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A study that tracked cognitive function over 2.5 years following SARS-CoV-2 infection finds that cognitive decline in older COVID-19 survivors manifests primarily in the first year following severe COVID-19, according to a paper in Nature Aging. go.nature.com/4bDkZjX 🧪

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📢Out now in Scientific Reports from @natureportfolio.bsky.social: Our new study on #affective #polarization: How do supporters and opponents of COVID-19 vaccination think about each other? 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Asymmetric affective polarization regarding COVID-19 vaccination in six European countries - Scientific Reportswww.nature.com Scientific Reports - Asymmetric affective polarization regarding COVID-19 vaccination in six European countries

An increased amount of thick sea ice flowing south from the Arctic Ocean shortened the ice-free shipping season in several parts of the Northwest Passage between 2007 and 2021, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/3zD0red 🧪

Fast-moving stars observed in the nearby star cluster Omega Centauri, within the Milky Way, offer evidence for the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole, according to research published in Nature. go.nature.com/3WeVcKx 🧪🔭

A study in Nature shows that the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus is transmitted through the milk of cows with bovine flu to mice and by intranasal exposure to mice and ferrets, and travels to the mammary glands of infected animals. go.nature.com/3LdUYx1 🧪

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A growing number of scientists are abandoning ready-made loss functions and constructing their own. But how do they get it right? New @natureportfolio.bsky.social, we dive into loss functions, the mathematics that drives #AI. By Michael Brooks 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Inside the maths that drives AIwww.nature.com Loss functions measure algorithmic errors in artificial-intelligence models, but there’s more than one way to do that. Here’s why the right function is so important. Loss functions measure algorithmic...

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“If this works in other cells, it will be game-changing.” New @natureportfolio.bsky.social: scientists discover a new genome-editing system in bacterial 'jumping genes'. By Heidi Ledford. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

No CRISPR: oddball ‘jumping gene’ enzyme edits genomes without breaking DNAwww.nature.com A programmable RNA that bridges a genetic donor and a target could herald a safer and more flexible approach to large-scale chromosome changes. A programmable RNA that bridges a genetic donor and a ta...

A Comment article in Nature outlines the promise of full-body, continuous wearable ultrasound technologies, and highlights the remaining hurdles towards rolling out the devices in the next 5–10 years. 🧪

See how your body works in real time — wearable ultrasound is on its waygo.nature.com Full-body, continuous wearable ultrasound will benefit health care and biomedical research. Seven key obstacles must first be overcome. Full-body, continuous wearable ultrasound will benefit health ca...

Nature spoke to political scientists from around the world whose work has flung them into both the public and political limelight, sometimes with drastic consequences for their personal and professional lives. 🧪

‘It can feel like there’s no way out’ — political scientists face pushback on their workgo.nature.com In a year in which numerous countries are going to the polls, many election-watching scientists are under pressure. In a year in which numerous countries are going to the polls, many election-watching...

Repetitive tasks carried out by ancient Egyptian scribes—high status men with the ability to write who performed administrative tasks—and the positions they sat in while working may have led to degenerative skeletal changes, according to a study in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/3xBhTir%F0%9...

Two papers in Nature describe a new genome editing technique that enables the insertion, inversion and deletion of long DNA sequences at user-specified genome positions. A single-step approach could provide an easier method of genome editing. go.nature.com/4cuvTtq go.nature.com/3RECskL 🧪

A study in Nature Human Behaviour finds evidence of higher short- and long-term risk of adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes in Korean and Japanese cohorts of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 than in the general population. go.nature.com/4eOT6IG 🧪

A Review in Nature Reviews Endocrinology addresses the issues of the involvement of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus using evidence from epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies. go.nature.com/4bazpbe 🧪

A feature in Nature outlines how misinformation may be shaping global elections. Rampant deepfakes and false news are often blamed for swaying votes. Research suggests it’s hard to change people’s political opinions, but easier to nudge their behaviour. 🧪

Misinformation might sway elections — but not in the way that you thinkgo.nature.com Rampant deepfakes and false news are often blamed for swaying votes. Research suggests it’s hard to change people’s political opinions, but easier to nudge their behaviour. Rampant deepfakes and false...

A phase 2 clinical trial reported in Nature Medicine finds that an extended-release tablet formulation of ketamine reduces adverse effects associated with intravenous or intranasal ketamine administration and prevents relapse into depression in patients with treatment-resistant depression. 🧪

Extended-release ketamine tablets for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized placebo-controlled phase 2 trial - Nature Medicinego.nature.com A phase 2 dose-finding study of an extended-release tablet formulation of ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression shows that this formulation overcomes many of the limitations associa...

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that the frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires appear to have doubled over the past 20 years, and the six most extreme years for these events have occurred since 2017. go.nature.com/3RFYBPW 🧪

The relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and type 1 diabetes mellitusgo.nature.com Nature Reviews Endocrinology - Many studies identified an increase in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) during the COVID-19 pandemic, but other reports do not support this...

A paper in Scientific Reports describes the discovery of a new, ancient, predatory reptile dubbed Parvosuchus aurelioi in Brazil. The specimen, which dates to approximately 237 million years ago, is the first small predatory reptile of its kind to be found in this country. go.nature.com/4cv8Nmo 🧪

An interim analysis of a single-arm trial in five children with hereditary deafness shows that binaural adeno-associated virus gene therapy is safe and leads to hearing improvement up to 13–26 weeks of follow-up, according to a paper in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4efHz4V 🧪

Nature is seeking to learn more about the state of hiring researchers in science. Its first global survey of research group leaders and other hiring managers seeks to capture recruitment highs and lows in the current climate. Take part in the survey. 🧪 #AcademicSky

What’s the state of hiring researchers in science? Share your insights with Naturego.nature.com Our first global survey of research group leaders and other hiring managers seeks to capture recruitment highs and lows in the current climate. Our first global survey of research group leaders and ot...

A paper in Nature presents a method for detecting hallucinations in large language models (LLMs) that measures uncertainty in the meaning of generated responses. The approach could be used to improve the reliability of LLM output. go.nature.com/45uH9DG 🧪

While hopes and concerns swirl around the impact of AI, the market for AI chips continues to grow. Nature reports on the work engineers are doing to meet the computational demands of artificial intelligence. 🧪

How cutting-edge computer chips are speeding up the AI revolutiongo.nature.com Engineers are harnessing the powers of graphics processing units (GPUs) and more, with a bevy of tricks to meet the computational demands of artificial intelligence. Engineers are harnessing the power...

Proteins in the blood may help to predict Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before the onset of motor symptoms, according to a study published in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4cosI6n 🧪

Autonomous vehicles were involved in fewer accidents than human-driven vehicles in most scenarios, according to a study in Nature Communications. The paper also identifies autonomous vehicles as having more frequent accidents under dawn/dusk or turning conditions. 🧪

A matched case-control analysis of autonomous vs human-driven vehicle accidents - Nature Communicationsgo.nature.com Through a matched case-control analysis this study reveals accident risk disparities between autonomous and human-driven vehicles. It suggests that accidents of vehicles equipped with Advanced Driving...

Lots of interesting images here! 🧪

Cheese fungus, head lice, human sperm, a bee eye, a microplastic bobble: scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner has imaged them all under the probing lens of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Also: Tardigrades! My latest for @natureportfolio.bsky.social : www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Tiny beauty: how I make scientific art from behind the microscopewww.nature.com Steve Gschmeissner images tiny creatures and viruses to show the public an unseen world

Mental well-being is associated with healthy ageing, independent of socioeconomic status, according to a study published in Nature Human Behaviour. The findings suggest the importance of mental health in promoting longevity and stress resilience in ageing. go.nature.com/4esc9YR 🧪

The flagship paper for the Space Omics and Medical Atlas, published in Nature, shows that short-duration, low-Earth-orbit spaceflight conducted by the Inspiration4 mission resulted in broad-ranging molecular changes. go.nature.com/4b1X3q0 🧪🔭

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China is becoming a world leader in science, and now it wants to make sure more of that science is published in Chinese journals. My story for @natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

China’s research clout leads to growth in homegrown science publishingwww.nature.com Self-reliance and a wish to set the agenda might explain concerted push to produce domestic journals. Self-reliance and a wish to set the agenda might explain concerted push to produce domestic journa...

A study in Nature shows that a flexible working from home scheme improves job satisfaction rates and employee retention in the Chinese office of a global travel agent. The study finds no impact on performance associated with hybrid working. 🧪

Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance - Naturego.nature.com A trial investigating the effects of a hybrid working schedule in a Chinese technology firm in 2021–2022 shows that working from home two days a week improved job satisfaction, reduced quitting and di...

Researchers in India fought to develop what could have been the first therapy to use gene-editing to halt a rare neurodegenerative disease. Nature reports on how the efforts hold lessons for the messy state of modern drug development. 🧪

Hope, despair and CRISPR — the race to save one woman’s lifego.nature.com Researchers in India fought to develop what could have been the first therapy to use gene-editing to halt a rare neurodegenerative disease. The efforts hold lessons for the messy state of modern drug ...