Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs Summary This Nature paper uses new and published ancient DNA from a dense transect of sites across the Elbe–Saale region…
Seismic detection of a 600-km solid inner core in Mars Key Points • InSight seismic data reveal core-reflected and core-transiting phases (PKiKP, PKKP/PKIKP and related phases) consistent with a solid…
Rewiring of cortical glucose metabolism fuels human brain cancer growth Summary This Nature paper uses clinical stable‑isotope infusions in patients and parallel mouse models plus metabolic flux analysis to map…
Dynamic fibroblast–immune interactions shape recovery after brain injury Summary This study maps how central nervous system (CNS) fibroblasts and immune cells interact after brain injury (mouse models, marmoset stroke and…
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants Summary This Nature paper reports a remarkable reproductive system in the harvester ant Messor ibericus. Using field sampling, genome-wide…
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target Summary This Nature paper reports a genetic-suppression strategy that identifies ABHD18 as a druggable therapeutic target for Barth syndrome (BTHS),…
Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy Summary The authors present PADIT-seq, a high-throughput in vitro assay that measures transcription factor (TF) affinity to all possible ten-base-pair DNA sequences.…
A circuit that integrates drive state and social contact to gate mating Summary This Nature paper describes a neural circuit in male mice that gates the switch from appetitive (seeking)…
Single-cell transcriptomic and genomic changes in the ageing human brain Summary This Nature study uses single-nucleus RNA-seq (snRNA-seq), single-cell whole-genome sequencing (scWGS) and spatial transcriptomics (MERFISH) to map transcriptional and…
Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimisation Summary The paper presents the analog optical computer (AOC), an opto-electronic, fully analogue platform that runs iterative fixed-point searches to accelerate…
