Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it
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A figure of merit for efficiency roll-off in TADF-based organic LEDs
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How to make an old immune system young again
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Graphene nanoribbons grown in hBN stacks for high-performance electronics
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is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
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Controlling the helicity of light by electrical magnetization switching
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The surprising history of the Southern Ocean’s super current
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5 Reconstructions of the strength of a powerful current that circles the South Pole
High-fidelity spin qubit operation and algorithmic initialization above 1 K
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Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time
Climate change is starting to alter how humans keep time. An analysis1 published in Nature on 27 March has predicted
Structural basis of exoribonuclease-mediated mRNA transcription termination
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