By the time you hear these bats, it’s too late
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 01 November 2025 The fringe-lipped bat ambushes its prey, helping to make it an exceptionally efficient hunter. Source link...
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Electromagnetic interference shielding using metal and MXene thin films
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...
How Napoleon’s army met its doom: DNA reveals surprise illnesses had a role
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...
These iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?
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’...
do we even need a replacement?
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...
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
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...
Where microbes are welcome guests
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...
The world’s first plastics treaty is in crisis: can it be salvaged?
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...
KCTD10 is a sensor for co-directional transcription–replication conflicts
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)....
Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
You have full access to this article via your institution. Head of the US Food and Drugs Administration Marty Makary at the White House on 22 September.Credit: Andrew Harnik/GettyOn 22 September, the United States’ top public-health officials stood alongside President...
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