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Long thought of as support cells, astrocytes are emerging as key players in health and disease
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The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health
Astrocytes make up one-quarter of the brain, but researchers are only now realizing their true value.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Long thought of as support cells, astrocytes are emerging as key players in health and disease
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“People are feeling hopeful, and that’s a good thing”
Can GLP-1 drugs help cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol, and opioids - as well as food?
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Can GLP-1 drugs help cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol, and opioids - as well as food?
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Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?
Nature - Scientists are testing whether GLP-1 drugs can help to cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol and opioids — as well as food.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“People are feeling hopeful, and that’s a good thing”
Can GLP-1 drugs help cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol, and opioids - as well as food?
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Can GLP-1 drugs help cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol, and opioids - as well as food?
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Nature research paper: Search for light sterile neutrinos with two neutrino beams at MicroBooNE
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Search for light sterile neutrinos with two neutrino beams at MicroBooNE - Nature
Data obtained from the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber are used to exclude the single light sterile neutrino interpretation of the LSND and MiniBooNE anomalies at the 95% confidence level.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Nature research paper: Search for light sterile neutrinos with two neutrino beams at MicroBooNE
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Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use
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China wants to lead the world on AI regulation — will the plan work?
Nature - Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use
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Nature research paper: Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control
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Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control - Nature
Rather than adapting to the codon usage of their host, viruses use viral 5′ untranslated regions to initiate translation, which allows them to produce viral proteins in host cells efficiently despite poor codon usage profiles.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nature research paper: Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control
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Nature research paper: Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes
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Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - Nature
The genomes of 28 ancient southern African individuals dated to between 10,200 and 150 years before present offer insights into the evolution of Homo sapiens.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nature research paper: Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes
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Many say that AI tools are saving them time and money, but others have seen the negative effects that such tools can have on research
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AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?
Artificial intelligence tools are boosting researchers’ productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Many say that AI tools are saving them time and money, but others have seen the negative effects that such tools can have on research
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What happens to the thousands of intestinal cells that have tumour-initiating DNA mutations?
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Order in which cancer-driving mutations occur affects the chance of tumour development
Randomly acquired mutations face strong negative selection, except on certain cancer-promoting backgrounds.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What happens to the thousands of intestinal cells that have tumour-initiating DNA mutations?
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A panel of US vaccine advisers will vote today on whether to rescind guidance that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth
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Fate of hepatitis B vaccine for US babies hangs in the balance
A panel of US vaccine advisers will vote Friday on whether to rescind guidance that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A panel of US vaccine advisers will vote today on whether to rescind guidance that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth
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Artificial-intelligence chatbots can influence voters in major elections — and have a bigger effect on people’s political views than conventional campaigning and advertising
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AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry?
Experiments involving real-world voters show how talking to a chatbot can shape people’s political opinions.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Artificial-intelligence chatbots can influence voters in major elections — and have a bigger effect on people’s political views than conventional campaigning and advertising
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Nature research paper: Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes
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Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature
Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex archaea that already possessed an elaborated cytoskeleton, membrane trafficking, endomembrane, phagocytotic machinery and a nucleus.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Nature research paper: Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes
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Nature research paper: Sterile-neutrino search based on 259 days of KATRIN data
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Sterile-neutrino search based on 259 days of KATRIN data - Nature
The analysis of the energy spectrum of 36 million tritium β-decay electrons recorded in 259 measurement days within the last 40 eV below the endpoint challenges the Neutrino-4 claim.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Nature research paper: Sterile-neutrino search based on 259 days of KATRIN data
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Will computers ever match or surpass human-level intelligence — and, if so, how?
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This AI combo could unlock human-level intelligence
Blending ‘old-fashioned’ logic systems with the neural networks that power large language models is one of the hottest trends in artificial intelligence.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Will computers ever match or surpass human-level intelligence — and, if so, how?
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Nature research paper: A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
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A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa - Nature
Regional, place-based biodiversity information is used to comprehensively map and quantify biodiversity intactness of sub-Saharan Africa to inform national and global sustainability policies and planning.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nature research paper: A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
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Nature research paper: Modelling late gastrulation in stem cell-derived monkey embryo models
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Modelling late gastrulation in stem cell-derived monkey embryo models - Nature
An optimized 3D culture system enabled a stem cell-derived monkey blastoid to develop to day 25, recapitulating key events of primate late gastrula and demonstrating notable similarity to natural embryos.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nature research paper: Modelling late gastrulation in stem cell-derived monkey embryo models
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Adjuvants are compounds that boost immune responses, improving the ability of vaccines to elicit long-lasting immunity against infectious diseases
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Aluminium is crucial to vaccines — and safe. Why are US advisers debating it?
RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel will be discussing the inclusion of adjuvants in childhood vaccinations this week. Here’s what’s at stake.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Adjuvants are compounds that boost immune responses, improving the ability of vaccines to elicit long-lasting immunity against infectious diseases
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Nature research paper: Whole-genome landscapes of 1,364 breast cancers
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Whole-genome landscapes of 1,364 breast cancers - Nature
Whole-genome and transcriptome analysis of 1,364 cases of breast cancer from South Korea broadens our understanding of breast cancer biology and reveals genomic features that connect tumour biology with treatment responses and clinical outcomes.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Nature research paper: Whole-genome landscapes of 1,364 breast cancers
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Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
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Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 03 December 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
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By creating a network of early-career principal investigators, Gianvito Scaringi and colleagues have enacted change and battled bureaucracy
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‘Anyone hired a student before?’ How a group of novice lab leaders are supporting each other
By creating a network of early-career principal investigators, my colleagues and I have enacted change and battled bureaucracy.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
By creating a network of early-career principal investigators, Gianvito Scaringi and colleagues have enacted change and battled bureaucracy
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An experimental vaccine protects genetically modified mice against severe allergic reactions for up to a year
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Experimental vaccine prevents deadly allergic reactions in mice
Technology could offer longer protection against allergies than is possible with existing treatments.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
An experimental vaccine protects genetically modified mice against severe allergic reactions for up to a year
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