Children with Down’s syndrome are more likely to get leukaemia: stem-cells hint at why
Download the Nature Podcast 25 September 2024 In this episode: 00:46 Unravelling why children with Down’s syndrome are at a
Forest fire size amplifies postfire land surface warming
Datasets of forest fire, land surface characteristics, surface energy and water fluxes Fire events Information on individual fire events was
The evolution of private reputations in information-abundant landscapes
Roberts, G. et al. The benefits of being seen to help others: indirect reciprocity and reputation-based partner choice. Philos. Trans.
How your brain detects patterns in the everyday: without conscious thought
Neurons in the hippocampus (pictured) help to pick out patterns in the flood of information pouring through the brain.Credit: Arthur
Childhood leukaemia in Down’s syndrome primed by blood-cell bias
Nature, Published online: 25 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02785-9 An in-depth investigation of gene regulation and cell populations at sites of fetal
Can science cure its addiction to plastic?
Biology labs generate large amounts of single-use plastic waste, such as pipette tips and trays.Credit: Eplisterra/Getty Images Single-use plastic has
Direct evidence for a carbon–carbon one-electron σ-bond
Canac, Y. et al. Isolation of a benzene valence isomer with one-electron phosphorus-phosphorus bonds. Science 279, 2080–2082 (1998). Article ADS
Greening science: what’s in it for you?
Nature, Published online: 25 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03011-2 After years in the sustainable science sphere, innovator Florijn Dekkers is seeing key
Single-cell CAR T atlas reveals type 2 function in 8-year leukaemia remission
Samples from paediatric patients with ALL and HDs The current study is a secondary investigation using patient samples collected from
A drug-free prescription for pain
At a clinic in New Hampshire, cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat chronic pain.Credit: Dartmouth Health When Toby Moorsom