To produce enough ‘critical metals’ such as copper, lithium and nickel to support the green-energy transition, the mining industry needs to boost operations two-to-fivefold worldwide by 20501. Geopolitical tensions, environmental damage and social conflicts will constrain this growth2. But another...
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 01 November 2025 The fringe-lipped bat ambushes its prey, helping to make it an exceptionally efficient hunter. Source link...
Joo, K. et al. High performance package-level EMI shielding of Ag epoxy composites with spray method for high frequency FCBGA package application. In Proc. 2018 IEEE 20th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC) 674–680 (IEEE, 2018).Erickson, S. & Sakaguchi, M. Application...
Nature, Published online: 24 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03487-6Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from Moscow reveal two bacterial diseases that probably added to the death count. Source link...
Elkhorn coral off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Credit: Sam Hodge/AlamyTwo years after a record-setting heatwave, scientists have confirmed that two iconic corals that have flourished across Florida’s 560-kilometre-long reef for more than 10,000 years are now ‘functionally extinct’...
The statue of Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, UK.Credit: Steve Meddle/ShutterstockToday’s best artificial intelligence (AI) models sail through the Turing test, a famous thought experiment that asks whether a computer can pass as a human by interacting via text.Some see...
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available. Data gathered by Nature show that researchers, especially those at the start of their...
Living materials Colomina compares modern architecture to antibiotics. Just as the widespread use of these drugs has driven antibiotic resistance, architecture has “created its own monsters”, she writes in The Architectural Review. There is evidence that autoimmune diseases, allergies and...
Global consumption of plastics is on the rise, but only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled. Credit: Justin Sullivan/GettyCrucial negotiations on what would have been the first ever global agreement to limit plastic pollution collapsed last month amid...
Cell linesHEK293T, HeLa and U2OS cells were purchased from ATCC. All cell lines were authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis performed at Mayo Clinic. Cell lines were routinely tested for Mycoplasma contamination. HEK293T and HeLa cells were maintained in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM)....
