The Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) is of great interest to researchers studying development. Alex Mustard/NPL
Zoology
Research Highlights
Selections from the scientific literature by Nature's news team
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The chemical make-up of this alabaster sculpture has revealed where its stone was quarried. Wolfram Kloppmann/Louvre Museum, Sculptures Department
A difference between the inclination of a star’s magnetic axis and its axis of rotation might switch on exoplanet volcanoes. Frans Lanting/Mint Images/Getty
Planetary science
Induction heating could drive exoplanet volcanoes
These fossils were discovered in summer 2012, and researchers worked for five years to unpick their significance. H. Xu et al./Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA
Plant sciences
How the first trees grew so large
Materials science
Controlling gas with the flip of a switch
This 28,000-year-old mandible from a sabre-toothed cat was recovered from the North Sea. This 28,000-year-old mandible from a sabre-toothed cat was recovered from the North Sea.
Divers surveyed fish, invertebrates and other animal life at sites across the globe. Divers surveyed fish, invertebrates and other animal life at sites across the globe.
Insects such as these are less plentiful in Germany than they used to be. Agencja Fotograficzna Caro/Alamy
