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Autistic people three times more likely to develop Parkinson’s-like symptoms
A carer helps a patient in a Swiss day-care centre for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease.Credit: Amelie-Benoist/BSIP/Science Photo Library A…
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physicist who predicted boson that explains why particles have mass
Credit: Toni Albir/EPA/Shutterstock During a few weeks in the summer of 1964, Peter Higgs, a theoretical physicist at the University…
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Nanoscale scythe cuts molecular tethers using mechanical forces
Liu, J., Kang, W. & Wang, W. Photochem. Photobiol. 98, 288–302 (2022). Article PubMed Google Scholar Liu, J. et al.…
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official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results
Ranga Dias, the physicist at the centre of the room-temperature superconductivity scandal, committed data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, according to…
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Will the Gates Foundation’s preprint-centric policy help open access?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s top biomedical research funders, will from next year require grant…
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How synthetic biologists are building better biofactories
Scientists have used microorganisms to produce beneficial chemicals for decades. By providing the microbes with enzymes and metabolic pathways, researchers…
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is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Social-media platforms aren’t always social.Credit: Getty The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of…
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Deep-sea mining plans should not be rushed
Giant excavators for use in deep-sea mining must stay parked for now.Credit: Nigel Roddis/Reuters For more than a week, representatives…
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what it means for the future
A pig kidney is unpacked for transplant into 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Massachusetts.Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital Early success in the…
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Planet-eating stars hint at hidden chaos in the Milky Way
A star in the process of consuming a planet (artist’s conception).Credit: NG Images/Alamy Stellar detectives have identified seven stars that…
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