Quantum ‘thermometer’ takes temperatures inside living cancer cells
A cancer cell (nucleus in blue, cellular ‘skeleton’ in green). Scientists have devised nanosensors that can measure the temperature inside
This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself
Gynaecological disorders such as endometriosis could be studied using endometrium organoids.Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Researchers have developed organoids that can regenerate like
Intrinsic polar vortex crystals in A-site layer-ordered perovskites
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Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Researchers serving on the National Science Board, which advises the US National Science Foundation, received a brief email on Friday
Thousands of Harvard graduate students strike — bringing research to a halt
Graduate student workers picket in front of the Harvard Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 21 April.Credit: John Tlumacki/The Boston
What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic?
Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic Mia Bennett & Klaus Dodds Yale Univ. Press (2025) From the
US lawmakers intensify scrutiny of scientific-publishing practices
Industry specialists testified at a US congressional hearing on the state of scientific publishing.Credit: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Ryan Kelly is in awe of what floats invisibly in the air. “It is completely mind-blowing,” says Kelly, who studies
balancing two experiments at once
After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a
Clinical application of base editing for treating β-thalassaemia
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