The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20% Summary The proportion of awards given by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has almost halved in seven…
A mammoth toothache: bacterial community discovered in mouth of ancient mammal Summary Researchers analysed teeth, skulls and skin from 483 mammoth specimens — from around one million years ago up…
Unifying gravity and quantum theory requires better understanding of time Summary Quantum mechanics is extraordinarily successful, but its standard formulation relies on a single, synchronized time that coordinates evolution in…
These ‘glass straw’ optical fibres could speed up the Internet Summary A new hollow optical-fibre design — described in Nature Photonics — replaces a solid glass core with a system…
AI-powered brain device allows paralysed man to control robotic arm Summary A non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) augmented with an AI “co-pilot” let a man with partial paralysis operate a robotic…
Air taxis will soon be in our skies — if batteries can be made safer Summary Small electric aeroplanes and eVTOLs are moving from prototypes to real-world trials, with drones…
Is this the future of food? ‘Sexless’ seeds that could transform farming Summary A trial in eastern Australia will soon test a genetically modified sorghum that produces clonal, ‘sexless’ seeds…
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary This correspondence highlights that the Nord Stream pipeline ruptures in September 2022 released roughly 465,000 tonnes of methane — a major climate impact…
Larry Ellison bankrolling £118M AI vaccine research at Oxford University Summary A tech billionaire-funded research programme will invest £118 million in AI-driven vaccine and immunity research at the University of…
Azure budget alerts go berserk after Microsoft account migration misfire Key Points • Several Azure customers received automated budget alerts after an account migration caused forecast costs to spike dramatically.…
