Apple’s Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business Summary Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro isn’t a mass-market hit, but the Wall Street Journal reports it’s finding useful, high-value roles…
Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid Summary Researchers report that many glioblastomas steal the amino acid serine from their environment rather than synthesising…
A way to determine how partial charges of atoms in a molecule are distributed Summary Atomic partial charges — small shifts in electron density around atoms — are crucial for…
This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: its goal is to stop dengue Summary The Wolbito do Brasil facility in Curitiba is now the world’s largest production site for Wolbachia-carrying…
Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading Summary A brief research briefing summarising a Nature paper that used a zebrafish model of melanoma to show that mechanical compression from surrounding…
Depriving brain tumours of an amino acid could enhance chemotherapy Summary News & Views commentary on a new Nature paper that maps glucose-derived carbon flow in human glioblastoma and surrounding…
Cocaine-activated ion channels engineered to break the loop of addiction in rats Summary Ion channels have been engineered to be selectively activated by cocaine. These designer channels can either stimulate…
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse Summary Steel truss bridges — built from connected members in a framework — can sometimes survive the sudden loss of a load-bearing…
The diversity of microbial enzymes that turn a pollutant into an inert gas Summary Reductase enzymes convert the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) into harmless dinitrogen (N2). A new…
Amygdala–liver signalling orchestrates glycaemic responses to stress Summary This Nature paper identifies a previously unrecognised neural axis from the medial amygdala (MeA) to the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) that rapidly drives…
