Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon Summary The planet’s practical capacity to store carbon dioxide underground is far smaller than many previous estimates, and could be…
The diversity of microbial enzymes that turn a pollutant into an inert gas Summary Researchers report a newly discovered bacterial protein family that reduces nitrous oxide (N2O) to dinitrogen (N2),…
Seismic detection of a 600-km solid inner core in Mars Summary Using InSight seismic data, Bi et al. report seismic evidence for a solid inner core (IC) in Mars with…
Cocaine-activated ion channels engineered to break the loop of addiction in rats Summary Researchers have designed ion channels that are selectively activated by cocaine and used them as synthetic, drug-triggered…
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse Summary Steel truss bridges, made from connected frameworks of elements, can sometimes survive the failure of a load-bearing component by activating hidden…
Dynamic fibroblast–immune interactions shape recovery after brain injury Summary This Nature paper maps how central nervous system (CNS) fibroblasts respond to brain injury, how they interact with myeloid cells and…
Rewiring of cortical glucose metabolism fuels human brain cancer growth Summary This study used clinical stable-isotope infusions and metabolic flux analysis (MFA) in human glioma patients and patient-derived mouse models…
Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy Key Points • The authors developed PADIT-seq, an in vitro transcription/RNA-seq assay that measures transcription factor (TF) affinity to all possible 10-base…
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target Summary This Nature study uses complementary genome-wide genetic screens and biochemical assays to identify ABHD18 as a suppressor of TAFAZZIN…
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants Summary This Nature paper reports a striking reproductive system in the harvester ant Messor ibericus. Using field sampling, whole‑genome…
