.NET 10 preview out now, likely to be near feature-complete
.NET 10 preview out now, likely to be near feature-complete Summary Microsoft has published Preview 7 of .NET 10 — the next LTS release — with a handful of notable…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds
Ageing Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein called ReHMGB1 as a circulating messenger that can propagate cellular senescence (ageing)…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Home batteries paired with rooftop solar are increasingly being organised into “virtual power plants” (VPPs) that utilities can…
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry?
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…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico and several US regions are increasingly relying on networks of residential batteries — often paired with…
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry?
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry? Summary Researchers at the University of Melbourne report a new class of photocatalysts that, like photosynthesis, absorb…
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility Summary The Nature editorial criticises the US federal government’s decision, announced by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, to cancel 22 grants totalling…
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force Summary Researchers captured time-lapse footage of human embryos embedding into a high-fidelity synthetic uterine lining. Using a collagen- and protein-rich…
Daily briefing: These rappelling robots autonomously explore underground tunnels
Daily briefing: These rappelling robots autonomously explore underground tunnels Summary This Nature Briefing (14 August 2025) highlights a set of short science news items. The lead story describes a trio…
Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? Summary NASA has issued a Request For Information (RFI) to industry for its Fission Surface Power System — a compact…