The narwhal tusk assembles its macroscopic helix from building blocks with opposing twists - Nature Communications

Narwhal tusks are macroscopically helical and chiral. This structure originates from left- and right-handed helices of tusk nanostructural components. The double helix creates a straight, mechanically...

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How India Built a 600 Million-Strong Middle Class | Bharat Bioscope with Palki Sharma | IGR

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Potential factors contributing to extreme longevity in the Greenland shark

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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026)

Marcus passed away on July 16. He was 102.

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How should I respond to race-based exclusion in my lab?

A researcher in Europe feels left out of their team and held to different standards from their colleagues. How can they challenge exclusion without risking their position?

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Jellyfish sleep a lot like us—and for the same reasons

Study adds to evidence that sleep likely evolved among ancient animals as a means of repairing neurons

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Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work

Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.

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‘Beyond COP’ climate summit puts scientists at the centre of the action

Researchers presented ways for nations to phase out fossil fuels at an international meeting of countries ready to take action.

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‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more

Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.

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Huge analysis of 320,000 careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way

Early publishing success, team size and international collaborations are some of the best predictors of future publication rates.

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The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?

Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal their top time-management tips.

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Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry

Some researchers use verse to visualize complex problems or translate the wonders of science for wider audiences.

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Textiles with ‘water shield’ nano-coating can be cleaned without detergent

Self-cleaning coating could cut water use and reduce release of microplastics

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Metal-centered X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy of iron corroles: implications for ligand non-innocence - Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D6SC00669H

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Self-Sterilizing Surfaces

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How to Speak

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How to build an AI scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets

AI Scientist, an autonomous research tool, first released in 2024, has now undergone peer review, highlighting its strengths and limitations.

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These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’

Insects must perform tricky internal calculations to travel in a straight line

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More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn's CEO is saying the future of work won't belong to people with degrees anymore | Fortune

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said Ivy League diplomas won’t get Gen Z hopefuls far in the job hunt. Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg agree college isn’t needed for success.

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Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

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How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment

Proteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule.

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Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea

The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says

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How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics

Organic solar cell windows will enable the buildings of the future to be energy-neutral, she says

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Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia

Adam Levy investigates why researchers are sometimes reluctant to disclose their plans to colleagues.

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My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do?

A graduate student in China has become seriously depressed after facing frequent verbal abuse.

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