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 Editorial Expression of Concern: The X-linked lymphoproliferative-disease gene product SAP regulates signals induced through the co-receptor SLAM

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 Publisher Correction: Multiple oestradiol functions inhibit ferroptosis and acute kidney injury

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 Publisher Correction: Polyamine-dependent metabolic shielding regulates alternative splicing

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 The biggest ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition

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 ADHD is on the rise, but why?

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 Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of <i>Paranthropus</i>

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 Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions

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 Extreme barocaloric effect at dissolution

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 Temporal tissue dynamics from a spatial snapshot

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 Symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism

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 Pyramidal neurons proportionately alter cortical interneuron subtypes

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 Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi

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 Core–envelope miscibility in sub-Neptunes and super-Earths

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 Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period

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 Identification of an allosteric site on the E3 ligase adapter cereblon

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 Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits

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 The potential for bridgmanite megacrysts to drive magma ocean segregation

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 Ageing promotes microglial accumulation of slow-degrading synaptic proteins

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 Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten

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 Critical role for a high-plasticity cell state in lung cancer

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 Large-scale dynamos driven by shear-flow-induced jets

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 Common variation in meiosis genes shapes human recombination and aneuploidy

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 Dissecting gene regulatory networks governing human cortical cell fate

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 Quantum spin resonance in engineered proteins for multimodal sensing

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 LetA defines a structurally distinct transporter family

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 Probing quantum mechanics with nanoparticle matter-wave interferometry

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 Relatively warm deep-water formation persisted in the Last Glacial Maximum

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 Baby-to-baby strain transmission shapes the developing gut microbiome

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 Fibre integrated circuits by a multilayered spiral architecture

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 Fibroblastic reticular cells direct the&#xa0;initiation of T cell responses via CD44

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 Biological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations

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 Accretion bursts&#xa0;crystallize silicates in a planet-forming disk

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 Convergent evolution of scavenger cell development at brain borders

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 Atmospheric microplastic emissions from land and ocean

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 <b>The transition from monocyte to tissue-resident macrophage requires DHPS</b>

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 Untangling the connection between dopamine and ADHD

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 Quantum effect observed for biggest objects yet

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 Six highlights from ADHD research

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 More than half of authors of leading research say funding is declining

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 Illuminating how the bird inner retina works without oxygen solves a 350-year-old structural mystery

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 Schrödinger’s cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever ‘superposition’

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 Is paracetamol in pregnancy a risk factor for ADHD?

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 A variety of early hominin species shared the Afar region of Ethiopia

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 ADHD treatments move beyond stimulants

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 The rich stopped buying yachts the year time went on sale

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 Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiomes

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 An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two

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 Why ADHD goes undiagnosed in girls

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 AI and nuclear energy feature strongly in agenda-setting technologies for 2026

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 Hand stencils in Indonesian cave are world’s oldest known artworks

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 ‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cells

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 Seven technologies to watch in 2026

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 Girls are starting puberty younger — why, and what are the risks?

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 Why teens with ADHD are so vulnerable to the perils of social media

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 Author Correction: Anthropogenic influences on major tropical cyclone events

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 How much protein do you actually need?

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 To gain public trust, make art central to science communication

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 US funding cuts harm aspiring young scientists, too

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 Study decision-making to understand how technology will affect behaviour

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 Fossil-fuel phase out is not enough: countries must remove atmospheric carbon

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 Mistaken identity and the psychology of human recognition

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 Daily briefing: The first documented case of tool use in cattle

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 US Congress set to reject Trump’s sweeping science budget cuts

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 Trump one year on: How six US researchers plan to protect science amid chaos and cuts

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 The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?

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 US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains

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 ‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers

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 Collective intelligence for AI-assisted chemical synthesis

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 Publisher Correction: A fault-tolerant neutral-atom architecture for universal quantum computation

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 Editorial Expression of Concern: <i>En passant</i> neurotrophic action of an intermediate axonal target in the developing mammalian CNS

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 Author Correction: An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of inorganic materials

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 Floating science stations: my month on a research vessel looking after buoys

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 ‘Greed is the iron cage of our times’ — why nationalism is here to stay

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 Can ‘toxic masculinity’ be measured? Scientists try to quantify controversial term

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 Forget formalism: mathematics was built on infighting and emotional turmoil

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