Japan Launches its First Homegrown Quantum Computer Summary Japan has unveiled its first entirely homegrown quantum computer, now housed at the University of Osaka’s Center for Quantum Information and Quantum…
Einstein hated entanglement — and five other quantum myths Summary This Nature feature brings together several physicists to unpack and debunk common misconceptions about quantum mechanics, its history and its…
Daily briefing: Repeated heatwaves make your biological clock run fast Summary This Nature Briefing rounds up several recent science stories, led by research showing repeated heatwaves can accelerate biological ageing.…
Scalable total synthesis of saxitoxin and related natural products Summary This Nature article describes a newly developed, scalable and modular approach to the total synthesis of saxitoxin (STX) and related…
Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first Summary A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a 39-year-old brain-dead person in China — the first time a pig…
Here’s how to break into the Texas space industry Summary Texas is fast becoming the US hub for aerospace manufacturing and commercial space activity, backed by strong military spending and…
Origins of life: the molecules that could have unlocked peptide synthesis Summary Dalal and Mansy discuss new evidence that reactions of sulfur-containing molecules — notably thioesters — could have plausibly…
Will the latest skin substitutes revolutionise the treatment of burns and other wounds? Summary Researchers are making rapid progress on engineered skin grafts that go beyond single-layer epidermal sheets to…
An abiding mystery of the French Revolution is solved — by epidemiology Summary Researchers have applied epidemiological methods to a historical dataset to explain how rumours known as the Great…
Acne vaccines could offer robust defence Summary Acne is being reframed as an immune-driven disease rather than merely a cosmetic nuisance. Two vaccine approaches — a therapeutic mRNA vaccine from…
