Iran MOIS Phishes 50+ Embassies, Ministries, Int’l Orgs Summary Researchers tie a short but wide-reaching phishing campaign to the Iran-linked APT known as “Homeland Justice” (associated with Iran’s Ministry of…
A way to determine how partial charges of atoms in a molecule are distributed Summary Researchers have developed an experimental approach to measure atomic partial charges within molecules by exploiting…
Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid Summary Researchers report that many glioblastoma tumours import the amino acid serine from their surroundings instead of…
This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: its goal is to stop dengue Summary The Wolbito do Brasil facility in Curitiba is the world’s largest production centre for Wolbachia‑carrying Aedes…
Flies evolved a shock-absorber tissue used during embryonic development Summary Two new studies in Nature identify the function of the cephalic furrow, a fold of tissue that separates the head…
Marsquakes indicate that the inner core of the red planet is solid, not liquid Summary NASA’s InSight mission deployed a seismometer to Mars in December 2018 and recorded marsquakes for…
How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another Summary Steven C. Currall argues that collaborations between academia and large technology companies can deliver major scientific and societal benefits…
Summary This News & Views piece by Steffen Patzold discusses a new Nature paper by Gretzinger et al. that uses ancient DNA to investigate the origins and spread of the…
Ant queens produce sons of two distinct species Summary The News & Views piece summarises a study (Juvé et al.) reporting an extraordinary reproductive system in the Iberian harvester ant…
Depriving brain tumours of an amino acid could enhance chemotherapy Summary Scott et al. (reporting in Nature) and a News & Views commentary by Mobilio and Singh highlight a metabolic…
