All-inorganic perovskites prepared by substituting the organic cations (e.g. methylammonium (MA+) and formamidinium (FA+)) with inorganic cations (e.g. Cs+) are effective concepts to enhance the long-term photo- and thermal-stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs)1,2. Hence, inorganic perovskite t...

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Four researchers who left Serbia to pursue their careers rely on this group to keep in touch and to navigate life in science.

An immunologist and his illustrator friend reveal tips and tricks to help scientists to reach peak performance and creativity.

Study participants rated fictional scientists who admitted their own knowledge gaps as more credible.

Colliding muons could lead to new discoveries – and for a fraction of the cost of facilities like the Large Hadron Collider

The early radiation of dinosaurs remains a complex and poorly understood evolutionary event1–4. Here we use hundreds of fossils with direct evidence of feeding to compare trophic dynamics across five vertebrate assemblages that record this event in the Triassic–Jurassic succession of the Polish Basi...

Increasing extreme climatic events threaten the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems1,2. Because soil microbes govern key biogeochemical processes, understanding their response to climate extremes is crucial in predicting the consequences for ecosystem functioning3,4. Here we subjected soils from 3...

Brain-wide association studies (BWAS) are a fundamental tool in discovering brain–behaviour associations1,2. Several recent studies have shown that thousands of study participants are required for good replicability of BWAS1–3. Here we performed analyses and meta-analyses of a robust effect size ind...

Loading of replicative helicases is obligatory for the assembly of DNA replication machineries. The eukaryotic MCM2–7 replicative helicase motor is deposited onto DNA by the origin recognition complex (ORC) and co-loader proteins as a head-to-head double hexamer to license replication origins. Altho...

Eukaryotic DNA replication begins with the loading of the MCM replicative DNA helicase as a head-to-head double hexamer at origins of DNA replication1–3. Our current understanding of how the double hexamer is assembled by the origin recognition complex (ORC), CDC6 and CDT1 comes mostly from budding ...

Quantum scars refer to eigenstates with enhanced probability density along unstable classical periodic orbits. First predicted 40 years ago1, scars are special eigenstates that counterintuitively defy ergodicity in quantum systems whose classical counterpart is chaotic2,3. Despite the importance and...

Despite the fundamental role of bacterial strain variation in gut microbiota function1–6, the number of unique strains of a species that can stably colonize the human intestine is still unknown for almost all species. Here we determine the strain richness (SR) of common gut species using thousands o...

Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) in combination with endocrine therapy improve the outcomes of patients with hormone-receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer and can be used early as first-line treatment or deferred to second-line treatment1–7. Randomized data...

This paper examines ‘open’ artificial intelligence (AI). Claims about ‘open’ AI often lack precision, frequently eliding scrutiny of substantial industry concentration in large-scale AI development and deployment, and often incorrectly applying understandings of ‘open’ imported from free and open-so...

The autonomic nervous system orchestrates the functions of the brain and body through the sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways1. However, our understanding of the autonomic system, especially the sympathetic system, at the cellular and molecular levels is severely limited. Here we show topo...

Intrinsically disordered proteins can bind via the formation of highly disordered protein complexes without the formation of three-dimensional structure1. Most naturally occurring proteins are levorotatory (l)—that is, made up only of l-amino acids—imprinting molecular structure and communication wi...