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A genome-wide association study combining data from the Estonian Biobank and the UK Biobank identifies many common and low-frequency locus–metabolic trait associations, enabling the identification of putative causal links with disease outcomes.

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A robotic device helps children with spinal muscular atrophy build up strength in their knees. Plus, a tough peer-review process could lead to a more-cited paper and chemists’ mission to replace ‘forever chemicals’.

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A pathogen lncRNA secreted into rice sequesters a host miRNA for virulence

A fungal long non-coding RNA from Magnaporthe oryzae translocates into rice cells to sequester a host microRNA that normally represses PKR1, a negative immunity regulator, thereby facilitating infection and revealing a widespread RNA-based pathogen–host interaction mechanism.

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AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished

Too dangerous to release: is Mythos the start of the restricted-AI era?

Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight

Genetic analysis of circulating metabolic traits in 619,372 individuals

Daily briefing: Wearable robot could help kids with neuromuscular disease stand

News & Comment

When the grid can’t keep up: how South African laboratories handle power outages

Why AI can’t be trusted to write scientific reviews

Too dangerous to release: is Mythos the start of the restricted-AI era?

Innovation starts in schools — lessons from China

Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work

How I eavesdrop on frog conversations

How to breathe life back into brain theory

Latest Reviews & Analysis

Should there be a national museum of chemicals?

Hard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases arise

Monkeys that ‘draw’ reveal a neuronal population that encodes combinable actions

Becoming a mother leaves long-lasting molecular memories

Cities affect small and large storms differently

Too little or too much sleep is linked to faster ageing throughout the body

Quantum light source boosts attosecond science

On the right track in the design of an early typewriter

DNA-folding changes block production of self-directed antibodies

Latest Research articles

Bottom-Up Synthesis of Molecular Nanodiamond from Nanographene

De novo design of miniproteins targeting GPCRs

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