AI reveals US climate denial hotspots
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Is ChatGPT making scientists hyper-productive? The highs and lows of using AI
In a 2023 Nature survey of scientists, 30% of respondents had used generative AI tools to help write manuscripts.Credit: Nicolas
Tiny sheaths of solvent boost battery performance
Nature, Published online: 28 February 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00378-0 Small solvent molecules have been found to enable a previously unknown ion-transport mechanism
A mobile DNA sequence could explain tail loss in humans and apes
Nature, Published online: 28 February 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00309-z The lack of a tail is one thing that separates apes — including
High fatigue resistance in a titanium alloy via near-void-free 3D printing
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Why sunsets were a weird colour after Krakatau blew its top
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 01 March 2024 Evening skies, which are usually red after a volcanic eruption, were instead emerald after the
I returned my neuroscience grant to devote my career to the climate crisis
Neuroscientist turned climate-action researcher Adam Aron leads a protest against fossil-fuel investment at the University of California, San Diego.Credit: Green
SOX17 enables immune evasion of early colorectal adenomas and cancers
Pelka, K. et al. Spatially organized multicellular immune hubs in human colorectal cancer. Cell 184, 4734–4752.e4720 (2021). Article CAS PubMed
Measuring the quantum vibrations of a small drum at room temperature
Nature, Published online: 01 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00064-1 A combination of technical improvements in noise mitigation enabled the observation of the
why a vaccine campaign is unlikley to stop it
A dose of the Qdenga vaccine against dengue is given to a young recipient in Brazil.Credit: Buda Mendes/Getty An explosive