Why preprint servers are increasing moderation — and what that means for researchers

A level of peer review can happen for manuscripts submitted to preprint servers.Credit: Wasan Tita/iStock via Getty The COVID‑19 pandemic had a major effect on scholarly communication, accelerating data sharing, peer review and the publication of preprints. Although preprints have been around for decades, the pandemic underscored the part they play in the rapid, free…

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An electrifying test to find a good coffee

A quick electrical test is as good as a person’s taste buds at determining the strength and roast of a cup of coffee1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access…

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Charge-dependent spectral softenings of primary cosmic rays below the knee

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Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China Yuanzhi Li  (李远智), Junli Xiao  (肖俊丽), Yuan Jiang  (江园) & Chengjin Chu  (储诚进) Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama Stuart Joseph Wright, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Sean M. McMahon & Jessica Shue School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia…

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Uncertain dynamic response of mid-latitude winter precipitation

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