Clone copy number diversity is linked to survival in lung cancer Summary This Nature paper introduces ALPACA, a computational method that infers allele-specific copy numbers for individual tumour clones from…
Sun-powered flyers could explore the mysterious mesosphere Summary Researchers describe a one-centimetre solar-powered flyer that levitates using thermal transpiration: two thin, perforated membranes let gas flow from the warm side…
Acidic oxygen reduction by single-atom Fe catalysts on curved supports Summary This Nature article reports a new Fe/N–C electrocatalyst architecture composed of numerous nanoprotrusions on two-dimensional carbon layers, with single-atom…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico, California, Texas and parts of New England are increasingly using home solar-plus-battery systems as aggregated “virtual…
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry? Summary Researchers in the Polyzos group at the University of Melbourne report a new class of photocatalysts…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers report that a form of the protein HMGB1 — referred to in the study as ReHMGB1…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Content summary The Slashdot post summarises reporting (via MSN/Washington Post) on how networks of home batteries paired with rooftop…
Summary Researchers in the Polyzos group at the University of Melbourne report a new class of multi-photon photocatalysts that mimic aspects of photosynthesis, allowing synthetic chemistry to capture and use…
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force Summary Researchers filmed, in real time, a human embryo embedding itself into a high-fidelity synthetic uterine lining. Using a collagen-…
Daily briefing: These rappelling robots autonomously explore underground tunnels Summary This Nature Briefing (14 August 2025) highlights a set of short, high-impact stories. Lead item: a team of robots that…
