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The Silk Roads’ mysterious treasures and the dawn of the ‘Hellocene’: Books in brief
Einstein’s Tutor Lee Phillips PublicAffairs (2024) Major studies of Albert Einstein’s work contain minimal, if any, reference to the role
The Ice Age
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My paper was proved wrong. After a sleepless night, here’s what I did next
Two juvenile lynx (Lynx lynx) photographed by a camera trap. Data on individual animals can be combined with species occurrence
what would change if scientists created the prizes now
Members of the Swedish royal family join laureates on stage at the 2023 Nobel awards ceremony.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty
double win sparks debate about scientific fields
The 2024 chemistry Nobel went to researchers who developed AI-powered tools to design proteins and predict their structures. Credit: Christine
‘Phenomenal’ tool sequences DNA and tracks proteins — without cracking cells open
An imaging method reveals various proteins (blue, yellow and magenta) inside the nucleus of a human connective-tissue cell.Credit: Ajay Labade,
AI scans RNA ‘dark matter’ and uncovers 70,000 new viruses
Newly-discovered viruses live in hydrothermal vents and other extreme environments. Credit: Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to
AlphaFold developers share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Two comb jellies fuse their bodies and then act as one
Comb jellies just got weirder. The sea creatures, known to produce disco-light-like displays, belong to the first group to branch
How AI-powered science search engines can speed up your research
Tasks such as literature review can be made easier with AI tools, but they must be used with caution.Credit: Olena