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Monkeypox in Africa: the science the world ignored

African researchers have been warning about monkeypox outbreaks for years. As vaccines are deployed globally, they worry they will be left behind.

Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely — what does the future hold?

Meteorologists are forecasting a third consecutive year of La Niña. Some researchers say similar conditions could become more common as the planet warms.

Nicola Jones
News 23 Jun 2022
How COVID has deepened inequality — in six stark graphics

Troubling data show how the pandemic has exacted an unequal toll, pushing tens of millions into poverty and having the greatest effects on already-disadvantaged groups.

Saima May Sidik
News Feature 22 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: Rare ‘triple-dip’ La Niña climate event looks likely

A long-running La Niña climate event could persist into 2023. Plus, breast cancer cells are more likely to go rogue at night, and research to quantify and reduce inequality.

Flora Graham
Nature Briefing 23 Jun 2022
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Why you should love wasps, and what is emotion? Books in brief

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks.

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Book Review 24 Jun 2022
After Roe v. Wade: US researchers warn of what’s to come
Mariana Lenharo
News 24 Jun 2022
Mysterious child hepatitis continues to vex researchers
Heidi Ledford
News 24 Jun 2022
Largest bacterium ever found is surprisingly complex
Katharine Sanderson
News 23 Jun 2022
Monkeypox in Africa: the science the world ignored
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News 23 Jun 2022
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News 23 Jun 2022
The rise of inequality research: can spanning disciplines help tackle injustice?
Virginia Gewin
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  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.
  
  Lee G. Sobotka
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  News & Views 22 Jun 2022
- 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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- A wealth of new biosynthetic pathways from the global ocean microbiome
  
  DNA from more than 1,000 marine microbial communities around the world was used to reconstruct around 26,000 genomes. The analyses identified a highly biosynthetically diverse family of bacteria in the open ocean, as well as new enzymes and biochemical compounds.
  
  Research Briefing 22 Jun 2022
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  A transistor fabricated from the crystalline phase of an organic semiconductor material could provide a path to improved switching speeds — rivalling those of devices built from inorganic materials such as silicon.
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  The sensation of touch-evoked itch is common in people who have chronic itch conditions. Evidence in mice now suggests that the mechanoreceptor protein Piezo1 underlies this sensation.
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  Perspective 22 Jun 2022
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Precision-engineered devices consisting of a linear array of ten quantum dots are used to realize both the trivial and topological phases of the many-body Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model.

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