From the archive: calculating the duration of a dream, and tracking twinkling
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00144-8Snippets from Nature’s past.
The next worrisome coronavirus variant could come from China — will it get detected?
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00112-2Genomic surveillance is crucial for tracking the next ‘variant of concern’, but many countries are winding back their monitoring.
What time is it on the Moon?
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00185-zSatellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep.
The water crisis is worsening. Researchers must tackle it together
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00182-2It’s unacceptable that millions living in poverty still lack access to safe water and basic sanitation. Nature Water will help researchers to find a way forward.
Self-publishing editors, and more — this week’s best science graphics
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00200-3Three charts from the world of research, selected by Nature editors.
Alexander Müller (1927–2023)
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00206-xPhysicist and co-discoverer of high-temperature superconductivity.
Bird flu outbreak in mink sparks concern about spread in people
Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00201-2A variant of H5N1 influenza that can spread between mammals could pose an increased risk to people and wild animals.
A revised estimate of early Pliocene global mean sea level using geodynamic models of the Patagonian slab window
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Accepted Article.
A ZIF-based drug delivery system as three-in-one platform for joint cancer therapy
Publication date: 1 March 2023Source: Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 297Author(s): Jinli Dou, Weiwei Bian, Xiao Zheng, Qi Yue, Qian Song, Shuhong Deng, Lei Wang, Wei Tan, Wentao Li, Baolong Zhou
Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>/Mn<sub>0.5</sub>Cd<sub>0.5</sub>S composite photocatalyst for enhanced H<sub>2</sub> generation
Publication date: 1 March 2023Source: Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 297Author(s): Ying Liu, Zhimeng Wang, Lizhu Yao, Lei Shi