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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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Psyence Group Announces Resignation of Board Member
Article content TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Psyence Group Inc. (CSE:PSYG) (“Psyence” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage life science biotechnology company pioneering the use of nature-derived psilocybin in mental health and wellbeing announced today that Mr. Marvin Singer has resigned from his position as a Non-Executive Director for personal reasons. Mr. Singer has…
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The Week of November 20, 2023
A 2016 chart of the U.S. allocation of radio spectrum. (NTIA) National Spectrum Strategy Includes ‘Moonshot’ Sharing Effort The Biden administration released a 26-page National Spectrum Strategy last week that aims to better manage the nation’s crowded radio frequency spectrum. An accompanying presidential memorandum directs agency actions to promote wireless technology innovation and establishes a…
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Gilles Clément, the philosophical gardener who leaves plants to their own devices
Even if it is through the computer screen, on the other end of a video conference, Gilles Clément’s planet-blue eyes convey surprise and enthusiasm, curiosity and disillusionment, the possible and its opposite. Clément, 80, says he has left misanthropy behind and is approaching something akin to tranquility. He possesses large doses of wisdom and an…
