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Rapidly growing subsidization of crop insurance in Europe ignores potential environmental effects
According to the European Green Deal, the EU aims to cut its pesticide use in half by 2030 (ref. 1). To reach this ambitious target, holistic pesticide policies have been proposed to avoid the unwanted side effects of single actions such as pesticide bans2,3. However, not only pesticide policies but also the entire toolkit of…
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Treatment of recalcitrant femur nonunion with pedicled corticoperiosteal medial femoral condyle flap
Abstract Periosteal or osteoperiosteal medial femoral condyle (MFC) flaps may be good options for atrophic nonunion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of pedicled MFC flap in the treatment of recalcitrant femur nonunion without bone defect. Thirteen patients (11 male and 2 female), who suffered recalcitrant femur nonunion and…
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How we name academic prizes matters
Most scientific prizes and medals are named after men, and most of these are also awarded to men. The very few awards named after women or not named after a person at all are more frequently awarded to women, although parity between the gender of recipients is still not achieved. We call on the scientific…
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Wi-Fi for neurons: first map of wireless nerve signals unveiled in worms
The worm Caenorhabditis elegans has 302 neurons (green) that researchers can study using tools such as fluorescent markers.Credit: Heiti Paves/Science Photo Library The idea that the nervous system passes messages from one nerve cell to another only through synapses — the points where the cells link up end to end — is changing. Two studies…
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One Health approach at the heart of the French Committee for monitoring and anticipating health risks
The French Committee for Monitoring and Anticipating Health Risks (COVARS) has been strengthening the One Health approach through its interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral composition, the emerging risks it addresses (Covid-19, Mpox, vector-borne diseases, avian influenza…), its holistic approach to risks and its position at the science-decision interface. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need for a holistic…
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Code sharing in the spotlight
The Year of Open Science has highlighted the importance of sharing the code associated with peer-reviewed manuscripts. We at Nature Computational Science provide support — via policies and implementations within our submission system — to facilitate this task. Earlier in January, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) declared that this would…
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Paleoenvironments of Late Devonian tetrapods in China
Abstract The major evolutionary transition from fish to amphibian included Late Devonian tetrapods that were neither fish nor amphibian. They had thick necks and small limbs with many digits on elongate flexuous bodies more suitable for water than land. Habitats of Devonian tetrapods are of interest in assessing selective pressures on their later evolution for…
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KERI’s metamaterial, stretchable and efficient wearable thermoelectric energy harvester!
Newswise — A team of Dr. Hyekyoung Choi and Min Ju Yun of Energy Conversion Materials Research Center, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a technology that can increase the flexibility and efficiency of thermoelectric generator to the world’s highest level by using ‘mechanical metamaterials’ that do not exist in nature. In general, a…
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A century of the Warburg effect
In 1923, Otto Warburg published his landmark study, in which he described his seminal observations related to metabolic shifts in cancer, often referred to as the Warburg effect. His work laid the foundation for an understanding of how metabolic reconfiguration contributes to cancer onset and progression. Several researchers in the field share their thoughts on…
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Iceland braces for volcanic eruption: what scientists are watching
Authorities have evacuated the town of Grindavík in response to nearby earthquakes.Credit: Micah Garen/Getty Many Icelanders have been on edge in recent weeks, as magma moving underground in the country’s southwest threatens to breach the surface and begin flowing across the landscape. If it does, the volcanic eruption could threaten the coastal community of Grindavík,…
