A River of News

Science headlines, Wednesday, September 9, 2026

159 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 6

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    Electrical fingerprint on tiny cell particles could offer new way to spot pancreatic cancer signals Phys.org
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    Rising sea levels could cost Australians at least $855 billion by 2100 Phys.org
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    What really drives tourists to choose a hotel? New global study reveals the answer Phys.org
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    Unconventional quantum materials could dramatically boost the search for dark matter Phys.org story
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    LLM use may threaten freedom of thought and equality across law, journalism and education Phys.org
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    Tiny salt crevices could act as miniature 'Greenhouses' for Martian microbes Phys.org

22:00 UTC 7

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    New insect genus and four species named for Taylor Swift and her albums Phys.org story
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    States File 2 Lawsuits Over Trump’s Cuts to Endangered Species Act The New York Times by Maxine Joselow story
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    End impunity for targeted attacks on schools and universities, urge experts Phys.org
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    AI ethics problem may lie with organizations, not engineers, study finds Phys.org
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    Natural clay reveals a new way to control ion transport at the angstrom scale Phys.org
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    Molecular surface design achieves over 100 million-fold tuning of porous liquid viscosity Phys.org
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    Africa's rocks hold ancient stories. We need better ways to document and protect them Phys.org

21:00 UTC 9

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    How adoption of a new crop reshaped land use in Bronze Age Europe Phys.org
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    From drought to floods in North Africa: What could the super El Niño do next? Phys.org
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    Molecular antennae make light-activated molecular switches more sensitive Phys.org
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    Beryllium signal identifies stars that have swallowed rocky planets Phys.org
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    Chandra uncovers 'hypersoft X-ray sources' that may solve two astrophysical puzzles Phys.org story
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    If alien civilizations use hyper-efficient computers, they will have a distinct energy signal we can detect Phys.org
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    Terbium's elusive plus-4 form emerges under ordinary lab conditions, opening possibilities for rare-earth metals Phys.org
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    Cacao genetics could help breeders reduce heavy metal levels in cocoa beans Phys.org
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    How seeds decide whether to wake up in salty soil Phys.org

20:00 UTC 9

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    These bacteria can change their diet to survive inside the body Phys.org
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    Researchers chart new course for AI-powered biomedical discoveries Phys.org
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    American women in communities with ample broadband access lose less time waiting for services, reducing time poverty Phys.org
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    Europe's forests are still standing, but many are losing the ability to recover Phys.org
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    How 'positive' stress could improve the welfare of zoo animals Phys.org
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    Fossil ribs reveal new secrets about ichthyosaur swimming technique Phys.org
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    Electrochemical system extracts pure hydrogen from ammonia at substantially lower temperatures Phys.org
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    Having compassion for oneself is linked to well-being, study finds Phys.org
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    'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record Phys.org story

19:00 UTC 4

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    3D magnetic-field control reveals new way to tune spin textures Phys.org
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    Why our common ancestor with chimpanzees keeps getting further away New Scientist by Michael Marshall
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    Estuary water quality trends have $100M implications, researchers find Phys.org
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    Discontinuity and disorder: Explaining the luminosity bump in evolved stars Phys.org

18:00 UTC 13

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    Helium measurements clarify conditions seconds after the Big Bang Phys.org
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    Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth The New York Times by Becky Ferreira story
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    AI reveals new class of cellular 'off switch' linked to cancer pathways Phys.org
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    'Here, There and Everywhere': The Beatles have permeated research papers across academic disciplines Phys.org story
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    Fossils from embryo to adult suggest how an enigmatic, bird-like troodontid dinosaur grew Phys.org
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    Asian elephants can resist impulsive behavior, researchers find Phys.org
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    JWST discovers that Chariklo's invisible rings are changing Phys.org
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    Ice Age origins of one of humanity's oldest drug habits discovered Phys.org
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    These dinosaur fossils reveal that T. rex wasn’t the only king New Scientist by David Stock
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    Earliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia New Scientist by Alice Klein story
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    Heat spikes over Tibet may help explain severe Californian flooding New Scientist by Madeleine Cuff story
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    Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain New Scientist by Carissa Wong
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    New maps reveal hidden landscapes inside a prehistoric supercontinent Scientific American story

17:00 UTC 13

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    Toxic PFAS Cleanups at Military Sites Face Decades of Delay The New York Times by Hiroko Tabuchi
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    Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time Phys.org
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    The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch—but the idea is still changing how we see the world Phys.org
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    The surprising place where giant dinosaurs incubated their eggs Phys.org
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    Canada's last epishelf lake is gone for good, study confirms Phys.org
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    Take a stunning microscopic safari into the hidden world of soil New Scientist by Carissa Wong
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    What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? part 3 New Scientist by New Scientist
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    Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part 3 New Scientist by New Scientist
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    This week’s new questions New Scientist by New Scientist
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    Tom Gauld on an introduction to basic philosophical astronomy New Scientist by New Scientist
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    Twisteddoodles on spies through the ages New Scientist by New Scientist
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    Unexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics New Scientist by New Scientist story
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    Astronomers reveal a new type of celestial object that has been hiding in plain sight for decades Scientific American story

16:00 UTC 2

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    Tiny 2D cracks creep through materials before triggering sudden fracture, experiments reveal Phys.org
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    The 'costly son' hypothesis: Why bigger sons may make births riskier across species Phys.org

15:00 UTC 2

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    The Arctic Report Card Matters More Than Ever; AGU Joins Partners to Publish in 2026 Eos by Chris Avery, Kristen Averyt Hinton
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    Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like Scientific American story

14:00 UTC 1

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    What Is Math’s Mysterious Langlands Program Really About? Quanta Magazine by Natalie Wolchover

13:00 UTC 4

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    Ancient bones reveal that cannibalism took different forms in Neolithic Spain Phys.org
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    Could quantum protocols make electronic voting more secure? Phys.org
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    The Ozone Paradox: A Growing Cost of a Warmer Atmosphere Eos by Telma Castro, Oscar Peralta, Salvador Reynoso-Cruces, Harry Alvarez-Ospina
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    Four in Five Researchers Report Harmful Interactions During Geoscience Fieldwork. A New Survey Suggests a Path Forward. Eos by Rebecca Owen story

11:00 UTC 3

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    A wandering black hole caught feeding on the run Phys.org
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    Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming Scientific American
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    Denisovans were strong and agile hunters, fossil elbow and primitive tools suggest Science by Christina Larson story

10:00 UTC 3

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    Fog may be hiding secret ecosystems Scientific American
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    The science of friendship and loneliness Scientific American
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    SpaceXAI’s Colossus data center is fueling a massive backlash Scientific American

05:00 UTC 4

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    Beavers 'could boost wildlife and tackle drought' BBC
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    Douglas Head designated a Conservation Area BBC
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    'Adrenaline got us through New Forest wildfire' BBC
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    Nature GCSE backers want more 'greenlightenment' BBC

04:00 UTC 1

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    GPS collars reveal secrets of the power struggle between lions and hyenas in the wild Phys.org

03:00 UTC 2

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    Italian hunting bill will sideline science, critics say Science by Gennaro Tomma
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    Grooming-related messages reach almost two-thirds of children Phys.org

02:00 UTC 5

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    Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses increase 7%, buoyed by gains in salty waters Phys.org
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    A vicarious calibration model enables quantitative applications of Fengyun-3 satellite ocean color data Phys.org
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    Why does Southeast Asia keeps breathing the same haze—and can ASEAN do more to stop it? Phys.org
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    Need Help! writing a paper title? All you need is the Beatles Science by Ailie McWhinnie story
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    Pangaea’s ‘little brother’ may finally qualify as a supercontinent Science by Paul Voosen story

01:00 UTC 5

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    New computational method pushes cryo-electron microscopy beyond traditional resolution limits Phys.org
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    Conference posters could garner a wider audience, thanks to a new online platform Science by Jeffrey Brainard
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    Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds Phys.org
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    Watch: Downed trees and flooding as Hurricane Lowell batters western Hawaii BBC story
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    Why a wetter Tibetan Plateau still faces 'hot-dry' extremes: The roles of ENSO and the North Atlantic Phys.org

00:00 UTC 66

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    Some black holes grow much faster than their galaxies Phys.org
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    Searching for unknown fungi in the Norwegian mountains Phys.org
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    One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils found in Norwegian sheep field Phys.org
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    Action on climate and air pollution likely to boost economy, UN says Phys.org
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    Daily briefing: OpenAI claims a huge maths breakthrough Nature by Flora Graham story
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    Ruins of ancient Asian city show engineering prowess and organization Nature
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    Psychedelic 4-AcO-DMT attenuated looming-induced freezing behaviors by activating PrL CaMKIIα neurons in mice Molecular Psychiatry by Ke Xia
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    Drug delivery gets subcellular Nature by Katherine Bourzac
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    Oddball fossils suggest that the first insects were a mixed bunch Nature
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    ‘Superdark’ protein looks like a G-protein-coupled receptor — but shows unconventional behaviour Nature by Nil Casajuana-Martin
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    Nasal vaccines could stop pandemics before they begin Nature by Anthony King
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    Dose once, treat forever: drugs are being engineered to last much longer Nature by Ben Deighton
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    Genetic associations with the Big Five personality traits probed in one million people Nature
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    Family-based analyses show how children’s genetics shape key traits Nature
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    Electric charge makes drops of water more destructive Nature
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    The Einstein test: what happens when AI tries to rediscover relativity? Nature by Philip Ball
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    A good drug is useless if it misses its target Nature by Richard Hodson story
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    Phone-call tutorials improve learning cost-effectively during education emergencies Nature by Noam Angrist story
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    Pick up the phone! Phone calls with tutors keep kids learning when schools shut down Nature by Mohana Basu story
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    Why we need an International Panel on Inequality Nature by Joseph E. Stiglitz
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    Hello Equal Earth: what the UN’s new world map will change Nature by Dhruv Shenai story
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    Medicines do no good if people don’t take them Nature by Laura Vargas-Parada story
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    Phone-based tutoring improves learning during school closures Nature by Felipe Barrera-Osorio story
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    Drug-delivering particles aim to breach the blood–brain barrier Nature by Simon Makin
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    Combined satellite and news data capture unseen aspects of war Nature by Hannes Mueller story
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    Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture Nature by Dyani Lewis story
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    Use AI as a sparring partner, not an oracle Nature by Marc Schmitt
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    Uniform film formation helps tandem solar cells work better for longer Nature
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    Special delivery: bacterial couriers are smuggling drugs into cancers Nature by Liam Drew story
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    Popular open-science platform to stop hosting data and code amid funding concerns Nature by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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    DNA-editing ‘pencils’ probe early human development Nature by Sherif Khodeer story
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    These six advances could change how drugs are delivered Nature by Nic Fleming
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    Why the super-fun Ig Nobel prizes bring serious value to science Nature
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    AI model predicts which breast-cancer drugs work best Nature by Miryam Naddaf
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    In the basement of miniaturized relics Nature by Carol Scheina
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    Proximity-guided graph learning reveals tumour-associated proximity antigens Nature by Cody Scandore
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    TM184C is a GPCR-like regulator of intercellular exchange and autophagy Nature by Kyutae D. Lee
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    Integrated signatures define mutational processes in prostate cancer Nature by Andreas J. Gruber
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    Anodic Pd membrane H 2 extraction enhances thermochemical dehydrogenation Nature by Rui Zeng
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    TRI-611, a selective, brain-penetrant molecular glue degrader of ALK Nature by Andrew R. Conery
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    Imaging cellular activity across all organs reveals body-wide circuits Nature by Virginie M. S. Ruetten
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    Predicting genome-wide functional constraints with GPN-Star Nature by Chengzhong Ye
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    Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China Nature by Huiyun Rao story
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    Mobile education builds resilience during shocks in five countries Nature by Noam Angrist story
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    A serpin–myeloid axis in pancreatic cancer heterogeneity and immune evasion Nature by Chiara Falcomatà
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    Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature by Qijun Ruan story
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    Advancing conflict research and response through satellite-derived data Nature by Valerie Sticher story
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    Foaming photopolymers as a high-resolution biomimetic printing platform Nature by Detao Qin
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    PLA2G2D in tumour-draining lymph nodes regulates anti-tumour immunity Nature by Anneloes van Krimpen
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    An operational perturbation proteomics-based virtual cell model Nature by Rui Sun
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    Neocortical long-range inhibition promotes cortical synchrony and sleep Nature by Jacob M. Ratliff
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    Within-family effect of ancestry on complex traits in a Mexican population Nature by Siqi Wang
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    Breaking timescales with generative sampling of conformational transitions Nature by Chenyu Tang
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    Bacteria recruited to treat cancer Nature story
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    How AI is changing PhD programmes: join our free webinar Nature by David Payne
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    Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close Nature by Benjamin Thompson story
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    Highly efficient base editing at PCSK9 and normal human embryo development Nature by Stepan Jerabek
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    Novel insight into the effects of the metabolites from gut microbiota in both unmedicated depressive adolescents and mice: key roles of indole derivatives-aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling in neurogenesis and microglial homeostasis Molecular Psychiatry by Xi Wang
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    The moderating role of organizational intelligence on the relationship between knowledge management and healthcare service quality in Iranian hospitals Scientific Reports by Parand Shariat Rad
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    Multi-farm operational evaluation of a leaf area index-based approach to optimize fungicide distribution in vineyards Scientific Reports by Chiara Rusconi
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    Stakeholder perceptions and experiences of girl-led education promoting iron-folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study Scientific Reports by Degefa Helamo Kobiro
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    Analyzing night illumination in dependency of cloud coverage and altitude Scientific Reports by Jürgen Krieg
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    Application research on the evaluation index system of chronic disease prevention and control effects in county areas of Chongqing city, China Scientific Reports by Yang Liu
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    Trial-level pupil dynamics reflect attention-related variability and medication-associated modulation in ADHD Scientific Reports by Saumya Yadav
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    An explainable hybrid CNN–vision transformer framework for brain tumor detection and classification using MRI Scientific Reports by S. R. Sowmiya
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    Association of organisational culture and internal participation with job satisfaction among physiotherapists: a cross-sectional study Scientific Reports by Hosam Alzahrani