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Ecology: Salt marsh contributions to coastal protection natureasia.com/en/info/press… @Nature #OA #OpenAccess paper by Pim Willemsen et al. The contribution of salt marshes to wave attenuation during extreme storms nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @WageningenINT
Salt marshes can survive extreme wave events with modest erosion but are likely to offer the best flood protection to coastlines that experience moderate storms, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4skjHVd
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Climate: Basalt could be the key to greener cement natureasia.com/en/info/press… @CommsSustain #OA #OpenAccess paper by Jeff Prancevic, Cody Finke et al. Silicate-derived calcium as a pathway to low-carbon Portland cement nature.com/articles/s44458-0… @ucsantabarbara
Producing the most widely used type of cement from calcium-rich silicate rocks such as basalt, instead of limestone, could reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the cement production industry by more than 80%, says research in @CommsSustain: spklr.io/6017EzLUT
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Housing environments link egg taste through metabolic alterations in laying hens🐔🥚🔬 nature.com/articles/s41538-0… npj Science of Food #OA #OpenAccess paper by Tsuyoshi Shimmura et al. @TUAT_all
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Evolution: An early, burrowing snake natureasia.com/en/info/press… @Nature #OA #OpenAccess paper by Tiago Simões, Annie Hsiou al. Exceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @Princeton @usponline
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Climate change: Nearly half of reef-building coral species at higher relative risk of extinction natureasia.com/en/info/press… @Nature by David Obura et al. Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction nature.com/articles/s41586-0… rdcu.be/ZaCiQm7KeF9a
Around 44% of reef-building coral species are estimated to face an increased relative risk of extinction, according to an assessment of 774 reef-building coral species on the IUCN Red List, published in Nature. go.nature.com/3U1kP3e
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Astronomy: Evidence of a thin atmosphere around a Pluto relative natureasia.com/en/info/press… @NatureAstronomy paper by Ko Arimatsu et al. Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto nature.com/articles/s41550-0… rdcu.be/fhkhp @prcnaoj @univkyoto
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Quantum computing: Silicon chips for quantum computing natureasia.com/en/info/press… @Nature #OA #OpenAccess paper by HRL Quantum Team and Collaborators A digitally controlled silicon quantum processing unit nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Archaeology:Possible fatal spear wound in Shanidar Cave Neanderthal remains natureasia.com/en/info/press… @SciReports #OA #OpenAccess Emma Pomeroy Evidence for funerary behaviour and lethal trauma in a new Neanderthal individual from Shanidar Cave nature.com/articles/s41598-0… @cambridge_uni
A 75,000-year-old Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan, shows evidence of a potentially lethal spear wound, offering rare insight into violence among our ancient relatives. The findings are published in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/3VQQYuT
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Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @Nature #OA #OpenAccess by Ruairidh Macleod, Eske Willerslev et al. Genetics: Oldest-known evidence of plague outbreaks in prehistoric communities natureasia.com/en/info/press… @uniofoxford
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Chemistry: Brewing up a quick test for great coffee natureasia.com/en/info/press… @NatureComms #OA #OpenAccess paper by Christopher Hendon et al. Direct electrochemical appraisal of black coffee quality using cyclic voltammetry nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @uoregon
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Geoscience: Investigating sinking cities worldwide natureasia.com/en/info/press… @NatCities paper by Shengli Tao, Xie Hu et al. A global view of urban land subsidence and its changing trajectories nature.com/articles/s44284-0… For reading: rdcu.be/yAMqFQ9cUNMa @PKU1898
Land is sinking in some major cities worldwide, including Mexico City, Mexico and Medan, Indonesia, according to satellite observations of 465 cities published in Nature Cities. go.nature.com/4hRSi7Z
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Miniaturizing and modifying natural proteins with Raygun🧬🤖🔬 nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @Nature #OA #OpenAccess paper by Scott Soderling & Rohit Singh et al. @DukeU News: This AI Raygun can shrink and supersize proteins — opening the door to easy editing nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
A artificial-intelligence tool dubbed Raygun can miniaturize or supersize a natural protein without disrupting the protein’s shape or ability to function go.nature.com/4z4Ybqv
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Physics: New nuclear clocks on the block natureasia.com/en/info/press… @Nature #OA #OpenAccess paper by Shiqian Ding et al. A nuclear clock synchronized to 229Th nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @Tsinghua_Uni
The first working nuclear clocks based on isotopes of thorium-229 are presented in two papers published in Nature. go.nature.com/4yIKjBG go.nature.com/4hJ5Unv
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