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The Napoleonic tweets, Books in brief

Accidental Tim James Robinson (2024) Science often progresses through step-by-step discoveries. But major breakthroughs still happen. Science writer Tim James

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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control homeostasis of megakaryopoiesis

Materials A list of all reagents and resources with the source and identifier is provided in Supplementary Table 3. Mouse

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Commonly used menstrual pads, which can leak when saturated, have not changed much over time.Credit: Suphansa Subruayying/Getty A biodegradable molecule

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In situ targeted base editing of bacteria in the mouse gut

Strains and media The E. coli and λ prophage genomes were engineered using a strategy derived from λ red homologous recombination coupled

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Brainstem Dbh+ neurons control allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity

Mice All mice were housed, and all experimental procedures were carried out in American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory, Animal

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Deeper and stronger North Atlantic Gyre during the Last Glacial Maximum

Hogg, A. M. & Gayen, B. Ocean gyres driven by surface buoyancy forcing. Geophys. Res. Lett. 47, e2020GL088539 (2020). Article 

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Interferon subverts an AHR–JUN axis to promote CXCL13<sup>+</sup> T cells in lupus

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07627-2 Insufficient AHR activation has been suggested in SLE, and augmenting AHR activation therapeutically

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Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri

Discussion of previous IMBH detections in ω Centauri The debate about an IMBH in ω Cen dates back almost two

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Saliva-based tests offer an alternative to nasal swabbing

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Bird flu could become a human pandemic. How are countries preparing?

As cases of avian influenza continue to rise in cattle in the United States, countries are preparing for the possibility