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• Select Seven technologies to watch in 2021.

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  Seven technologies to watch in 2021.

  Author:Esther LandhuisFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20212,781 words Article 1360LCOVID considerations unsurprisingly dominate the tech developments that could have a big impact in the coming year. COVID considerations unsurprisingly dominate the tech developments that could have a big impact in the...
• Select A material cracks barriers to asymmetrical toughness.

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  A material cracks barriers to asymmetrical toughness.

  From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021261 words Brief article 1170LPrecise engineering generates a structure that fractures more easily in one direction than the other. Precise engineering generates a structure that fractures more easily in one direction than the other. Author...
• Select A two-pronged attack on antibiotic-resistant microbes.

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  A two-pronged attack on antibiotic-resistant microbes.

  Authors:Youcef Mehellou and Benjamin E. WillcoxFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20211,587 words Article 1560LIsoprenoid molecules are essential in many disease-causing microorganisms, and intermediates made during their synthesis trigger immune-defence responses by [gamma][delta] T cells. 'Immunoantibiotics' exploit this dual...
• Select Akito Arima (1930-2020).

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  Akito Arima (1930-2020).

  Author:David SwinbanksFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021912 words Obituary 1390LTheoretician who simplified nuclear physics and revamped Japan's science. Theoretician who simplified nuclear physics and revamped Japan's science. Author(s): David Swinbanks Author Affiliations: Akito Arima...
• Select Data helps an anti-rabies campaign go to the dogs

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  Data helps an anti-rabies campaign go to the dogs

  From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021271 words Brief article 1300LA plan uses real-time monitoring to vaccinate more than two-thirds of a city's canines at low cost. A plan uses real-time monitoring to vaccinate more than two-thirds of a city's canines at low cost. Author...
• Select Seasonal origin of the thermal maxima at the Holocene and the last interglacial.

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  Seasonal origin of the thermal maxima at the Holocene and the last interglacial.

  Authors:Samantha Bova, Yair Rosenthal, Zhengyu Liu, Shital P. Godad, and Mi YanFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 202110,700 words Report 1590LProxy reconstructions from marine sediment cores indicate peak temperatures in the first half of the last and current interglacial periods (the thermal maxima of the Holocene epoch, 10,000 to 6,000 years ago, and the...
• Select Neural circuit mechanisms of sexual receptivity in Drosophila females.

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  Neural circuit mechanisms of sexual receptivity in Drosophila females.

  Authors:Kaiyu Wang, Fei Wang, Nora Forknall, Tansy Yang, Christopher Patrick, Ruchi Parekh, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20217,052 words Report 1570LChoosing a mate is one of the most consequential decisions a female will make during her lifetime. A female fly signals her willingness to mate by opening her vaginal plates, allowing a courting male to copulate.sup.1,2....
• Select Ground-breaking films show RNA's complex curves take shape

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  Ground-breaking films show RNA's complex curves take shape

  From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021257 words Brief article 1400LExperimental data and predictive algorithms combine to reveal the essential biomolecule's shape-shifting. Experimental data and predictive algorithms combine to reveal the essential biomolecule's shape-shifting....
• Select Measuring the [alpha]-particle charge radius with muonic helium-4 ions.

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  Measuring the [alpha]-particle charge radius with muonic helium-4 ions.

  Authors:Julian J. Krauth, Karsten Schuhmann, Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Fernando D. Amaro, Pedro Amaro, François Biraben, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20218,692 words Report 1550LThe energy levels of hydrogen-like atomic systems can be calculated with great precision. Starting from their quantum mechanical solution, they have been refined over the years to include the electron spin, the...
• Select 'Inspired choice': Biden appoints sociologist Alondra Nelson to top science post.

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  'Inspired choice': Biden appoints sociologist Alondra Nelson to top science post.

  Author:Nidhi SubbaramanFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021968 words Article 1440LScientists praise US president's selection of the bioethics and social inequality specialist to help lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy. 'Inspired choice': Biden appoints sociologist to top science post...
• Select Publisher Correction: Impacts of speciation and extinction measured by an evolutionary decay clock

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  Publisher Correction: Impacts of speciation and extinction measured by an evolutionary decay clock

  Authors:Jennifer F. Hoyal Cuthill, Nicholas Guttenberg, and Graham E. BuddFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021144 words Brief article, Corre... 1550LA Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03178-4. Author(s): Jennifer F. Hoyal Cuthill 1 2 3 4 , Nicholas Guttenberg 3 5 6 , Graham E. Budd 7 Author Affiliations: (1)...
• Select Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays.

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  Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays.

  Authors:Nathan Pacoureau, Cassandra L. Rigby, Peter M. Kyne, Richard B. Sherley, Henning Winker, John K. Carlson, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20219,140 words Report 1640LOverfishing is the primary cause of marine defaunation, yet declines in and increasing extinction risks of individual species are difficult to measure, particularly for the largest predators found in the high...
• Select Metallaphotoredox aryl and alkyl radiomethylation for PET ligand discovery

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  Metallaphotoredox aryl and alkyl radiomethylation for PET ligand discovery

  Authors:Robert W. Pipal, Kenneth T. Stout, Patricia Z. Musacchio, Sumei Ren, Thomas J. A. Graham, Stefan Verhoog, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20215,072 words Report 1680LPositron emission tomography (PET) radioligands (radioactively labelled tracer compounds) are extremely useful for in vivo characterization of central nervous system drug candidates, neurodegenerative diseases and...
• Select A deep-sea trench is a plastic dump -- and a biodiversity hotspot.

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  A deep-sea trench is a plastic dump -- and a biodiversity hotspot.

  From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021274 words Brief article 1290LPlastic bags and wrappers host a thriving community of ocean creatures. Plastic bags and wrappers host a thriving community of ocean creatures. Author Affiliations: The immobile 'polyp' form (pictured) of certain...
• Select IspH inhibitors kill Gram-negative bacteria and mobilize immune clearance.

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  IspH inhibitors kill Gram-negative bacteria and mobilize immune clearance.

  Authors:Kumar Sachin Singh, Rishabh Sharma, Poli Adi Narayana Reddy, Prashanthi Vonteddu, Madeline Good, Anjana Sundarrajan, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 202118,608 words Report 1530LIsoprenoids are vital for all organisms, in which they maintain membrane stability and support core functions such as respiration.sup.1. IspH, an enzyme in the methyl erythritol phosphate pathway of isoprenoid synthesis,...
• Select COVID variants test immunity, NIH chief and China's mixed vaccine data.

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  COVID variants test immunity, NIH chief and China's mixed vaccine data.

  From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021701 words Article 1410LThe latest science news, in brief. The latest science news, in brief. Author Affiliations: COVID variants test immunity, NIH chief and China's mixed vaccine data Vials of CoronaVac are inspected in Sao Paulo,...
• Select A thin mantle transition zone beneath the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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  A thin mantle transition zone beneath the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge

  Authors:Matthew R. Agius, Catherine A. Rychert, Nicholas Harmon, Saikiran Tharimena, and J.-Michael KendallFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20217,813 words Report 1500LThe location and degree of material transfer between the upper and lower mantle are key to the Earth's thermal and chemical evolution. Sinking slabs and rising plumes are generally accepted as locations of...
• Select Helium nucleus measured with record precision.

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  Helium nucleus measured with record precision.

  Author:Wilfried NörtershäuserFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20211,525 words Article 1410LThe size of the helium nucleus has been determined using exotic helium atoms in which one electron has been replaced with its heavier cousin, a muon. The result sheds light on a decade-old puzzle regarding the proton...
• Select The bird librarian.

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  The bird librarian.

  Author:James Mitchell CrowFrom:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021431 words Interview 1000LLeah Tsang helps to bring bird poisoners to justice as part of her role at Australia's oldest museum. Leah Tsang helps to bring bird poisoners to justice as part of her role at Australia's oldest museum. Author(s):...
• Select The moon that made Saturn a pushover.

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  The moon that made Saturn a pushover.

  From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 2021266 words Brief article 1210LScientists have a new theory for how the ringed planet got its tilt. Scientists have a new theory for how the ringed planet got its tilt. Author Affiliations: Saturn (left) might have the migration of its moon...