You have full access to this article via your institution. Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Credit: Denis Moskvinov/Shutterstock Data generated by artificial-intelligence models can contain subliminal signals that ‘teach’ other large language models (LLMs) particular traits and biases. These preferences can…
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01263-8 Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news. Source link
B cells, an important component of the immune system, might improve endurance and muscle strength.Credit: Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Immune cells that help to fight off foreign invaders in the body also provide crucial support for muscles during exercise, suggests a mouse study published in Cell today1. B cells are the ‘security guards’ of the immune system,…
Industry specialists testified at a US congressional hearing on the state of scientific publishing.Credit: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee From ‘paper mills’ that sell authorships on fake or low-quality research papers to the costs associated with open-access publishing, US lawmakers are paying increasing attention to widely-debated issues in scientific publishing. In a rare show…
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01067-w A welcome change. Source link
Researchers found sex differences in the activity of genes within cortical neurons (pictured) and other brain cells.Credit: David Scharf/Science Photo Library By analysing more than a million brain cells, researchers have uncovered widespread differences in patterns of gene activity between male and female brains. The work, which defined sex on the basis of a person’s…
Microbiologist Jasmine Clark is running to become a Democratic representative of Georgia’s 13th district.Credit: Alex Slitz/AP Photo/Alamy An unprecedented number of US scientists are trading in their lab coats to run for office in the US mid-term elections in November. Many running as Democrats are motivated by the actions of President Donald Trump and his…
The radii of small exoplanets form two populations, super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, separated by a gap known as the radius valley. This feature could be produced by the removal of atmospheres by stellar or internal heating or by the lack of an initial … Source link
Ferroelectricity at atomic-scale thickness would have important applications in next-generation electronics. Here, we report that a ferroelectric phase can be stabilized in titanium dioxide (TiO2) films, a commonly known dielectric that is widely used in … Source link
Study links mutations in ribosome genes to traits such as height and weight Source link