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‘Almost magical’: chemists can now move single atoms in and out of a molecule’s core

An explosion of skeletal editing methods to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in molecular backbones could accelerate drug discovery.

India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled

Nature has learnt that the periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s as they start the new school year.

Dyani Lewis
News31 May 2023
AI intensifies fight against ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake research

Text- and image-generating tools present a new hurdle for efforts to tackle the growing number of fake papers making their way into the academic literature.

Layal Liverpool
News31 May 2023
Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes

A large-scale, five-year study in Indonesia finds that enriching oil palm-dominated landscapes with patches of trees bolsters biodiversity and ecosystem functioning without impairing oil palm yields but should not replace forest protection.

Delphine Clara Zemp
Nathaly Guerrero-Ramirez
Holger Kreft
ArticleOpen Access24 May 2023
Daily briefing: Why stress worsens inflammatory bowel disease

Brain cues produced by chronic stress lead to a cascade of events that eventually triggers immune cells in the gut. Plus, a key database that will guide deep-sea mining might be flawed and ‘tree islands’ can blunt the harm of oil-palm plantations.

Flora Graham
Nature Briefing26 May 2023
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‘Almost magical’: chemists can now move single atoms in and out of a molecule’s core

An explosion of skeletal editing methods to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in molecular backbones could accelerate drug discovery.

Mark Peplow

News Feature31 May 2023
Why ideas of ‘planetary boundaries’ must uphold environmental justice

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AI intensifies fight against ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake research
Layal Liverpool
News31 May 2023
The human brain’s characteristic wrinkles help to drive how it works
Davide Castelvecchi
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India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled
Dyani Lewis
News31 May 2023
Why I’m leading Pacific Islands students in the fight on climate change
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Why the world needs more transparency on the origins of novel pathogens
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Comment30 May 2023

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Transannular C–H functionalization of cycloalkane carboxylic acids

Quinuclidine-pyridone and sulfonamide-pyridone ligands enable transannular γ-methylene C–H arylation of cycloalkane carboxylic acids with a range of ring sizes, bringing us closer to molecular editing of saturated carbocycles.

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Deterministic evolution and stringent selection during preneoplasia

We model occult preneoplasia by biallelic inactivation of TP53, a common early event in gastric cancer, in human gastric organoids, the results implying predictability in the earliest stages of tumorigenesis.

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Axonemal structures reveal mechanoregulatory and disease mechanisms

Detailed atomic models of axonemes from algal flagella and human respiratory cilia, which are hair-like protrusions from cells that enable motility and clear mucus from human airways, could provide insights into how they function.

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Attosecond electron microscopy of sub-cycle optical dynamics

The cycles of laser light have been used to advance transmission electron microscopy to attosecond time resolution, revealing the interactions between light and matter in terms of their fundamental dimensions in space and time.

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