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Physicists Observe Hall Effect in Trion Fluids Within Electron–Hole Double Layers
A long-predicted quirk of quantum materials has finally been caught in action. In an elegant set of experiments described in...
How Plants Strike a Balance Between Immune Power and Growth
Plants cannot run from their enemies, so they have evolved an extraordinary arsenal of molecular sentinels that detect invading pathogens...
Raw Dog Food Diets Face Scrutiny Over Nutrition, Pathogens and One Health Risks
Raw meat-based diets, often marketed under labels such as BARF or biologically appropriate raw food, have moved from a fringe...
AI That Knows When It Doesn’t Know: Language Models Enter the Lab as Uncertainty-Calibrated Discovery Engines
A new perspective published in Nature Machine Intelligence argues that large language models, the same class of artificial intelligence systems...
Wheat Faces Rising Heat, Salt and Drought: Scientists Map the Genes That Could Save It
Wheat feeds more of humanity than almost any other crop, and the pressure on it has never been greater. Meeting...
AI Maps a Hidden Neutrophil Niche in Lung Cancer and Flags a New Drug Target
Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common form of lung cancer, and one of its most dangerous tricks is a process...
Springer Nature Honors Standout Journal Editors With 2026 Editor of Distinction Awards
Springer Nature has opened the nomination window for its 2026 Editor of Distinction Awards, the annual program through which the...
Silencing SCAMP3 Eases Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension by Engaging the Ubiquitin Ligase WWP1
Pulmonary hypertension remains one of the most stubborn challenges in cardiovascular medicine, and a new study now points to an...
Polarization Superjunctions Could Unlock the Next Era of Power Electronics
Power electronics rarely make headlines, yet nearly every watt that flows through an electric vehicle, a solar farm, a data...
Cotton Farms in Benin Show Steady Productivity and Profit Growth, Study Finds
Cotton is far more than a crop in Benin. It anchors the national economy, accounts for roughly 90 percent of...
Scientists Target the CD73-Adenosine Axis to Break Lung Cancer’s Immune Shield
Lung cancer remains the deadliest malignancy worldwide, and non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC, accounts for the vast majority of...
Female Rats Work Harder for Fatty Treats, but Gut Microbes May Not Be the Reason
Why do so many people reach for a bag of chips or a slice of cake when they are not...
Hidden Bacteria in Brazilian Coffee Soils Could Replace Synthetic Fertilizers
Deep in the soils of Brazil’s coffee heartland, a quiet revolution is brewing. Researchers at the Federal University of Viçosa...
Solar-Powered Photoelectrochemical Cells Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Methanol Fuel
Carbon dioxide, the molecule most blamed for warming the planet, is increasingly being viewed not just as a waste product...
Ultrasound Atlas of Healthy Childhood Entheses Could Transform Juvenile Arthritis Diagnosis
For children complaining of heel pain, hip stiffness, or aching knees, one of the most difficult questions a pediatric rheumatologist...
New Software pSTRminer Uncovers Thousands of Forensic DNA Markers in Cattle
When investigators arrive at a crime scene, they do not always find human DNA. Hair from a dog, blood from...
Ants Prove Surprisingly Resilient to Moderate Urban Disturbance in Mediterranean Forest
In the wooded foothills of Mount Hymettus, on the northern edge of Athens, an unusual ecological experiment has been unfolding...
Earthworm Immune Cells Falter When They Eat Plastic Laced with Additives
Beneath every healthy soil ecosystem lies an army of unassuming engineers. Earthworms churn, aerate and enrich the ground we depend...
Machine Learning Reads Genome Sequences to Reveal Hidden Microbial Symbionts Across Earth’s Biomes
Symbiosis is one of the most consequential forces in the history of life. Bacteria and archaea that live in intimate...
Chiral Metal Ligand Architectures Push Asymmetric Catalysis Toward Greener Chemical Manufacturing
Chemists have long relied on a deceptively simple trick to build complex molecules: persuade a reaction to favor one mirror-image...