Coffee is under threat: how scientists are fighting to save it from extinction

Coffee plants are critically endangered by climate change. Researchers are finding solutions to keep scientists supplied with their favourite discovery fuel.

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Immunological mechanisms of mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases - Nature

A Review of the immunological mechanisms of mRNA–lipid-nanoparticle vaccines for infectious diseases discusses how the components of this vaccine platform can be modified to fine-tune immune responses...

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Why science needs the humanities more than ever

From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.

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“Showing the data” in published biology research | mBio

“Above all else, show the data”—Edward Tufte (1)

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Eurosurveillance | Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns

A cruise ship-associated Andes hantavirus outbreak has raised questions usually associated with respiratory viruses, including transmissibility and pandemic risk. Although Andes virus may enter through the respiratory route, cause severe respiratory disease and under close contact spread between humans, it differs fundamentally from SARS-CoV-2. The ecology is rodent-borne, pathogenesis is vascular, diagnosis is centred on blood PCR and serology, and genetic diversity is mainly shaped by reservoir ecology and geography rather than by sustained human-to-human transmission and immune selection.

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Fake-Redaktion der „Ostdeutschen Allgemeinen“: Fast 400 Autoren „geklaut“

Pünktlich zum 100-Tage-Jubiläum der „Ostdeutschen Allgemeinen Zeitung“ leistet sich die Fake-News-Schleuder einen neuen Schnitzer: Fast 400 Journalist:innen werden als Autor:innen gelistet, obwohl sie...

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Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Hypercompetition, score compression and AI co-authorship: a perfect storm for grant success rates - EMBO Reports

EMBO Reports - The use of AI in grant writing to address non-scientific selection criteria along with growing application numbers and score inflation have turned many research funding schemes...

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Statement from the International Hantavirus Society and members of the international hantavirus research and clinical community regarding Andes virus transmission and the current outbreak investigatio...

This statement summarizes current scientific evidence regarding Andes virus (ANDV) transmission dynamics, including documented person-to-person transmission, outbreak epidemiology, infection control c...

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Aging changes cell mechanics and dynamics associated with cytoplasmic crowding

Abstract. Aging induces physical changes in organisms, many of which are at the cellular level, but the mechanisms underlying these changes are poorly unde

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We need to correct the wide-spread omission of equal contribution in article indexing

Equal contribution designations (co-first and co-last authorship) is on the rise, yet this information is routinely lost, creating inequity in recognition and crediting. This Perspective calls for imp...

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Outdoor roaming of owned cats elevates risk of zoonotic pathogen exposure: A global synthesis

Author summary Cats are among the most common companion animals worldwide and are often allowed to roam freely outdoors, bringing them into close contact with people, other domestic animals, and wildl...

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‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

Researchers filmed 10 species eating or scavenging bats at known Marburg-virus hotspot — and caught hundreds of humans visiting.

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Today’s robots walk, swim, fly, and manipulate objects on the go—and they’re just getting started

When you think of a robot, you likely picture one of three things: a drone, a robotic manipulator picking up goods from a factory conveyor belt, or an autonomous vehicle of some kind—perhaps a vacuum ...

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Holger Friedrich und die OAZ: Wie ein Verleger Demokratiefeinde hofiert

Auf dem deutschen Medienmarkt gibt es seit Ende Februar eine neue Zeitung. Das ist angesichts der andauernden Krise der Printmedien bemerkenswert. Doch über die »Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung« gibt e...

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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