Category Science & Discovery

NEWS AND VIEWS 19 February 2025 Tumour cells often have problems processing messenger RNA. The finding that these splicing errors result in commonly expressed peptides that are recognized by immune cells offers a target for cancer treatments. Source link

Rubidium could be the next key player in oxide-ion conductors. Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have discovered a rare rubidium (Rb)-containing oxide-ion conductor, Rb₅BiMo₄O₁₆, with exceptionally high conductivity. Identified through computational screening and experiments, its superior performance stems from…

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Left: Snapshot of a molecular dynamics simulation of supercooled water. Right: Phase diagram of supercooled water predicted by molecular dynamics simulations with the DNN@MB-pol potential. The predicted liquid-liquid critical point is indicated as a star at the end of the…

Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00298-7 The mechanism that causes static electricity to build up is a mystery. Experiments now reveal that materials ‘remember’ past contacts with each other — and this determines how electric charge is transferred in…

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly. Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes…

There was a time when tomatoes were a death sentence—at least, that’s what many Europeans believed between the 16th and 18th centuries. And while they do belong to the nightshade plant family (Solanaceae), those “poison apples” weren’t really poisoning the…

The entrance to the newly discovered tomb of King Thutmose II. Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities Thutmose II was the fourth ruler of the illustrious ancient Egyptian 18th dynasty, which included Tutankhamun. Now, the location of his long-lost tomb, one…

Generative AI is being used to generate immersive video-game worlds.Credit: Jens Schlueter/Getty Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have upended creative industries from music and film to scientific publishing. Now they’re upending the world of video games, too. In a study…

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain’s activity related to visual perception as geometric patterns. They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal activity in the temporal and frontal lobes of the brain…