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Google AI model mines trillions of images to create maps of Earth ‘at any place and time’ Nature - The system will save time spent on processing satellite data, researchers say — but they hope the tech firm will share more about how it works.

Google has released an AI model that acts as a ‘virtual satellite’ to weave together trillions of disparate observations to track changes in land and shallow waters across Earth

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mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people Nature - Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins.

Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV

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Potato, tomahto: the roots of the modern tater A meet-cute millions of years ago gave rise to the tubers of today’s potatoes.

A surprising potato–tomato tryst about nine million years ago might have led to the characteristic underground tuber of the modern potato

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Scientists mourn Tom Lehrer — nerdiest of singer-songwriters Nature - The mathematician's memorable satires were beloved by generations of researchers.

Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer spent most of his life as an academic mathematician

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Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution Nature - Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes.

Scientists have mapped individual sugar molecules on the surface of cells at a resolution once thought to be impossible for light microscopes

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‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu Nature - Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.

Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse

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The quest to detect consciousness — in all its possible forms Nature - Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI.

Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI

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Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows Nature - First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science — and makes much of modern life possible

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Mystery food in Neanderthal diet might be maggots Nature - Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae.

A mysterious chemical signature seen in the remains of Neanderthals might be explained if they often snacked on a special culinary garnish: maggots

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Allergy-triggering proteins share a common characteristic Why do only certain molecules drive allergies? A feature now identified among some allergy-causing proteins is their ability to form pores in cells.

Why do only certain molecules drive allergies?

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Earth's deepest ecosystem discovered six miles below the sea Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 30 July 2025

Latest from the Nature Pod 🔊 Earth's deepest ecosystem discovered six miles below the sea

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Physicists should revel in the diversity of ways to understand quantum mechanics Nature - Nature survey shows that disagreement about the meaning of quantum physics remains strong, even 100 years in. And that’s OK.

Ask a bunch of physicists to explain a quantum experiment and you’re unlikely to get the same description twice

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Transient APC/C inactivation by mTOR boosts glycolysis during cell cycle entry - Nature APC/C activity is transiently inhibited to generate a pulse of glycolysis that is required for mammalian cell cycle entry.

Nature research paper: Transient APC/C inactivation by mTOR boosts glycolysis during cell cycle entry

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Remodelling of corticostriatal axonal boutons during motor learning - Nature Individual boutons on mouse corticostriatal axons exhibit differential selectivity for rewarded and unrewarded movements during motor learning, and the proportion of reward-responsive boutons increases.

Nature research paper: Remodelling of corticostriatal axonal boutons during motor learning

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‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

A US Senate committee endorsed maintaining the NIH's structure and increasing its funding by US$400 million, or about 1%

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India to penalize universities with too many retractions Having a lot of withdrawn papers will soon count against institutions but some warn the policy could create issues.

India’s national university ranking will start penalizing institutions if a sizable number of papers published by their researchers are retracted

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Pathology-oriented multiplexing enables integrative disease mapping - Nature Pathology-oriented multiplexing (PathoPlex) represents a framework for widespread access to multiplexed imaging and computational image analysis of clinical specimens at a relatively high throughput and subcellular resolution.

Nature research paper: Pathology-oriented multiplexing enables integrative disease mapping

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I could not have become an astronomer on my own An astronomy conference changed the course of Brenda Namumba’s career and taught her the importance of networks.

An astronomy conference changed the course of Brenda Namumba’s career and taught her the importance of networks

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Intricate origins of ice mummy’s ink revealed Imaging suggests that more than one tattooist applied pigment to the hands and forearms of a woman who lived more than two millennia ago.

A 3D scan of a mummy reveals some of the techniques used by ancient tattooists

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Potato, tomahto: the roots of the modern tater A meet-cute millions of years ago gave rise to the tubers of today’s potatoes.

A surprising potato–tomato tryst about nine million years ago might have led to the characteristic underground tuber of the modern potato

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Observation of elusive interaction between neutrinos and atomic nuclei Neutrinos are particles that are notoriously hard to detect, but observations of a process called coherent elastic neutrino–nucleus scattering could enable physicists to develop better ways of studying them.

This process could enable physicists to develop better ways of studying neutrinos

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mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins.

Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV

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A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate - Nature Together with a companion paper, the generation of a transcriptomic atlas for the mouse lemur and analyses of example cell types establish this animal as a molecularly tractable primate model organism.

Nature research paper: A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate

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Determinants of successful AAV-vectored delivery of HIV-1 bNAbs in early life - Nature A single dose of an adeno-associated virus vector encoding an HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody given shortly after birth results in persistent antibody expression and protection from infection in rhesus macaque models of human HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding and sexual intercourse.

Nature research paper: Determinants of successful AAV-vectored delivery of HIV-1 bNAbs in early life

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Google AI model mines trillions of images to create maps of Earth ‘at any place and time’ The system will save time spent on processing satellite data, researchers say — but they hope the tech firm will share more about how it works.

Google has released an AI model that acts as a ‘virtual satellite’ to weave together trillions of disparate observations to track changes in land and shallow waters across Earth

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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Diffusing protein binders to intrinsically disordered proteins - Nature Using RFdiffusion, a general method for targeting intrinsically disordered proteins and regions for protein design has been developed.

Nature research paper: Diffusing protein binders to intrinsically disordered proteins

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SMART tool builds proteins on cell surfaces Researchers can target effector proteins to cells on the basis of which molecules those cells express.

Scientists have created a tool that manufactures working proteins directly on the surfaces of cells

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AI expands the repertoire of CRISPR-associated proteins for genome editing A generative artificial-intelligence tool has designed a synthetic CRISPR system that successfully edits human DNA and sharply reduces off-target effects.

A generative artificial-intelligence tool has designed a synthetic CRISPR system that successfully edits human DNA

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My AI chatbot thinks my idea is fundable A dialogue with artificial intelligence has changed how Angela Steinauer thinks through her ideas. The trick is staying sceptical and asking better questions.

A dialogue with artificial intelligence has changed how Angela Steinauer thinks through her ideas

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