Battery prices are falling, so why are electric cars still so expensive? Summary Governments worldwide are pushing to electrify transport to cut emissions and improve air quality, but electric vehicles…
Tiny flier could soar through the mesosphere powered only by light Summary Researchers have demonstrated tiny, perforated structures that can generate lift in very low-pressure conditions by exploiting thermal-transpiration (a…
Anticancer compounds that exploit a compromised checkpoint in the cell cycle Summary Many cancer-driving mutations disable the G1–S checkpoint, unleashing E2F transcription factors and driving uncontrolled cell proliferation. A recent…
Low-energy nuclear fusion boosted by electrochemistry Summary Chen et al. report that electrochemical loading of deuterium into a metal target can substantially increase fusion-event rates when combined with an ion…
Feeding bees with engineered yeast combats colony decline Content summary Researchers engineered yeast to produce rare sterol molecules normally obtained from pollen and incorporated that yeast into a honeybee diet.…
Axonal injury is a targetable driver of glioblastoma progression Content summary This Nature paper reports that axonal injury — specifically Wallerian degeneration (WD) of white-matter axons — is an early,…
Could these five future agricultural innovations slow down climate change? Summary This article from Nature reports on five promising agricultural innovations showcased at the F&A Next meeting at Wageningen University…
Flat-panel laser displays through large-scale photonic integrated circuits Summary This Nature paper from Reality Labs Research (Meta) presents a new flat-panel laser-display architecture that uses large-scale visible photonic integrated circuits…
SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter Content summary This Nature paper links common human genetic variation to a defined neuronal function: SLC45A4 is identified as a…
A missing enzyme-rescue metabolite as cause of a rare skeletal dysplasia Summary This Nature study identifies the biochemical function of TGDS and links its loss to Catel–Manzke syndrome via a…
