Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01459-4Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What happened next offers a masterclass in international science-diplomacy. #look #how #science #international #cooperation

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01134-8Fossil evidence points to an earlier-than-expected timeline for when reptiles, members of the four-limbed group of animals called tetrapods, began to evolve. #track #record #unexpectedly #early #reptile

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09104-wKu limits RNA-induced innate immunity to allow Alu-expansion in primates #limits #rnainduced #innate #immunity #allow

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01590-2The highs and lows of looking for ‘the one’ during a PhD. Plus, mice with a human gene grow bigger-than-usual brains and reptiles might have evolved 35 million years earlier than we thought. #daily #briefing #yes #you #can

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01425-0A device involving solar panels and a gel produces substantial amounts of water in one of the world’s driest deserts. #atacama #sunshine #helps #pull #water

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01517-xLucrative prizes are offered for an AI-powered breakthrough in communications between humans and other species. #can #help #talk #dolphins #race

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01591-1A single trapped ytterbium ion can be used to simulate complex changes in the energy levels of organic molecules interacting with light. #minimalist #quantum #computer #simulates #movements

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01538-6The US administration has cancelled ‘DEI grants’ without defining DEI, leaving health-equity researchers in the dark. #can #nihfunded #research #racism #health

Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01540-yIn response to US turmoil, premier establishments such as the European Research Council have sweetened incentives to attract talent. #brain #drain #ampltiampgtnatureampltiampgts #guide #initiatives

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01426-zImmune-system responses to cell therapies produce long-term effects on cognition in mice. #how #cart #cancer #therapies #could

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01427-yThe consumption and investments of the wealthiest 10% contribute disproportionately to the emissions that drive heat waves and drought. #worlds #richest #people #have #outsized

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01498-xThe sacs grew to roughly 2 centimeters wide and could be used to study early pregnancy. #stem #cells #coaxed #into #most

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01496-zTreatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied. #worlds #first #personalized #crispr #therapy

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01518-w‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems. #powerful #crispr #system #inserts #whole

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01500-6When LLMs are grouped together, they exhibit similar characteristics to human societies. #language #models #develop #social #norms

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01514-0Why is recruitment often speedier in industry? Julie Gould investigates what the two sectors can learn from each other in the race to source top talent. #seeking #job #science #how #hiring

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01486-1Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education. #phd #students #stem #ampltiampgtnatureampltiampgt #wants

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01523-zSystem improves chip designs and tackles unsolved maths problems, but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company. #deepmind #unveils #spectacular #generalpurpose #science

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01339-xA prediction of the gravitational waves produced by interacting black holes achieves high precision and demonstrates the link between general relativity and geometry. #black #hole #flyby #modelled #with

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08932-0Examination of a complete structural phase diagram of twisted trilayer graphene shows that several large-scale moiré domain lattices can be formed, the physical properties of which can be tuned by the twist angles between layers. #unconventional #domain #tessellations #moiréofmoiré #lattices

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01340-4An analysis of warm periods in Earth’s history helps to clarify an apparent anomaly in projections of the future behaviour of the South Asian summer monsoon. #earths #climatic #past #illuminates #future

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09001-2Neurons in the rodent dorsomedial prefrontal cortex encode a flexible internal model of emotion by linking directly experienced and inferred associations with aversive experiences. #prefrontal #encoding #internal #model #emotional

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09008-9Dopaminergic action prediction error signals are used by mice as a value-free teaching signal to reinforce stable sound–action associations in the tail of the striatum. #dopaminergic #action #prediction #errors #serve

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01436-xA place to remember. #visitors

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01463-8Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01463-8 #for #write #science #papers #ampltiampgtnatureampltiampgt #survey #shows #researchers #are #split

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01512-2What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers? Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01512-2 #take #ampltiampgtnatureampltiampgts #research #test #find #out #how #your #ethics #compare

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01385-5At sufficiently high concentrations, some of the compounds called per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances self-organize into two-layered membranes. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01385-5 #forever #molecules #arrange #themselves #into #celllike #structures

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08959-3The superconductivity in Bernal bilayer graphene that emerges from the spin–orbit coupling induced by proximal tungsten diselenide can be tuned by modulating the twist angle between the two materials. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08959-3 #twistprogrammable #superconductivity #spinorbitcoupled #bilayer #graphene

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01350-2Momentum is building for PROTAC treatments that eliminate disease-causing proteins, including those responsible for difficult-to-treat childhood cancers. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01350-2 #how #proteinslayer #drugs #could #beat #some #the #cruellest #cancers

Nature, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01489-yFive US-based researchers tell Nature why they are exploring career opportunities overseas. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01489-y #brain #drain #the #scientists #seeking #jobs #abroad #amid #trumps #assault #research