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Neanderthal–human baby-making was recent — and brief

Analysis of dozens of ancient genomes reveals that close encounters between the two species took place in a narrow time window.

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Researchers are aiming to create fully accessible versions of the latest iteration of DeepMind’s blockbuster protein-structure model.

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Distinct µ-opioid ensembles trigger positive and negative fentanyl reinforcement

Experiments using fentanyl treatment of mice show that µ-opioid receptors mediate positive reinforcement in the ventral tegmental area and negative reinforcement in central amygdala, thereby identifying the circuits that lead to opioid addiction.

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Daily briefing: Why climate change is making flights rougher

Severe turbulence such as those that killed one person on a Singapore Airlines flight, could become more frequent with warming temperatures. Plus, promethium is made into a ‘complex’ for the first time and bizarre bacteria defy textbooks by writing new genes.

Katrina Krämer
Nature Briefing23 May 2024
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What steps to take when funding starts to run out
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The global economy’s 200-year growth spurt — and what comes next
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Ozempic keeps wowing: trial data show benefits for kidney disease
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Superstar porous materials get salty thanks to computer simulations
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- Seed-stashing chickadees overturn ideas about location memory
  
  Certain neurons encode memories of events that occurred in specific physical locations known as place fields. Chickadees show patterns of neuronal activity that are specific to locations of hidden food but independent of place fields.
  
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- Combined cement and steel recycling could cut CO₂ emissions
  
  Cement can be reused by including it as a component of steel recycling. This opens the way to an industrial partnership that improves the use of materials and lowers carbon emissions — but only if waste resources are well managed.
  Sabbie A. Miller
  
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- Neural pathways for reward and relief promote fentanyl addiction
  
  Neuroscientists find that two distinct neural pathways are responsible for the addictive properties of the opioid fentanyl: one mediates reward, the other promotes the seeking of relief from symptoms of withdrawal.
  Markus Heilig
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  News & Views22 May 2024
- Instability could explain the Sun’s curious cycle
  
  A phenomenon that affects the magnetic fields of rotating bodies could be involved in recurring changes in the Sun’s behaviour, which are related to a periodic flipping of its field. The proposal is a fresh take on this strange effect.
  Ellen Zweibel
  
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- Designer porous solids open up vast sandbox for materials research
  
  A simple design approach and predictive computational methods have spawned a pathway for making materials that could trap specific molecules — an ability needed for applications such as carbon capture.
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- Promethium bound: fundamental chemistry of an elusive element finally observed
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- Cells cope with altered chromosome numbers by enhancing protein breakdown
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Mapping model units to visual neurons reveals population code for social behaviour

A deep neural network with ‘knockout training’ is used to model sensorimotor transformations and neural perturbations of male Drosophila melanogaster during visually guided social behaviour and provides predictions and insights into relationships between stimuli, neurons and behaviour.

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The solar dynamo begins near the surface

Simple analytic estimates and detailed numerical calculations show that the solar dynamo begins near the surface, rather than at the much-deeper tachocline.

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Ozempic keeps wowing: trial data show benefits for kidney disease

Neanderthal–human baby-making was recent — and brief

Who will make AlphaFold3 open source? Scientists race to crack AI model

Distinct µ-opioid ensembles trigger positive and negative fentanyl reinforcement

Daily briefing: Why climate change is making flights rougher

News & Comment

How researchers in remote regions handle the isolation

What steps to take when funding starts to run out

The global economy’s 200-year growth spurt — and what comes next

Ozempic keeps wowing: trial data show benefits for kidney disease

Neanderthal–human baby-making was recent — and brief

These crows have counting skills previously only seen in people

Superstar porous materials get salty thanks to computer simulations

Latest Reviews & Analysis

Seed-stashing chickadees overturn ideas about location memory

Combined cement and steel recycling could cut CO₂ emissions

Neural pathways for reward and relief promote fentanyl addiction

Instability could explain the Sun’s curious cycle

Designer porous solids open up vast sandbox for materials research

AI networks reveal how flies find a mate

Promethium bound: fundamental chemistry of an elusive element finally observed

Cells cope with altered chromosome numbers by enhancing protein breakdown

How the same brain cells can represent both the perception and memory of faces

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Stereospecific alkenylidene homologation of organoboronates by S_NV reaction

Bitter taste TAS2R14 activation by intracellular tastants and cholesterol

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