Daily briefing: Is a cure for psoriasis on the horizon?
Daily briefing: Is a cure for psoriasis on the horizon? Summary Nature Briefing rounds up recent science news, with a feature asking whether a cure for psoriasis might be within…
Daily briefing: Nine metals in two dimensions
Summary Nature Briefing (05 September 2025) by Flora Graham highlights a short collection of stories, headlined by a materials advance: chemists have synthesised a MXene that contains nine different metals…
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable? Summary This comment from African bioethics and data-science researchers examines why biomedical data collected across Africa is often not shared…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves Summary Rainer “Rai” Weiss (1932–2025) was the German–American physicist whose 1972 proposal and technical roadmap for laser…
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a kidney from…
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back Summary The Nature Podcast episode “Self Correction” (episode 2) examines research misconduct: why it occurs, how rare but damaging cases can…
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse Summary Researchers tested a scale model of a steel truss bridge to destruction and found six unexpected mechanisms that let these structures resist total…
Nepal social media ban sparks protests, dozens injured
Nepal social media ban sparks protests, dozens injured Summary At least 14 people were reported killed and dozens injured after police clashed with thousands of mostly young protesters in Kathmandu.…
Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems
Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems Summary Microsoft has warned Azure customers of increased latency after undersea fibre cuts affecting routes through…
All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe
All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe Summary Gartner analysts told a Symposium keynote that by 2030 all work in IT departments will…