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‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald
Trump’s administration.
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Microsoft quantum computing 'breakthrough' faces fresh challenge
Analysis pokes holes in protocol that underpins Microsoft’s claim to have created the first topological
qubits.
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Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of T cell immunity
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase 1 releases T cells from immunosuppression by platelet-derived
thromboxane A2, thereby enhancing the immune response against metastasis.
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Daily briefing: The second X chromosome isn’t so silent after all
The US National Institutes of Health is terminating swathes of diversity- and climate-related grants.
Plus, the second X chromosome in female cells might explain why women tend to be more resilient
to cognitive decline than men.
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Rock hunters, tree huggers and taxi drivers: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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‘I was told to toughen up’: is academia getting resilience all wrong?
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Career Feature07 Mar 2025
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‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
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Microsoft quantum computing 'breakthrough' faces fresh challenge
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AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
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Elizabeth Gibney
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Ice-hunting Moon lander runs into trouble ― leaving scientists in suspense
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Alexandra Witze
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How a PhD student’s lab size affects their chance of future academic success
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Designer cannabinoids could be the key to pain relief without adverse effects
Current approaches to pain relief are falling short. Chemically modifying a synthetic cannabinoid
could enable scientists to capitalize on the body’s natural pain-killing pathway without evoking drug
tolerance or psychoactivity.
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It’s time to shine for LEDs made using ecofriendly quantum dots
QLEDs — light-emitting diodes that rely on nanocrystals called quantum dots — are usually made
with toxic heavy metals. A strategy has been developed to make QLEDs with a performance
comparable to that of commercially available technologies but using a more environmentally friendly
alloy of zinc, selenium, tellurium and sulfur, by improving the distribution of the tellurium atoms.
Research Briefing05 Mar 2025
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How the brain decides when to stick at it, give up or try something new
To survive, animals must continually decide whether to persevere with their current goal, switch to
a new one or disengage altogether. Three genetically defined types of neuronal cell in a small
midbrain area called the median raphe nucleus are shown to control decisions about whether to
persevere, explore or disengage.
Research Briefing05 Mar 2025
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Genus-wide plant pangenome could inform next-generation crop design
A compilation of genomes from species in the genus Solanum could help scientists to blend the
best aspects of productive staple crops and genetically diverse but under-studied indigenous crops.
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News & Views05 Mar 2025
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Ancient reef-building corals had a little help from microbial friends
Nitrogen-isotope analysis provides geochemical evidence that, similar to modern corals, some
extinct coral groups had a symbiotic association with photosynthetic microorganisms. This
‘photosymbiosis’ might have contributed to the high productivity of ancient reefs in low-nutrient
environments and puts long-term ecological research on ancient reefs into a fresh perspective.
Research Briefing05 Mar 2025
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Amazonian deforestation makes the wet season wetter, and the dry season
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Diversity in neuronal activity could be caused by differences in inputs
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Protein waste turned into antibiotics as a defence strategy of human cells
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‘Perfect potato’ designed thanks to unearthed genetic diversity
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Sensing ceramides by CYSLTR2 and P2RY6 to aggravate atherosclerosis
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Homogeneous ZnSeTeS quantum dots for efficient and stable pure-blue LEDs
By suppressing compositional heterogeneities in cadmium-free quantum dots, environmentally
friendly pure-blue-light-emitting diodes with enhanced efficiencies, lifetimes and spectral purity are
achieved, rivalling state-of-the-art cadmium-based blue quantum-dot light-emitting diodes.
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Real-time inference for binary neutron star mergers using machine learning
Analysis of gravitational waves from merging binary neutron stars was accelerated using machine
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TIR1-produced cAMP as a second messenger in transcriptional auxin signalling
cAMP produced by the TIR1/AFB receptors of the main endogenous developmental plant hormone
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