Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch Summary Garmin has unveiled the Fenix 8 Pro — its first smartwatch with built-in inReach satellite and cellular connectivity, SOS support and…
Daily briefing: Epigenetic atlas shows how ageing tweaks DNA Summary This Nature Briefing (02 September 2025) by Flora Graham highlights a major new analysis that maps DNA methylation changes across…
Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid Summary New research published in Nature shows that many glioblastoma tumours rely on external serine — an…
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 site for Aedes aegypti…
Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading Summary According to the ‘grow or go’ model, cancer cells can switch between proliferative and invasive states. A new study using a zebrafish…
The diversity of microbial enzymes that turn a pollutant into an inert gas Summary Researchers report the discovery of a previously unknown family of bacterial enzymes that reduce nitrous oxide…
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse Summary Steel truss bridges — built from connected frameworks of members — can sometimes survive the sudden loss of a load-bearing element…
Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing Summary This paper introduces GRACE (Generative, Adaptive, Context-Aware 3D Printing), a workflow that combines tomographic volumetric printing with light-sheet imaging, computer vision and parametric modelling…
3D-printed micro ion trap technology for quantum information applications Summary Researchers report a 3D-printed micro ion trap fabrication approach tailored for trapped-ion quantum information hardware. Using high-resolution two-photon polymerisation (2PP)…
A nanobody specific to prefusion glycoprotein B neutralises HSV-1 and HSV-2 Summary This Nature paper reports the discovery and structural characterisation of a prefusion-specific alpaca-derived nanobody, Nb1_gbHSV, that neutralises both…
