Nature Portfolio

06/07/2025

84% of children with long COVID experience impaired health related quality of life compared to peers with chronic conditions, according to a study published in Communications Medicine.

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06/07/2025

Disadvantaged communities in the United States have 64% fewer public electric vehicle charging stations per capita compared to those in non-disadvantaged areas, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

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05/07/2025

A Perspective article published in npj Climate Action discusses the chronic impacts of the climate crisis on mental health and argues that adding a focus on mental health and well-being is important for advancing climate resilience.

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05/07/2025

Around 25% of U.S. infants lack detectable Bifidobacterium, regardless of birth or feeding method. This deficit could have implications for immune health and the trajectory of noncommunicable diseases, according to a study published in Communications Biology.

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04/07/2025

A Review in Nature Reviews Bioengineering explores how smart closed-loop systems can address issues with the administration of therapeutics for chronic disease management by integrating real-time biosensing with automated drug delivery, highlighting advancements in wearable and implantable technologies, artificial intelligence-enhanced control algorithms and the integration of synthetic biology for personalized, adaptive therapies.

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04/07/2025

A Perspective in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment explores the mechanisms underlying why wetland trees are a net source of methane to the atmosphere and upland trees are a net sink, and the effect environmental changes will have on these processes.

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04/07/2025

The findings of a study in Nature Microbiology show the high bioaccumulation capacity of gut bacteria for PFAS, commonly known as forever chemicals.

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04/07/2025

It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact.

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03/07/2025

A paper in Nature presents a model of climate evolution on Mars that offers an explanation for past fluctuating water availability on the Red Planet.

The research suggests that Mars had a desert-like climate with intermittent liquid water oases regulated by the Sun’s brightness, orbital variations, carbonate formation and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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03/07/2025

A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity explores the integration of genomic data and evolutionary history to summarize the state of knowledge surrounding the avian adaptive radiation that gave rise to modern birds.

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03/07/2025

Birds have an excellent ability to learn to discriminate harmless insects from those that they mimic on the basis of subtle differences in appearance, according to a study in Nature.

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03/07/2025

A study in Nature Human Behaviour shows that following the news on social media increases current affairs knowledge, the ability to discern true from false news and trust in the news.

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