The development of the gut microbiome from birth through to childhood is thought to be important for the pathology of diseases such as type 1 diabetes, but much is yet to be learnt about this phase of ...
From up in the air to deep beneath the ground, here is the new technology helping to enhance the way we live.
The use of synthetic pesticides is widespread, and their potentially harmful effects on wildlife — from bees to fish— and human health are well documented. Somewhat less clear are their effects on ...
Do your New Year resolutions include a plan to leave higher education? These researchers explain how to reinvent your career.
The cover shows members of a local community in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands taking part in a traditional fish drive, in which multiple members of a community work together to make the ...
Car wheels and billiard balls follow a linear path when they roll down a flat slope. More exotically shaped solids, such as oloids, trace a sinusoid-like route. In this week’s issue, Bartosz ...
From tree branches to blood vessels, physical networks are often thought of as one-dimensional wires connecting points. In this view, the need to keep the overall ‘wire length’ to a minimum is thought ...
Documents that lay out a research group’s ethos and practical guidelines are becoming increasingly popular in the academic community.
Although it has been established that human-induced warming increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, there has not been a comprehensive analysis of historical events. In this ...
Although the soma ages during life, the germ line of multicellular organisms does not. Here it is shown that Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with increased longevity turn on gene expression programs in ...
Our ability to process information into complex emotions, behaviours and decisions relies on the rich diversity of cell types that make up the human brain. Uncovering the molecular and cellular events ...
Do your New Year resolutions include a plan to leave higher education? These researchers explain how to reinvent your career.
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