Feeding bees with engineered yeast combats colony decline Summary Engineered yeast has been used to produce rare but essential pollen sterols that honeybees (Apis mellifera) cannot synthesise. Researchers formulated a…
Visualizing lipid transport in cells Summary This Research Briefing summarises new work (Iglesias-Artola et al.) that develops quantitative imaging approaches to track lipid movement between organelles in mammalian cells. The…
Anticancer compounds that exploit a compromised checkpoint in the cell cycle Summary Many cancer-driving mutations disable the G1–S checkpoint that normally restrains progression from growth to DNA replication. That loss…
Low-energy nuclear fusion boosted by electrochemistry Summary Researchers report the first verified case of electrochemically enhanced nuclear fusion. By using electrochemistry to trap atoms inside a metal target and then…
Could these five future agricultural innovations slow down climate change? Summary This Nature piece reports on practical innovations showcased at F&A Next (Wageningen) that aim to reduce agriculture’s climate footprint…
Flat-panel laser displays through large-scale photonic integrated circuits Summary This Nature paper from Reality Labs Research presents a compact flat-panel laser-display architecture using large-scale visible photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The…
Axonal injury is a targetable driver of glioblastoma progression Summary This Nature study shows that early glioblastoma (GBM) cells preferentially colonise white matter (WM), cause local axonal injury and trigger…
Discovery of a widespread chemical signalling pathway in the Bacteroidota Summary Researchers describe the N-acyl-cyclolysine (ACL) signalling system — a cell-density-dependent chemical communication circuit that is specific to and widespread…
Summary This Nature study describes a reproducible mechanism by which tumours damage local peripheral nerves and, through a chronic neuron-driven inflammatory programme, create an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment (TME) that undermines…
A novel bacterial protein family that catalyses nitrous oxide reduction Key points • The authors identify a previously unrecognised protein family — clade III lactonase‑type N2O reductases (L‑NosZ) — that…
