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A study published in Nature Communications reveals that one-third of households in the Global South burn plastic waste, driven by high waste generation and costly clean fuels. The findings suggest a need for improved public waste management and affordable energy solutions. 🧪
Prevalence of plastic waste as a household fuel in low-income communities of the Global South - Nature Communications
This study surveyed key informants across 26 countries on burning plastic for waste management and energy needs. It finds high awareness of this practice, with potential drivers including inadequate waste collection and a lack of affordable fuels.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
A study published in Nature Communications reveals that one-third of households in the Global South burn plastic waste, driven by high waste generation and costly clean fuels. The findings suggest a need for improved public waste management and affordable energy solutions. 🧪
A study published in Nature Communications reveals that exposure to certain food preservatives, including potassium sorbate and sodium nitrite, correlates with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. 🧪
Associations between preservative food additives and type 2 diabetes incidence in the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort - Nature Communications
Exposure to twelve widely used preservative food additives are associated with a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort of 108,723 adults, supporting recommendations to favour fresh and minimally processed foods
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January 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A study published in Nature Communications reveals that exposure to certain food preservatives, including potassium sorbate and sodium nitrite, correlates with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. 🧪
A new type of synthetic skin that can change both its texture and colour is presented in Nature. This technology could have future applications in camouflage, soft robotics, and advanced display technologies. 🧪
Soft photonic skins with dynamic texture and colour control - Nature
Inspired by dynamic textural modulation in cephalopod skin, polymer films whose colour and surface texture can be dynamically and independently controlled are developed and demonstrated using standard electron-beam patterning tools.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A new type of synthetic skin that can change both its texture and colour is presented in Nature. This technology could have future applications in camouflage, soft robotics, and advanced display technologies. 🧪
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Orca and Pacific white-sided dolphins may hunt together, says research in Scientific Reports. Study shows orca follow dolphins to find salmon, and even share scraps: spklr.io/63328B4vsA
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December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Orca and Pacific white-sided dolphins may hunt together, says research in Scientific Reports. Study shows orca follow dolphins to find salmon, and even share scraps: spklr.io/63328B4vsA
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January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Big thanks to the Science Ministry of Serbia and our speakers, Drs. Knoblich, Guilliatt, Stewart, & Turco, and Profs. Radisic, Hedtrich, Clevers, Vunjak-Novakovic, Trayanova, Lütolf, Heilshorn, Dvir, Cho & Singh for the great event!
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A paper published in Nature Medicine presents SleepFM: a multimodal sleep foundation model trained on over 585,000 hours of polysomnography data. It can accurately predict 130 health conditions from one night of sleep, including dementia and heart failure. 🧪🩺
A multimodal sleep foundation model for disease prediction - Nature Medicine
A deep learning-based model, developed using the rich, multimodal data available from polysomnography-derived sleep recordings, performs well on common sleep analysis tasks and predicts future disease risk across a range of diseases.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A paper published in Nature Medicine presents SleepFM: a multimodal sleep foundation model trained on over 585,000 hours of polysomnography data. It can accurately predict 130 health conditions from one night of sleep, including dementia and heart failure. 🧪🩺
Hominin fossils discovered in Morocco, which have been dated to about 773,000 years ago, may be close ancestors of modern humans. The findings, published in Nature, provide insights into African populations before the earliest known Homo sapiens.🧪
Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage - Nature
New hominin fossils from the Grotte à Hominidés at Thomas Quarry I (ThI-GH) in Casablanca, Morocco, dated to around 773 thousand years ago are similar in age to Homo antecessor, yet are morphologically distinct.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Hominin fossils discovered in Morocco, which have been dated to about 773,000 years ago, may be close ancestors of modern humans. The findings, published in Nature, provide insights into African populations before the earliest known Homo sapiens.🧪
Jupiter’s moon Europa may currently have little to no active faulting at its seafloor, according to a modelling study published in Nature Communications. This prediction challenges previous assumptions and could have implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s subsurface ocean. 🧪 🔭
Little to no active faulting likely at Europa’s seafloor today - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors model the current mechanical properties of the seafloor of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, and find those rocks to be too strong to allow the kind of fracturing that, on Earth, enables rock–water chemical reactions on which chemosynthetic life relies.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Jupiter’s moon Europa may currently have little to no active faulting at its seafloor, according to a modelling study published in Nature Communications. This prediction challenges previous assumptions and could have implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s subsurface ocean. 🧪 🔭
The sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones share similarities with those of humans, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings support the hypothesis that sleep evolved across a range of species to protect against DNA damage.🧪
DNA damage modulates sleep drive in basal cnidarians with divergent chronotypes - Nature Communications
Here, the authors use the diurnal upside-down jellyfish and the crepuscular starlet sea anemone as simple nerve net models to examine the potential evolutionary origins of sleep. They describe and define sleep patterns in these species, finding that sleep deprivation increases neuronal DNA damage and that sleep facilitates genome stability.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones share similarities with those of humans, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings support the hypothesis that sleep evolved across a range of species to protect against DNA damage.🧪
A study in Nature Immunology shows that Long COVID is characterized by persistent activation of chronic inflammatory pathways and T cell exhaustion. The findings suggest new therapeutic targets and potential biomarkers of disease. go.nature.com/4oU0kib #immunosky #medsky 🧪
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A study in Nature Immunology shows that Long COVID is characterized by persistent activation of chronic inflammatory pathways and T cell exhaustion. The findings suggest new therapeutic targets and potential biomarkers of disease. go.nature.com/4oU0kib #immunosky #medsky 🧪
Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2026, from vaccines for infectious diseases to new treatments for advanced cancers and long COVID. #medsky 🧪
Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2026 - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2026, from long-awaited vaccines for infectious diseases to new treatments for advanced cancers and long COVID.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2026, from vaccines for infectious diseases to new treatments for advanced cancers and long COVID. #medsky 🧪
Nature gives a review of how the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower during 2025. 🧪
Grant cuts, arrests, lay-offs: Trump made 2025 a tumultuous year for science
How the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Nature gives a review of how the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower during 2025. 🧪
Susan Monarez was hired and then quickly fired as head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year. She’s part of the 2025 Nature’s 10. 🧪
The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired
Susan Monarez is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Susan Monarez was hired and then quickly fired as head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year. She’s part of the 2025 Nature’s 10. 🧪
Yifat Merbl found a new facet of the immune system hiding in cellular trash. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. #immunosky 🧪
This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish
Yifat Merbl is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Yifat Merbl found a new facet of the immune system hiding in cellular trash. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. #immunosky 🧪
Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of people without external guidance, according to a paper in Nature last February. go.nature.com/3WKkb8r 🧪
January 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of people without external guidance, according to a paper in Nature last February. go.nature.com/3WKkb8r 🧪
Liang Wenfeng made his name in investing before founding DeepSeek AI. He’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
The Chinese finance whizz whose DeepSeek AI model stunned the world
Liang Wenfeng is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Liang Wenfeng made his name in investing before founding DeepSeek AI. He’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
Genetic diversity has declined within two-thirds of more than 600 species over the past three decades, according to research published in Nature in January. The findings highlight the need for conservation efforts to prevent genetic diversity loss. go.nature.com/42EpVo5 🧪
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Genetic diversity has declined within two-thirds of more than 600 species over the past three decades, according to research published in Nature in January. The findings highlight the need for conservation efforts to prevent genetic diversity loss. go.nature.com/42EpVo5 🧪
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
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Precious Matsoso, a public-health official based in Pretoria, South Africa, brokered the world’s first pandemic-preparedness treaty after years of hard-fought negotiations. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
The first global pandemic treaty — and the woman who made it happen
Precious Matsoso is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Precious Matsoso, a public-health official based in Pretoria, South Africa, brokered the world’s first pandemic-preparedness treaty after years of hard-fought negotiations. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation. The findings published in Nature Medicine in January suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may increase the risk of future Alzheimer’s disease. #Medsky 🧪
Plasma proteomic evidence for increased β-amyloid pathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection - Nature Medicine
Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation. The findings published in Nature Medicine in January suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may increase the risk of future Alzheimer’s disease. #Medsky 🧪
Achal Agrawal uncovered a retraction crisis at Indian universities. His work contributed to a landmark policy change in how higher-education institutions in India are ranked. He’s part of the 2025 Nature’s 10. #Academicsky 🧪
This science sleuth revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities
Achal Agrawal is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Achal Agrawal uncovered a retraction crisis at Indian universities. His work contributed to a landmark policy change in how higher-education institutions in India are ranked. He’s part of the 2025 Nature’s 10. #Academicsky 🧪
The best science images of 2025, as picked by Nature, include the Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, and rare red lightning. See more. 🧪
The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks
The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The best science images of 2025, as picked by Nature, include the Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, and rare red lightning. See more. 🧪
Neurologist Sarah Tabrizi is leading the clinical effort that generate the first gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
‘Giant step forward’ for Huntington’s — the scientist behind the first gene therapy
Sarah Tabrizi is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Neurologist Sarah Tabrizi is leading the clinical effort that generate the first gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
Mengran Du and her team discovered the deepest-known ecosystem with animals on the planet during ocean dives in 2024 and were reported this year. She is part of 2025 Nature’s 10. 🌊 🧪
9,000 metres under the sea: this researcher found the deepest animal ecosystems on Earth
Mengran Du is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Mengran Du and her team discovered the deepest-known ecosystem with animals on the planet during ocean dives in 2024 and were reported this year. She is part of 2025 Nature’s 10. 🌊 🧪