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Brain cells given an ‘invisibility cloak’ fix Parkinson’s symptoms in rats
Healthy nerve cells can be transplanted to treat Parkinson’s disease, but they risk rejection by the recipient’s immune system.Credit: Steve…
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What if human blood were toxic to mosquitoes? A drug can make it so
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 02 April 2025 A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes…
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Climate change will send home insurance spiralling. Here’s how to control costs
In January, at least 29 people were killed and more than 18,000 homes and buildings were burnt or destroyed by…
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US universities curtail staff, spending as Trump cuts take hold
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge has frozen hiring for non-faculty positions.Credit: Mel Musto/Bloomberg/Getty The onslaught of US spending…
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Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin
De Veer, M. J., Kemp, J. M. & Meeusen, E. N. T. The innate host defence against nematode parasites. Parasite…
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Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
With papers to write, grants to apply for and students to teach, cybersecurity can be a low priority for scientists.…
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Will RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda make America contagious again?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an activist against vaccination, now oversees the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other…
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Our experience of teaching neuroscience in a maximum-security prison
Shai Berman and Tessa Montague need to carry their teaching materials in clear prison-issue bags when they help inmates to…
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Ice-hunting Moon lander runs into trouble ― leaving scientists in suspense
The Athena lander touched down in the region around the lunar south pole (pictured) on 6 March as planned, but…
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Train clinical AI to reason like a team of doctors
Visitors to an interactive AI exhibition at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin use virtual-reality glasses to view an…
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