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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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What Artemis II’s astronauts will look for on the Moon’s far side
This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly around the
Mix-and-match synthesis of 3D small molecules
Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00809-0 Chemistry that forms an omnipresent type of carbon–carbon bond enables the modular synthesis
Why I made a river my co-author
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‘Zombie cells’ resurrected with new genes
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Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit: Univ. Yamanashi
I paused my PhD for 11 years to help save Madagascar’s seas
Ando Rabearisoa worked with local fishers to establish locally managed marine conservation areas that protect fisheries and local incomes in
A gene-editing method generates immunotherapeutic CAR T cells in the body
Nature, Published online: 18 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00634-5 Laboratory-engineered immune cells called CAR T cells provide effective treatment for some cancers.