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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02758-0 Study shows that the venerable device does not waft […]
Buried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02650-x The awards highlight weird, funny and improbable research that […]
Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02799-5 An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions […]
[NEWS] GENETICS: A Ruff Theory of Evolution: Gene Stutters Drive Dog Shape
Armed with DNA from more than 100 dogs, scientists have now shown that slight differences in the lengths of certain genes involved in development can transform a collie nose into a puglike one and even change the number of toes in one breed. Furthermore, their study, reported in the 28 December Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, drives home the potential evolutionary importance of repetitive DNA sequences called tandem repeats.
Author: Elizabeth Pennisi
[NEWS] MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: Long-Sought Enzyme Found, Revealing New Gene Switch on Histones
In the molecular biology equivalent of stubbing one's toe on King Tut's undiscovered tomb, a team of scientists, to its great surprise, has identified a genetic switch hunted by biologists for decades.
Author: Jennifer Couzin
[NEWS] SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING: Editing No Longer Infringes U.S. Trade Sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department last week removed all restrictions on editing manuscripts from authors in three countries under a U.S. trade embargo. Publishers hailed the step by the department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. But some wondered why the same freedoms were not extended to music, films, and other forms of artistic expression, and others questioned whether the government should be exerting any control at all.
Author: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Ada Yonath obituary: Crystallographer who overcame ‘impossible’ challenge of mapping the ribosome
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02801-0 Nobel laureate persisted despite widespread derision and revolutionized structural […]
Tropical cyclones could be predicted with an extra day’s warning, thanks to an AI model
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02643-w The track and intensity of tropical cyclones can be […]
Super-precise optical clocks in four nations tick in harmony
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02741-9 Comparison using signals sent over fibre-optic cable tests agreement […]