Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10594-5 Editorial Expression of Concern: Nociceptive neurons promote gastric tumour progression via a CGRP–RAMP1 axis Source link
‘Beyond GDP’ approaches must take natural capital and planetary health into account.Credit: Matjaz Corel/Alamy The world seems ready to move beyond gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of economic growth, and towards metrics that are more representative of sustainability and people’s well-being. United Nation member states ratified this move in 2024, and the World Bank…
A cancer cell (nucleus in blue, cellular ‘skeleton’ in green). Scientists have devised nanosensors that can measure the temperature inside cancer cells, including the cell nuclei.Credit: Howard Vindin, The University of Sydney/Science Photo Library To check your temperature, doctors place a thermometer under your tongue. Researchers have now created a thermometer small enough to check…
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Some researchers who refuse to use AI have been accused of being anti-progress — similar to the nineteenth-century Luddites who resisted the new machinery they feared would replace their jobs — but they say their views are more nuanced than that.Credit: Chronicle/Alamy Danielle Crowley is getting tired of people telling her to use generative artificial…
You have full access to this article via your institution. The agencies that disburse research funds must have clear rationales for rejecting grant proposals amid a surge in applications.Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Last month, the European Research Council (ERC) announced a policy change for some of its grants: it extended the period in which some unsuccessful…
Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01333-x A sensational scientific soirée, and reflections on how F. C. L. Wratten advanced photography in this week’s pick from the Nature archive. Source link
Research papers are increasingly being written by artificial intelligence.Credit: Yagi Studio/Getty How much of the scientific literature is generated by AI? The first studies of the size of the AI footprint in scientific journals, preprint repositories and peer-review reports give a spread of answers — and indicate a rapidly evolving situation that it is difficult…
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Is testosterone the next miracle drug? That seemed to be the consensus of an expert panel convened by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December. It argued for major changes in policy that would expand access to the hormone for people with a range of conditions. Committee members called testosterone replacement “a cornerstone…