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The findings of a study in Scientific Reports support the Two-Way Hypothesis, demonstrating that human interaction style...
18/09/2026

The findings of a study in Scientific Reports support the Two-Way Hypothesis, demonstrating that human interaction style can influence animal behavior and that this behavioral variation corresponds to differences in human emotional outcomes.

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The best medicines go exactly where they’re needed in the body and nowhere else. The latest Nature Outlook examines drug...
18/09/2026

The best medicines go exactly where they’re needed in the body and nowhere else. The latest Nature Outlook examines drug delivery.

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AI is poised to reshape clinical trials, addressing challenges in design, recruitment, monitoring and conduct. A Review ...
18/09/2026

AI is poised to reshape clinical trials, addressing challenges in design, recruitment, monitoring and conduct. A Review in Nature Reviews Bioengineering outlines a framework built on deeply phenotyped cohorts, validated surrogate end points, digital twins and agentic AI systems that could shorten timelines and support the trial life cycle.

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How does an artist find themselves working in a chemistry lab and co-authoring a research paper in Nature? Claudia Rosa ...
17/09/2026

How does an artist find themselves working in a chemistry lab and co-authoring a research paper in Nature? Claudia Rosa writes about the path to becoming a ‘scientartist’ in this Behind the Paper post.

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A study in Communications Health finds that short-term exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased ...
17/09/2026

A study in Communications Health finds that short-term exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased nocturnal cough frequency at the population level, suggesting that respiratory symptoms may respond to air pollution at lower exposure levels than previously recognized.

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A study in Communications Biology shows that Antarctic krill ecology may be more closely connected to hydrothermal vents...
17/09/2026

A study in Communications Biology shows that Antarctic krill ecology may be more closely connected to hydrothermal vents than previously recognized.

A study in Nature demonstrates that human brain organoids (3D brain-like tissue grown from human cells) transplanted int...
16/09/2026

A study in Nature demonstrates that human brain organoids (3D brain-like tissue grown from human cells) transplanted into mice replicate some features of brain development, including the formation of functional neural networks that can support brain activity.

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Executive function develops across childhood. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology critically examines how executive fu...
16/09/2026

Executive function develops across childhood. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology critically examines how executive function is measured and synthesizes evidence on how experience fosters the development of executive function skills.

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The United Kingdom’s universities are under pressure. Nature asked eight leaders in higher education what they thought a...
16/09/2026

The United Kingdom’s universities are under pressure. Nature asked eight leaders in higher education what they thought about the state of UK institutions. Here’s how they answered.

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A paper in Nature Communications reports a detailed structural analysis of the Roman Empire’s entire road network, cover...
15/09/2026

A paper in Nature Communications reports a detailed structural analysis of the Roman Empire’s entire road network, covering topographical information from nearly 300,000 km of roads.

The findings suggest that Roman roads were not as uniformly straight as previously thought and highlight the long-term effects of Roman roads on modern towns and transportation systems.

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