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Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse

Heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms push up the number of cases, make diseases more severe and hamper people’s ability to cope.

The UK is getting a new prime minister — what will it mean for science?

Candidates face calls to prioritize research as the leadership contest heats up.

Holly Else
News 12 Aug 2022
How does monkeypox spread? What scientists know

Prolonged contact, especially with a person’s skin lesions, is emerging as the top transmission route.

Max Kozlov
News 11 Aug 2022
Even modest climate change may lead to major transitions in boreal forests

The survival of southern boreal tree saplings decreases in response to even modest warming and reduced rainfall, which,together with species-specific growth responses, could lead to regeneration failure of currently dominant tree species.

Peter B. Reich
Raimundo Bermudez
Artur Stefanski
Article 10 Aug 2022
Will ‘Centaurus’ be the next global coronavirus variant? Indian cases offers clues

The BA.2.75 variant is rising fast in the country, but hospitalization rates are low so far.

Ewen Callaway
News 10 Aug 2022
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Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse

Heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms push up the number of cases, make diseases more severe and hamper people’s ability to cope.

McKenzie Prillaman

News 12 Aug 2022
The UK is getting a new prime minister — what will it mean for science?
Holly Else
News 12 Aug 2022
World’s largest ice sheet threatened by warm water surge
Clare Watson
News 12 Aug 2022
Twisted graphene, climate bill — the week in infographics

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Will a freeze in US–China climate talks threaten global action?
Smriti Mallapaty
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New ‘Langya’ virus identified in China: what scientists know so far
Smriti Mallapaty
News 11 Aug 2022
How does monkeypox spread? What scientists know
Max Kozlov
News 11 Aug 2022

Latest Reviews & Analysis

- Immune cells use hunger hormones to aid healing
  
  Immune cells called monocytes have long been implicated in the killing of invading bacteria. However, a closer look reveals a surprising role for them: monocytes partner with a hormone to improve skin healing after bacterial infection.
  
  Vishwa Deep Dixit
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- Magnetically soft but mechanically tough alloys
  
  Soft magnetic materials can be magnetized and demagnetized by weak magnetic fields, but lack the strength, toughness and malleability needed for many applications. An alloy that solves this problem has now been developed.
  Easo P. George
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- A map of the human heart after myocardial infarction
  
  Myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is one of the world’s biggest killers. An analysis of spatial and single-cell changes to human tissue after a heart attack provides insights into disease mechanisms and builds a resource for the discovery of therapeutics.
  
  Research Briefing 10 Aug 2022
- Low phosphorus levels limit carbon capture by Amazonian forests
  
  Understanding the processes that affect carbon storage in tropical forests is crucial for assessing the effects of climate change. An experiment reveals that a nutrient shortfall is hampering such carbon capture.
  S. Joseph Wright
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- Neurons shape the identity of microglia in the brain
  
  Microglia are immune cells that regulate the function and activity of the nervous system. Detailed molecular and spatial studies in mice reveal that different types of neuron govern the density and states of nearby microglia, interactions that can shape local neural circuits.
  
  Research Briefing 10 Aug 2022
- Sticky logic programs bacteria to form multicellular patterns
  Luis Ángel Fernández
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- The early arrival of spring doesn’t boost annual tree growth
  Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber
  Patrick Fonti
  
  News & Views 10 Aug 2022
- Boreal forest on the move
  
  Research Briefing 10 Aug 2022
- Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change
  Chris R. Stokes
  Nerilie J. Abram
  Pippa L. Whitehouse
  
  Review Article 10 Aug 2022

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An Asymmetric sp³–sp³ Cross-Electrophile Coupling Using ‘Ene’-Reductases

Haigen Fu
Jingzhe Cao
Todd K. Hyster
Article 11 Aug 2022
Pandemic-Scale Phylogenomics Reveals The SARS-CoV-2 Recombination Landscape

Yatish Turakhia
Bryan Thornlow
Russell Corbett-Detig
Article 11 Aug 2022
Context-specific emergence and growth of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

John T. McCrone
Verity Hill
Moritz U. G. Kraemer
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Quantum cascade of correlated phases in trigonally warped bilayer graphene

A cascade of gate-tunable correlated insulating and metallic phases is observed in trigonally warped Bernal bilayer graphene at large electric fields.

Anna M. Seiler
Fabian R. Geisenhof
R. Thomas Weitz
Article 10 Aug 2022
Sufficient conditions for rapid range expansion of a boreal conifer

A boreal conifer is advancing northwards into Arctic tundra, with this treeline advance facilitated by climate warming together with winter winds, deeper snow and increased soil nutrient availability.

Roman J. Dial
Colin T. Maher
Patrick F. Sullivan
Article Open Access 10 Aug 2022

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