Nature News
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AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science
Since it was unveiled in 2020, Google DeepMind’s game-changing AI tool has helped researchers all over the world to predict the 3D structures of hundreds of millions of proteins.
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Pig-organ transplants are often rejected — researchers find a way to stop it
The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.
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Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
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This gene causes obesity — and shields against heart disease
People with certain forms of the MC4R gene have lower cholesterol levels than do other individuals with a high body-mass index.
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Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?
The US president repeatedly advised people, “Don’t take Tylenol,” but scientists say that strong evidence between the medication and autism is lacking.
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The brain’s map of the body is surprisingly stable — even after a limb is lost
Study challenges the textbook idea that the brain region that processes body sensations reorganizes itself after limb amputation.
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People’s brains aged faster during the COVID pandemic — even the uninfected
Study of nearly 1,000 people showed that brain ageing was not linked to infection status, but cognitive decline was.
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Ancient proteins rewrite the rhino family tree — are dinosaurs next?
Molecules from 20-million-year-old teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced.
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Are these the world’s oldest rocks? Fresh data confirm contested claim
Scientists debate age of ancient Canadian crust as Inuit leaders work to preserve the location.