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Engineered immune cell precursors produce antibodies on demand in mice Source link

Until recently, Iceland was the only Arctic nation without mosquitoes. This was a rare exception in a region where mosquitoes emerge in vast numbers each summer, tormenting wildlife and people alike. That distinction is now gone. The detection of … Source link

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The global blind box market, in which consumers buy collectible figurines without knowing which figurine is in which box, has expanded at extraordinary speed. China’s designer toy industry alone is projected to exceed US$15 billion in retail sales by 2026—a more than 15-fold increase since 2015 (1). The global collectible figurine market is forecast to…

China’s low-elevation coastal cities, which hold a large share of the country’s population and economic output, face growing compound risks from sea level rise, storm surge, and extreme rainfall (1, 2). China’s annual losses from natural hazards such as typhoons average about US$76 billion (3), and hydrometeorological hazards generate large and recurrent economic losses (4,…

Tight supplies of precious isotope are driving new approaches to ultracold tech Source link

Mineral grains show Colorado River filled a basin at the canyon’s head millions of years ago Source link

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01189-1 A type of activity in the brain’s cortex, called high gamma, is widely used in studies of brain function, but its origin has long been debated. An experiment using a brain–machine interface now shows that high-gamma activity is generated mainly by synchronized neuronal inputs, rather than outputs, which…

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. Magellanic penguins join the handful of other species, including dogs and horses, that have been used to monitor the levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in the environment….

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