The quest to build bionic limbs that feel like the real thing
Scott Imbrie still remembers the first time that physicians switched on the electrodes sitting on the surface of his brain.
Global warming is on the cusp of crucial 1.5 °C threshold, suggest ice-core data
Global warming caused by humans might be closer to a crucial climate threshold than current estimates suggest. A study1 of
The next massive volcano eruption will cause climate chaos — and we are unprepared
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions are rare — but inevitable. Governments should not only work to stem global warming, but also prepare
Your dissertation is your business card!
Credit: Romieg/Shutterstock Finishing your doctoral dissertation is a challenging and often stressful process — at least, it was for me.
Trump’s shadow looms at climate summit: what COP29 could deliver
The COP29 climate summit, where negotiators from more than 200 nations will meet, opened on 11 November.Credit: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via
Dining with dinosaurs and more: Books in brief
The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney MIT Press (2024) Around half of the global population write in a script unsuited
virtual embryo shows organs forming in exquisite detail
Researchers have created the most detailed 3D cellular map yet of a mouse embryo, visualizing close to eight million cells1.
How I’m turning seaweed into biofuel for cars on Barbados
“Barbados has committed to becoming fossil-fuel-free by 2030, but that will probably cause huge economic damage because not a lot
AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source
AlphaFold3 can predict the structures of proteins as they interact with DNA.Credit: Werel et al./American Society for Microbiology, Mol*, RCSB
superposed crystal could test whether gravity obeys quantum laws
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 11 November 2024 Method could probe whether a key tenet of quantum mechanics applies to gravity, which has