[ad_1] Wearable electronics have a sweat problem. Most electronic materials aren’t permeable, and if a device isn’t breathable, sweat can start to build up on the skin. That’s uncomfortable for the user, and not great for the device which could lose signal quality, or just fall off. Read the paper here: A three-dimensional liquid diode … Read more
[ad_1] THE TOPIC IN BRIEF • Timekeeping is determined by ultraprecise devices called atomic clocks, but it is also aligned with Earth’s rotation, mainly for historical reasons. • Because the planet’s rate of rotation fluctuates, this alignment is maintained with the occasional addition of ‘leap seconds’ to the official time standard. • Now, Earth’s rotation … Read more
[ad_1] She was taller than me. Prettier and with better muscle tone. Shinier hair and perfect skin and teeth. Which was odd because she claimed she was me — from the future. “Mmmmf!” I said. “Sorry about the gag. Let me loosen it.” “What the hell!? You’re here to kill me — won’t that kill … Read more
[ad_1] Vaccines are usually used to prevent infectious diseases. A therapeutic cancer vaccine is different. Rather than teaching the immune system to recognize pathogens in advance of an infection, these vaccines use identifying proteins produced by cancer cells, known as antigens, to provoke a powerful immune response to existing tumours. A variety of approaches The … Read more
[ad_1] Harmless lab pranks, such as spraying objects with unexpected scents or adding googly eyes, can lift spirits and encourage research-group bonding.Credit: Juj Winn/Getty On 1 April 2022, John Prensner, then a postdoctoral researcher in cancer biology, received a surprising letter. Typed on official-looking letterhead paper, the message outlined plans for a Smithsonian Institution exhibit … Read more
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the editors at the linguistics journal Syntax publicly announced their resignations in response to changes to the manuscript-handling process imposed by its publisher, Wiley-Blackwell. “We have come to the conclusion that our position as editors of the journal is no longer tenable,” wrote editors Klaus Abels and Suzanne Flynn in an … Read more
[ad_1] Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti was interviewed by Nature’s Careers team in 2023.Credit: Massimo Di Vita/Mondadori Portfolio/Getty How can Nature’s journalists reach out to the broadest possible set of scientists and research-associated professionals in our journalism? That’s the question at the heart of our three-year effort to track the diversity of the sources interviewed in … Read more
[ad_1] Members of the US Supreme Court expressed skepticism today about arguments from a group of anti-abortion organizations and physicians seeking to restrict use of the abortion drug mifepristone in the United States. The group is challenging the US Food and Drug Administration’s decision to expand access to the medication. The justices must decide whether … Read more
[ad_1] Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The front of the Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope Receiver, the largest receiver for observing the cosmic microwave background built so far.Credit: Mark Devlin/University of Pennsylvania In a few weeks, a new observatory high in … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: The Aldo Leopold Foundation and University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Estella Bergere Leopold was a palaeobotanist whose studies of fossil pollen and spores helped to reconstruct past environments and link them to the present. Her investigations of the Cenozoic era (from 66 million years ago to the present) provided some of the first insights … Read more