‘I was told to toughen up’: is academia getting resilience all wrong?
Nature, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00383-xBeing repeatedly told to bounce back and develop a thicker skin can mask a toxic lab culture.
Gap-opening time periodic perturbations
Nature Physics, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02805-zAn intrinsic magnetic topological insulator with gapped surface states would be very useful for both fundamental and application prospects. Now, the use of …
Microsoft quantum computing ‘breakthrough’ faces fresh challenge
Nature, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00683-2Analysis pokes holes in protocol that underpins Microsoft’s claim to have created the first topological qubits.
AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
Nature, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00648-5Study that hyped the toxicity of black plastic utensils inspires projects that use large language models to check papers.
Complexes of H2 with second to fourth row AHn hydrides. AHn+2 molecules
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Ice-hunting Moon lander runs into trouble ― leaving scientists in suspense
Nature, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00719-7The Athena lander seems to be in the wrong orientation, but some of its science might be salvaged.
‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Nature, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00704-0Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
A non-layered two-dimensional semiconductor for p-type transistors
Nature Materials, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02165-2The number and performance of p-type two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors has been limited. Now, non-layered 2D β-Bi2O3 single crystals are synthesized on …
A facile approach for generating ordered oxygen vacancies in metal oxides
Nature Materials, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02171-4A simple method combining thermal activation and electric fields is demonstrated to efficiently generate ordered vacancies in bulk metal oxides, which can…
Vapour–liquid–solid–solid growth of two-dimensional non-layered β-Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> crystals with high hole mobility
Nature Materials, Published online: 07 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02141-wHigh-quality, non-layered 2D β-Bi2O3 crystals are grown using a vapour–liquid–solid–solid growth technique. These crystals demonstrate promising propertie…