Crooked Bough News Round-up

— 'Neural tourniquet’ controls bleeding with nerve stimulation

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03330-4Applying electrical stimulation to a major nerve that runs from the brain to the body might help to promote clotting.

— ‘Doing good science is hard’: retraction of high-profile reproducibility study prompts soul-searching

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03178-8A paper by some of the biggest names in scientific integrity is retracted for issues including misstatements about the research plan.

— Is there life on Jupiter’s moon Europa? NASA launches mission to find hints

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03225-4The Europa Clipper spacecraft will use its various instruments to probe whether the icy ocean world is habitable.

— Why are some countries so rich? Economics Nobel awarded for study of inequality

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03367-5Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson win for research on the contrasting fortunes of postcolonial nations.

— AI scans RNA ‘dark matter’ and uncovers 70,000 new viruses

 

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Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03320-6Many are bizarre and live in salt lakes, hydrothermal vents and other extreme environments.

— Planning for life on Mars

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03345-xRebeca Gonçalves explains how plant food could be grown on the red planet.

— Six tips for going public with your lab’s software

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03344-yIt’s not enough to write high-quality programs. If you want to make your apps public — and usable — you should also follow these steps.

— Why this PhD candidate joined campus protests against the Israel–Hamas war

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03093-yPhysicist Jessica Metzger weighs the career implications of speaking out about the continuing conflict in the Middle East.

— Want a new job in science? Six charts to help you land it

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03343-zMore than 1,100 research leaders from 77 countries told Nature about where and how they recruit scientists — and who makes the cut.

— Isomeric diammonium passivation for perovskite–organic tandem solar cells

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08160-yIsomeric diammonium passivation for perovskite–organic tandem solar cells

— Strain regulation retards natural operation decay of perovskite solar cells

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08161-xStrain regulation retards natural operation decay of perovskite solar cells

— Homogenized contact in all-perovskite tandems using tailored 2D perovskite

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08158-6Homogenized contact in all-perovskite tandems using tailored 2D perovskite

— Coherent growth of high-Miller-index facets enhances perovskite solar cells

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08159-5Coherent growth of high-Miller-index facets enhances perovskite solar cells

— ‘Anonymous’ genetic databases vulnerable to privacy leaks

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03236-1The ability to link private and public data sets could be putting research participants’ private health information at risk.

— Lab kit on a budget: how cash-strapped research teams are getting creative

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03366-6Scientists are pooling resources, shopping local and trawling second-hand suppliers as inflationary pressures bite.

— Climate change reveals secrets of our ancestors hidden in the ice

 

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Nature, Published online: 14 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03336-ySpectacular archaeological finds in melting glaciers and mountain ice are giving new — although fleeting — insights into prehistoric hunting practices and more.

— Francisco Lopera obituary: neurologist who traced genetic origin of early-onset Alzheimer’s

 

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Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03337-xClinician whose family-centred approach upended work on mid-life memory loss.

— How To Win A Nobel: A three minute guide

 

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Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03349-7Nature looks at 646 past laureates to work out who is statistically most likely to take home a medal

— Famed lions’ full diet revealed by DNA — and humans were among their prey

 

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Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03278-5Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising animal.

— Kids in the classroom flow like water vapour

 

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Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03203-wYoung children in the playground behave like molecules in a gas, but kids undergo a phase change in a more structured setting.

— The Silk Roads’ mysterious treasures and the dawn of the ‘Hellocene’: Books in brief

 

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Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03327-zAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

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