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Scientists welcome ‘enormous’ US climate bill — but call for stronger action

Biden signs historic legislation to pour billions into fighting climate change as the global temperature continues to rise.

Will war in Ukraine mark a new era for European defence research?

After Russia’s invasion, politicians promised to boost military research funding — but policy specialists aren’t convinced that a rapid change lies ahead.

Ann Finkbeiner
Richard Van Noorden
News Feature 17 Aug 2022
How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers

One ‘superspreader’ with Omicron shed 1,000 times as much viral RNA as those with Alpha or Delta.

McKenzie Prillaman
News 17 Aug 2022
Antarctic calving loss rivals ice-shelf thinning

Data from multiple satellite sensors show that Antarctica lost almost 37,000 km² of ice-shelf area from 1997 to 2021, and that calving losses are as important as ice-shelf thinning.

Chad A. Greene
Alex S. Gardner
Alexander D. Fraser
Article 10 Aug 2022
Daily briefing: Giant megalodon was longer than a bus

A digital model suggests the colossal ancient shark could have eaten a whale in just a few bites. Plus: how bats inspire urban design and why the Tongan volcano eruption should be a wake-up call.

Emma Stoye
Nature Briefing 18 Aug 2022
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News & Comment

How to destroy ‘forever chemicals’: cheap method breaks down PFAS

Disposing of these persistent substances often requires high pressures and temperatures.

Giorgia Guglielmi

News 18 Aug 2022
Will war in Ukraine mark a new era for European defence research?
Ann Finkbeiner
Richard Van Noorden
News Feature 17 Aug 2022
Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare
Michael Cassidy
Lara Mani
Comment 17 Aug 2022
How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers
McKenzie Prillaman
News 17 Aug 2022
These rules for an ocean economy would help the whole planet
Benjamin Halpern
World View 16 Aug 2022
Healthy foods, COVID rebound — the week in infographics

News 16 Aug 2022
We must get a grip on forest science — before it’s too late

Editorial 16 Aug 2022

Latest Reviews & Analysis

- A biochemical timer phases condensates in and out in cells
  
  The interior of the cell is organized with the help of dynamic structures that condense like droplets. A timing strategy ensures that cells maintain healthy function by avoiding uncontrolled growth of these condensates.
  
  Guillaume Charras
  Martin Lenz
  
  News & Views 17 Aug 2022
- Evidence at last that the proton has intrinsic charm
  
  An analysis of the distribution of the elementary particles that make up the proton provides evidence that it contains a type of quark known as an intrinsic charm quark — verifying a proposal made four decades ago.
  Ramona Vogt
  
  News & Views 17 Aug 2022
- Plate tectonics controls ocean oxygen levels
  
  Variations in ocean oxygen levels during Earth’s history have been linked to evolution and mass extinctions. Simulations now suggest that the configuration of the continents has a substantial impact on ocean oxygenation.
  Katrin J. Meissner
  Andreas Oschlies
  
  News & Views 17 Aug 2022
- From the archive: comparing crystals and cells, and the Copernicus satellite’s launch
  
  Snippets from Nature’s past.
  
  News & Views 16 Aug 2022
- 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
  Crina M. Nimigean
  
  News & Views 15 Aug 2022
- Immune cells use hunger hormones to aid healing
  Vishwa Deep Dixit
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- Magnetically soft but mechanically tough alloys
  Easo P. George
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- A map of the human heart after myocardial infarction
  
  Research Briefing 10 Aug 2022

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Latest Research articles

Post-translational control of beige fat biogenesis by PRDM16 stabilization

The ubiquitin E3 ligase CUL2–APPBP2 determines PRDM16 protein stability by catalysing PRDM16 polyubiquitination in beige fat.

Qiang Wang
Huixia Li
Shingo Kajimura
Article Open Access 17 Aug 2022
In vivo single-molecule analysis reveals COOLAIR RNA structural diversity

The structures of single COOLAIR RNA isoforms change in abundance and shape in response to external conditions; structural mutation of these isoforms altered FLC expression and flowering time, consistent with a regulatory role of the COOLAIR structure in FLC transcription.

Minglei Yang
Pan Zhu
Yiliang Ding
Article Open Access 17 Aug 2022
Saccorhytus is an early ecdysozoan and not the earliest deuterostome

Analyses of newly discovered specimens of the early Cambrian microscopic animal Saccorhytus coronarius support its taxonomic classification in total-group Ecdysozoa.

Yunhuan Liu
Emily Carlisle
Philip C. J. Donoghue
Article 17 Aug 2022
Endocytosis in the axon initial segment maintains neuronal polarity

Endocytosis and degradation of plasma membrane proteins in the axon initial segment, together with the diffusion-barrier mechanism, maintain a polarized distribution of plasma membrane proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans, mouse, rat and human neurons.

Kelsie Eichel
Takeshi Uenaka
Kang Shen
Article Open Access 17 Aug 2022
Formation of moiré interlayer excitons in space and time

Multidimensional time- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is used to determine the interlayer exciton formation process, reveal a direct hallmark of the superlattice moiré modification, and reconstruct the real-space wavefunction distribution.

David Schmitt
Jan Philipp Bange
Stefan Mathias
Article 17 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.

Nature Index 10 Aug 2022