Daily briefing: Why some places on our bodies heal without scars Summary This Nature Briefing (13 August 2025) brings together several short science stories: why some tissues — notably the…
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders Summary Nature reports that recent advances in genome-editing technologies — notably prime editing and base editing, offshoots of…
Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities Summary Over the past year at least 96 Brazilian PhD students who had planned to carry out research in the United…
Controversial quantum-computing paper gets hefty correction — but concerns linger Summary Science has removed an editorial expression of concern for a 2020 paper that claimed evidence of Majorana quasiparticles and…
A mind-reading brain implant that comes with password protection Summary A brain–computer interface (BCI) has been shown to decode people’s internal, imagined speech in near‑real time — but only when…
Mysterious coffee species turns out to be a blend Summary Researchers revisited an obscure coffee variety commonly referred to as liberica and found it is not a single species but…
Norway police believe pro-Russian hackers were behind April dam sabotage Summary Norway’s police security service (PST) says it suspects a pro-Russian hacker collective was responsible for a sabotage incident at…
Turkish crypto exchange BTCTurk warns of security incident after $49 million leaves platform Summary Turkish exchange BTCTurk detected unusual activity in its hot wallets after about $49 million in crypto…
US updates sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Summary U.S. authorities renewed sanctions on the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, saying the platform directly helped ransomware groups and other cybercriminals launder…
The £9 billion question: To Microsoft or not to Microsoft? Summary The article examines the UK government’s five-year Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA24) with Microsoft, which will cost public sector bodies…
