A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution from a temperate forest landscape in Germany shows that a single year of tree responses to intense insect herbivory can counteract a decade of environmentally driven shifts in spring phenology. go.nature.com/4uASGMU 🌍🧪

A Primer in Nature Reviews Disease Primers discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and quality of life of people with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or pancreatic cancer, which remains one of the deadliest malignancies globally. go.nature.com/4dm9Nv0 #medsky 🧪

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A staffing shortage is making it difficult for the US National Institutes of Health to spend its US$47-billion budget by awarding research grants. go.nature.com/4dal2b5

Combined extreme climate events are likely to become more common in the future if carbon emissions continue to rise, a paper in Nature suggests. The study finds that the frequency of compound events is linked to cumulative carbon dioxide emissions. go.nature.com/49rkco0 🌍🧪

Satellite data shows that the Tonga volcanic eruption in 2022 partly cleaned up its own methane pollution, according to a paper in Nature Communications. Volcanic particles created chlorine atoms that broke down methane. go.nature.com/4359aB9 🌍⚒️🧪

Obesity trends have continued to rise in low- and middle-income countries over the past 45 years, but have plateaued in many high-income countries, a study in Nature reports. go.nature.com/4f3bYGv 🧪

The world's largest #MentalHealthResearch science prize is here. The Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science with Nature will support breakthroughs in anxiety, depression & psychosis: $1 million to the winner; $250K each to 3 finalists. Learn more at: go.nature.com/49FgkzJ#MentalHealthResearch#MindTheScience

Coloured micro- and nanoplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute to global warming at a level equivalent to 16.2% of that caused by soot, with higher values seen over oceanic garbage patches, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. go.nature.com/4uvtzv9 🌍🌊🧪

Enamel proteins from the teeth of six Homo erectus individuals that lived in China around 400,000 years ago offer insights into how ancient genetic material might have made its way into modern humans, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3PmzHXA 🏺🧬🧪

Strategies for maintaining weight lost following injectable treatment or via dieting are described in two unrelated randomised controlled trials published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4tAkDUq go.nature.com/4fgodiL #medsky 🧪

🤒🥶🌱📉 California’s winter chill problem isn’t “future risk” anymore. Year-to-year temperature swings are already driving crop-damaging chill shortfalls, earlier than expected. 🧪🌍 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Registration and abstract submissions are now open for Next Generation Cancer Therapeutics. This Nature Conference will bring together leading global researchers who are transforming the landscape of cancer therapies for discussions and networking. go.nature.com/4eHSlnc #STEMConference

Faecal #microbiome profiling of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) before and 12 months after bariatric surgery links surgery-induced changes in microbiota composition to metabolic improvements and potentially to T2D remission, according to a paper in Nature Metabolism. 🧪

A study in Nature Communications shows trees reduce half of the urban heat island effect but can offset only a small share of future climate warming, with cooling benefits unevenly distributed and lowest where heat risk is highest. go.nature.com/4u6wXN3 🌍🧪

Antibiotic resistance is one of the defining scientific and medical challenges of our time. Can generative AI help us not only discover new antibiotics, but optimize them?

Insect pollinator species are responsible for more than 40% of household income and a large proportion of key nutrient intake (for example, over 20% of vitamin A intake) in Nepalese farming communities, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4cWgp4g 🌍🧪

An online cross-sectional survey across 30 countries, including 31,000 adults, explores perceptions of quality health information, with respect to source type and inclusion of AI-generated content, according to a paper in Nature Health. go.nature.com/4u2tNtD 🧪

A study in Nature Sustainability shows sea-level rise is already causing population retreat in coastal Louisiana and uses geological history and demographic data to argue that early, planned relocation can guide global climate adaptation. go.nature.com/4eHOh6q 🌍🌊🧪

A study in Nature Metabolism shows Metformin, a versatile biguanide drug primarily prescribed for type II diabetes, exert its glucose-lowering and additional clinical effects through inhibition of mitochondrial complex I in the intestinal epithelium in mice. go.nature.com/48Vl6Jn 🧪

By accelerating the identification of DNA sequences that control gene expression, assays are revealing the hidden grammar of the regulatory genome and giving scientists the means to rewrite it, according to a technology feature in Nature. 🧬🧪

A rather clever bit of satellite mapping of NO2 above cities combined with a measure of local GDP has revealed which cities have managed to grow economically while cutting their fossil-fuel-based emissions. Some are quite surprising. My latest for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Observations of a distant object beyond Pluto suggest that it is surrounded by a thin atmosphere, potentially fuelled by ice volcanoes or produced by the impact of a comet-like body, according to research in Nature Astronomy. go.nature.com/4n5Kgup 🔭🧪

A paper in Nature Neuroscience describes a system that uses brain signals in real time to identify the voice a listener is focusing on and selectively amplifies it among a group of different speakers. go.nature.com/4u4IEUn #Neuroskyence 🧪

A Perspective in Nature Reviews Physics reviews recent progress in relation to three old yet unsolved problems on supercooled liquids and glasses, emphasizing the different approaches and focuses of physics and chemistry. 🔒

Multimodal machine learning reveals that tumour microenvironments can be decomposed into spatially organized multicellular ecosystems that can be accessed non-invasively via liquid biopsy and used to profile individual cancers and target treatments, according to a paper in Nature. #medsky 🧪

Scientific figures can strongly influence how research findings are interpreted. This ‘How to’ Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour outlines a practical strategy for creating figures that communicate clearly across audiences and scientific contexts. go.nature.com/3R00b1t #Academicsky 🧪

Individual traits and experiences jointly shape dream content. An analysis in Communications Psychology reveals systematic patterns showing how dreams reflect personality, sleep quality, and external stressors. go.nature.com/422N7e9 🧪

A study in Nature Communications shows that life began using molybdenum and tungsten enzymes as early as 3.7–3.1 billion years ago, It also reveals that key metabolic processes arose despite scarce metals, highlighting the early adaptability of microbial life. 🧪

Some clinicians are pushing to broaden testosterone use, but there is debate about its benefits and risks. A feature in Nature outlines the evidence for the safety and benefits of testosterone replacement. #medsky 🧪

Understanding early-life environmental exposures is crucial for protecting lifelong health and should be prioritized in developing exposomics studies and infrastructures worldwide, Martine Vrijheid argues in a Comment article in Nature Health. go.nature.com/4dem18X 🧪

There is growing evidence that extreme events linked to anthropogenic climate change can have important effects on biodiversity. A paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution assesses the exposure of terrestrial vertebrates to multiple types of extreme climate events globally. go.nature.com/4e7pMiC 🌍🧪

Concerns that sustained thought is under assault have become even more acute in the digital era. A feature in Nature reports on the research across psychology and neuroscience that has built up a more nuanced picture of what is happening to our attention spans. 🧪

A study in Nature Communications shows that capillary blood sampling at home using fingerprick testing provides reliable biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease. They correlate with cognition and can identify people at highest risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. #Alzsky #medsky 🧪

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution from a temperate forest landscape in Germany shows that a single year of tree responses to intense insect herbivory can counteract a decade of environmentally driven shifts in spring phenology. go.nature.com/4uASGMU 🌍🧪

A paper in Nature reports insights into family structures and demographic changes of Central Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. This era witnessed the emergence of new societies through the blending of previously genetically distinct groups. go.nature.com/4cHIv36 🏺🧬🧪

Renewable energy remains more cost effective for climate and health outcomes than direct air capture except under highly optimistic technology improvements, according to a study in Communications Sustainability. go.nature.com/3P2suvJ 🧪

A technology feature in Nature Methods outlines AI agent systems, which are being built on top of large language models and can conduct autonomous analyses, and how choosing among the offerings takes a balance of curiosity, excitement, and skepticism. 🧪

A study in Nature Communications tracks the induced anatomical and functional brain changes detected one hour and one month after healthy adults were given their first psychedelic experience, 25mg psilocybin. go.nature.com/4tmFevf 🧪

New online! Next-generation probiotics: an outlook into current applications and future developments

A new cross-journal @natureportfolio.nature.com collection on carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) is now open for submissions until 16 January 2027. Bringing together science on risks, opportunities, and accountability. Edited by Jay Fuhrman and me go.nature.com/48dU6V8 #CDR #ClimateScience #mCDR 🌊

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🎉 An inspiration to me & millions of others around the globe & across the generations! We share more than our passion for the natural world but also a deep appreciation for ceramics! His collection is magnificent! 🧪 www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. A feature in Nature outlines how neurosciences are researching them for insights into how intelligence evolved. #Neuroskyence 🧪

A study in Nature Health shows that people who were assigned to report their symptoms to a chatbot produced significantly lower quality reports than those who were assigned to report to a human physician. go.nature.com/4erLsGm #medsky 🧪

A paper in Nature Medicine presents a machine learning-based risk prediction tool that provides a framework for prioritizing high-risk individuals with overweight or obesity based on their risk of obesity-related complications. go.nature.com/3QSAhga #medsky 🧪

An outbreak of hantavirus onboard a cruise ship has thrown a spotlight on the rare but deadly infection and the lack of options for treatment and prevention. Virologist Jay Hooper has been working for decades to develop vaccines for the virus and spoke with Nature about why they remain elusive. 🧪

The results of a study in Nature Neuroscience suggest early dysfunction of lateral entorhinal cortex-projecting dopamine neurons underlie memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease from early stages, pointing to a need for clinical investigation of LEC dopamine in patients with AD. #Neuroskyence 🧪

Insect pollinator species are responsible for more than 40% of household income and a large proportion of key nutrient intake (for example, over 20% of vitamin A intake) in Nepalese farming communities, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4cWgp4g 🌍🧪

A paper in Nature Mental Health presents a neural network model that predicts attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis years before a typical clinical identification. go.nature.com/4thItnu #medsky 🧪