US Supreme Court hobbles the EPA’s authority over climate emissions
Nature, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01796-8Legal ruling limits the environmental agency’s regulatory powers, hamstringing Biden’s climate plan.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is disrupting studies of ancient life
Nature, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01790-0Russia is rich in palaeontological specimens, but its brutal war in Ukraine is threatening the research and relationships that help uncover the past.
Physicists spellbound by deepening mystery of muon particle’s magnetism
Nature, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01810-zTheoretical predictions move closer to experimental results, but questions remain about possible gaps in the standard model of particle physics.
Scientists warn deal to save biodiversity is in jeopardy
Nature, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01805-wConservation groups say that a lack of political leadership has bogged down negotiations.
Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption
Nature, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05012-5Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption
Direct photo-oxidation of methane to methanol over a mono-iron hydroxyl site
Nature Materials, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41563-022-01279-1The partial oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH is challenging to perform in artificial systems due to ready over-oxidation to CO and CO2. Here by confining mono-iro…
Daily briefing: Ten years of CRISPR
Nature, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01838-1How CRISPR gene editing has transformed the life sciences. Plus, a stark warning about global efforts to save species from extinction, and what ancient wolf genomes …
Chern mosaic and Berry-curvature magnetism in magic-angle graphene
Nature Physics, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41567-022-01635-7Topological states characterized by Chern numbers are usually considered to be the global properties of a material. Now a spatial patchwork of different Cher…
Enhanced performance in fusion plasmas through turbulence suppression by megaelectronvolt ions
Nature Physics, Published online: 30 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41567-022-01626-8Experiments at the Joint European Torus tokamak show improved thermal ion confinement in the presence of highly energetic ions and Alfvénic instabilities in …
Machine Learning Modeling for Accelerated Battery Materials Design in the Small Data Regime
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.