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Fentanyl addiction: the brain pathways behind the opioid crisis
How two neural pathways contribute to the deadly opioid’s addictive nature, and why babies are suing the South Korean government.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Combined cement and steel recycling could cut CO2 emissions
Cement can be reused by including it as a component of steel recycling. This opens the way to an industrial partnership that improves the use of materials and lowers carbon emissions — but only if waste resources are well managed.
- Sabbie A. Miller
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Designer porous solids open up vast sandbox for materials research
A simple design approach and predictive computational methods have spawned a pathway for making materials that could trap specific molecules — an ability needed for applications such as carbon capture.
- Dejan-Krešimir Bučar
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Promethium bound: fundamental chemistry of an elusive element finally observed
The chemistry of promethium, a rare radioactive element, has been clouded in mystery, owing to its scarcity and the difficulties involved in working with it. The synthesis of a complex of promethium plugs this knowledge gap.
- Kristina O. Kvashnina
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Element from the periodic table’s far reaches coaxed into elusive compound
Chemists achieve synthetic feat with radioactive promethium for the first time.
- Mark Peplow
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| Open AccessLense–Thirring precession after a supermassive black hole disrupts a star
The accretion disk from a star tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole undergoes Lense–Thirring precession with strong, quasi-periodic X-ray flux and temperature modulations.
- Dheeraj R. Pasham
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| Open AccessCapturing electron-driven chiral dynamics in UV-excited molecules
Time-resolved photoelectron circular dichroism with a temporal resolution of 2.9 fs is used to track the ultrafast electron dynamics following ultraviolet excitation of neutral chiral molecules, which generate chiral currents that exhibit periodic rotation direction reversal.
- Vincent Wanie
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Imaging surface structure and premelting of ice Ih with atomic resolution
Atomic-resolution imaging of the surface structure of hexagonal water ice is achieved using cryogenic atomic force microscopy, providing a molecular perspective on the origin and mechanism of of ice premelting.
- Jiani Hong
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| Open AccessObservation of a promethium complex in solution
Stable chelation of the 147Pm radionuclide in aqueous solution by the newly synthesized organic diglycolamide ligand is demonstrated and the resulting complex studied, showing accelerated shortening of bonds at the beginning of the lanthanide series.
- Darren M. Driscoll
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AlphaFold3 — why did Nature publish it without its code?
Criticism of our decision to publish AlphaFold3 raises important questions. We welcome readers’ views.
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Can mathematicians help to solve social-justice problems?
Researchers discuss the triumphs and trials of using their craft to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
- Rachel Crowell
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| Open AccessThe solar dynamo begins near the surface
Simple analytic estimates and detailed numerical calculations show that the solar dynamo begins near the surface, rather than at the much-deeper tachocline.
- Geoffrey M. Vasil
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Monolithic three-dimensional tier-by-tier integration via van der Waals lamination
We develop a low-temperature, damage-free process using van der Waals lamination to integrate multiple circuit tiers into a monolithic three-dimensional device, incorporating unique multi-tier functionality and resolving legacy issues with the layering technology.
- Donglin Lu
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Strain-invariant stretchable radio-frequency electronics
Stretchable radio-frequency electronics based on a dielectro-elastic elastomer is demonstrated to be capable of completely maintaining operating frequencies unaffected by strain and shows superior electrical, mechanical and thermal properties compared with conventional stretchable substrate materials.
- Sun Hong Kim
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Instability could explain the Sun’s curious cycle
A phenomenon that affects the magnetic fields of rotating bodies could be involved in recurring changes in the Sun’s behaviour, which are related to a periodic flipping of its field. The proposal is a fresh take on this strange effect.
- Ellen Zweibel
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Transcranial volumetric imaging using a conformal ultrasound patch
A conformal ultrasound patch can be used for hands-free volumetric imaging and continuous monitoring of cerebral blood flow
- Sai Zhou
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- & Sheng Xu
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| Open AccessAdhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs
A study shows that implants with an adhesive implant–tissue interface mitigate the formation of a fibrous capsule when attached to various organs in mice, rats and pigs.
- Jingjing Wu
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- & Xuanhe Zhao
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| Open AccessPorous isoreticular non-metal organic frameworks
The use of computational crystal-structure prediction has enabled the targeted assembly of frameworks of porous organic ammonium halide salts that have many of the qualities of metal–organic frameworks despite containing no metal.
- Megan O’Shaughnessy
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| Open AccessMetals strengthen with increasing temperature at extreme strain rates
Microballistic impact testing at strain rates greater than 106 s−1 shows that pure metals, including copper, gold and titanium, become stronger with increasing temperature.
- Ian Dowding
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| Open AccessElectric recycling of Portland cement at scale
Recovered cement paste can be reclinkered if used as a partial substitute for the lime–dolomite flux used in steel recycling, which can reduce waste and carbon emissions.
- Cyrille F. Dunant
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Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy
Radiopharmaceuticals engineered with click chemistry to selectively bind to tumour-specific proteins can be used to successfully target tumour cells, boosting the pharmacokinetics of radionuclide therapy and improving tumour regression.
- Xi-Yang Cui
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Save the forest to save the tiger — why vegetation conservation matters
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, emphasizes the importance of conserving wild plant species, plus a wonderstruck sky-watcher spots a brilliant meteor, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
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A high internal heat flux and large core in a warm neptune exoplanet
- Luis Welbanks
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A warm Neptune’s methane reveals core mass and vigorous atmospheric mixing
- David K. Sing
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Infrastructure projects need to demonstrate a return on investment
Terms such as sustainability and inclusivity loom large in big infrastructure projects. But impact and value for money need measuring too, says Sinan Küfeoğlu.
- Dom Byrne
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Why the European Space Agency should join the US mission to Uranus
Without international partnerships, NASA’s groundbreaking mission could fail to be ready in time for its optimal launch window.
- Olivier Mousis
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China's Yangtze fish-rescue plan is a failure, study says
Researchers have debated the best management plan for highly endangered fish species since the 1980s.
- Xiaoying You
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How cheesemaking could cook up an antidote for alcohol excess
A gel made from a milk protein reduces alcohol levels in the blood of intoxicated mice.
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Controlled failure: The building designed to limit catastrophe
New design - inspired by lizard tails - could save lives by isolating collapsing sections of damaged buildings
- Dan Fox
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‘Quantum internet’ demonstration in cities is most advanced yet
Experiments generate quantum entanglement over optical fibres across three real cities, marking progress towards networks that could have revolutionary applications.
- Davide Castelvecchi
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| Open AccessWavefunction matching for solving quantum many-body problems
An approach called wavefunction matching transforms particle interactions so that their wavefunctions match those of easily computable interactions, to allow for calculations of quantum many-body systems that would otherwise be difficult or impossible.
- Serdar Elhatisari
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| Open AccessPhotocatalytic doping of organic semiconductors
A previously undescribed photocatalytic approach enables the effective p-type and n-type doping of organic semiconductors at room temperature using only widely available weak dopants such as oxygen and triethylamine.
- Wenlong Jin
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Strategic links save buildings from total collapse
A design principle for buildings incorporates components that can control the propagation of failure by isolating parts of the structure as they fail — offering a way to prevent a partial collapse snowballing into complete destruction.
- Sarah L. Orton
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Experimental obesity drug packs double punch to reduce weight
Test of weight-loss candidate in mice shows that there is still room for improvement in a burgeoning field.
- Asher Mullard
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Lizard-inspired building design could save lives
How knocking down a building helped researchers design a safer structure, and a sustainable 3D printing resin made from a bodybuilding supplement.
- Benjamin Thompson
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Suppressed thermal transport in silicon nanoribbons by inhomogeneous strain
We report on a method for inducing uncontaminated and precise inhomogeneous strain in nanoscale silicon ribbons and its use for determining physical effects in these strained materials, in particular, an increase in the range and control of thermal conductivity.
- Lin Yang
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| Open AccessArresting failure propagation in buildings through collapse isolation
A design approach arrests collapse propagation in buildings after major initial failures by ensuring that specific elements fail before the failure of the most important components for global stability.
- Nirvan Makoond
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Dispersion-assisted high-dimensional photodetector
By combining spatial and frequency dispersive thin-film interfaces with deep residual learning, a miniature photodetector allowing the acquisition of high-dimensional information on light in a single-shot fashion is described.
- Yandong Fan
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Superconducting diode effect and interference patterns in kagome CsV3Sb5
We observe the superconducting diode effect and interference patterns in CsV3Sb5, implying a time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconducting order in kagome superconductors.
- Tian Le
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| Open AccessEntanglement of nanophotonic quantum memory nodes in a telecom network
Entanglement of two nanophotonic quantum network nodes is demonstrated through 40 km spools of low-loss fibre and a 35-km long fibre loop deployed in the Boston area urban environment.
- C. M. Knaut
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| Open AccessA renewably sourced, circular photopolymer resin for additive manufacturing
A photopolymer platform derived from renewable lipoates can be 3D-printed into high-resolution parts, which possess properties comparable to some commercial acrylic resins, and then recycled to produce a re-printable resin.
- Thiago O. Machado
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Creation of memory–memory entanglement in a metropolitan quantum network
A metropolitan-area quantum network based on the generation of pairwise entanglement is formed by three atomic quantum memories connected to a central photonic server.
- Jian-Long Liu
- , Xi-Yu Luo
- & Jian-Wei Pan
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Why mathematics is set to be revolutionized by AI
Cheap data and the absence of coincidences make maths an ideal testing ground for AI-assisted discovery — but only humans will be able to tell good conjectures from bad ones.
- Thomas Fink
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Dazzling auroras are just a warm-up as more solar storms are likely, scientists say
Nature talks to physicists about what to expect in the next few months and beyond as the Sun hits its ‘maximum’.
- Alexandra Witze
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World’s brightest X-rays: China first in Asia to build next-generation synchrotron
The US$665-million High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) outside Beijing puts China among only a handful of countries that have fourth-generation synchrotron light sources.
- Gemma Conroy
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A secondary atmosphere on the rocky Exoplanet 55 Cancri e
- Renyu Hu
- , Aaron Bello-Arufe
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Elastic films of single-crystal two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks
- Yonghang Yang
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Vibration isolation could boost performance of near-infrared organic LEDs
The development of high-performance organic LEDs and other devices that emit near-infrared light has been hindered by seemingly fundamental features of the light-emitting molecules. A potential solution has been identified.
- Margherita Maiuri
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Quantum tunnelling of electrons brings ultrafast optical microscopy to the atomic scale
The oscillating electromagnetic fields that carry light can cause electrons to tunnel back and forth through a potential energy barrier. Remarkably, this alternating current can coherently emit measurable light waves — an unexpected process that can be exploited to build an optical microscope that undercuts existing spatial and temporal limitations.