing 24 Jun 2022
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First reported case of a person getting COVID from a cat

Scientists in Thailand have established that a tabby passed SARS-CoV-2 to a veterinary surgeon — although such cases of cat-to-human transmission are probably rare.

Smriti Mallapaty

News 29 Jun 2022
COVID antibody drugs have saved lives — so why aren’t they more popular?
Asher Mullard
News Feature 29 Jun 2022
Nuclear power can help the democratic world achieve energy independence
Nicolas Mazzucchi
World View 28 Jun 2022
Cancer’s clock, data hoarding — the week in infographics

News 28 Jun 2022
Six research priorities to support corporate due-diligence policies
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Jan Börner
David Wuepper
Comment 28 Jun 2022
The US Supreme Court abortion verdict is a tragedy. This is how research organizations can help

Editorial 28 Jun 2022
COVID was twice as deadly in poorer countries
Giorgia Guglielmi
News 28 Jun 2022

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- Collisions hint that four neutrons form a transient isolated entity
  
  An experiment firing helium-8 nuclei at a proton target has generated evidence that four neutrons can exist transiently without any other matter. But doubts remain, because the existence of such systems is at odds with theory.
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- Cancer cells spread aggressively during sleep
  
  The deadly spread of cancer occurs predominantly during sleep, as revealed by an analysis of migrating human tumour cells in the bloodstream. What are the implications of this finding for the treatment of cancer?
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