Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse Summary Steel truss bridges — built from connected frameworks of members — can sometimes survive the loss of a load-bearing element by…
Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon
Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon Summary A new study warns that the Earth’s safe geological storage for captured carbon dioxide is far smaller than previously…
Seismic detection of a 600-km solid inner core in Mars
Seismic detection of a 600-km solid inner core in Mars Summary This Nature paper reports seismological evidence for a solid inner core (IC) in Mars with a radius of roughly…
Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs
Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs Summary This Nature study analyses genome-wide ancient DNA from 1,840 individuals (including 591 newly sampled) across Central and Eastern Europe…
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother Summary Researchers report that Iberian harvester ant queens (Messor ibericus) can produce male offspring that are genetically a different…
Dynamic fibroblast–immune interactions shape recovery after brain injury
Dynamic fibroblast–immune interactions shape recovery after brain injury Summary This study maps how central nervous system (CNS) fibroblasts respond to brain injury, how they communicate with immune cells, and how…
Rewiring of cortical glucose metabolism fuels human brain cancer growth
Rewiring of cortical glucose metabolism fuels human brain cancer growth Summary This Nature paper uses clinical stable-isotope infusions in patients and complementary tracer studies in mouse orthotopic models to map…
Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy
Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy Key points • The authors developed PADIT-seq, an in vitro transcription–sequencing assay that measures transcription factor (TF) affinity to all possible 10-base…
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target Key points • Genome-wide genetic suppression screens identify ABHD18 as a modifier that mitigates defects caused by loss of TAZ…
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants Summary This Nature paper reports an unprecedented reproductive system in the harvester ant Messor ibericus. Using population genomics (c.390…