How understudied endometriosis causes pain for hundreds of millions of women
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03628-3But drugs used to treat migraines in people reduced painful lesions in mice.
Trump’s US election win: researchers must stay strong and united
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03648-zDespite many seeing the result as a step backwards, the research community should engage with the new administration with courage, tenacity, strength and unity.
Don’t blame search engines for sending users to unreliable sites
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03574-0Analysis of billions of pages of results from searches using the Bing algorithm suggests that reliable sites appear in search results 19 to 45 times more often t…
‘Anyone engaging in scientific practice shouldn’t be excluded’: The United Kingdom’s only Black chemistry professor, on diversity
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02972-8Chemist Robert Mokaya works to advance equality in science for Black researchers in the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa.
Enhancing transcription–replication conflict targets ecDNA-positive cancers
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07802-5Extrachromosomal DNA makes cancerous tumours resistant to treatment, but this research demonstrates that increasing transcription–replication conflict allows for…
Stochastic neuropeptide signals compete to calibrate the rate of satiation
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08164-8Release of hunger-promoting and satiety-promoting neuropeptides drives opposing changes in the second messenger cAMP in awake mouse paraventricular hypothalamic …
Clues to the origin of embryonic development in animals
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03468-1How did the characteristic pattern of embryonic cell divisions during animal development evolve? Analysis of the multicellular development of an organism related…
Smashing atomic nuclei together reveals their elusive shapes
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03633-6A method to take snapshots of exploding nuclei could hold clues about the fundamental properties of gold, uranium and other elements.
Rare snapshots of a kiwi-shaped atomic nucleus
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03466-3Smashing uranium-238 ions together proves to be a reliable way of imaging their nuclei. High-energy collision experiments reveal nuclear shapes that are strongly…
Imaging shapes of atomic nuclei in high-energy nuclear collisions
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08097-2The collective-flow-assisted nuclear shape-imaging method images the nuclear global shape by colliding them at ultrarelativistic speeds and analysing the collect…