Nature Podcast
820 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 672 ratingsThe Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.
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Dust: the tiny substance with enormous power
November 17, 2023 16:15 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn the latest episode of Nature hits the books, writer and researcher Jay Owens joins us to discuss her book Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles. Much like dust itself, Jay’s book travels the globe, looking at the impacts that these microscopic particles are having on the world, our health and environment, as well as exploring the role that humanity has played in creating them. Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles Jay Owens Hodder & Stoughton (2023) Music supplied by ...
How to 3D print fully-formed robots
November 15, 2023 16:11 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode: 00:46 Machine vision enables multi-material 3D printing 3D printers are capable of producing complex shapes, but making functioning objects from multiple materials in a single print-run has proved challenging. To overcome this, a team has combined inkjet printing with an error-correction system guided by machine vision, to allow them to print sophisticated multi-material objects. They used this method to make a bio-inspired robotic hand that combines soft and rigid plastic...
How to tame a toxic yet life-saving antifungal
November 08, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this episode: 00:46 Modifying a fungal drug to make it less toxic Amphotericin B is a drug used to treat life-threatening fungal infections. But while it is effective against many fungal species, it is also extremely toxic to kidneys, meaning it is mostly used as a drug of last-resort. This week, a team has unpicked the mechanism behind the drug’s toxicity, allowing them to modify it and reduce side effects in human kidney cells. The researchers hope this new version of the drug could b...
Nature's Take: How will ChatGPT and generative AI transform research?
November 03, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIn the past year, generative AIs have been taking the world by storm. ChatGPT, Bard, DALL-E and more, are changing the nature of how content is produced. In science, they could help transform and streamline publishing. However, they also come with plenty of risks. In this episode of Nature's Take we discuss how these AIs are impacting science and what the future might hold. Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox e...
A new hydrogel can be directly injected into muscle to help it regenerate
November 01, 2023 16:00 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode: 00:46 An injectable gel for healing muscles Severe muscle injury can be debilitating, with long recuperation periods. Now, researchers have developed a material that can be directly injected into injured muscle, helping to stimulate and heal damaged tissue. The team showed this approach could rapidly restore walking ability in severely injured rats and regenerate muscles within four weeks. They hope that this solution could one day help humans with similar injuries, and ov...
Audio long read: Why BMI is flawed — and how to redefine obesity
October 30, 2023 16:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBFor decades, BMI — calculated by dividing weight by height squared — has been as an international standard to determine healthy weights. However, BMI does not measure body fat, and ignores many other factors that can affect how healthy someone it. Now, a small but growing movement of reseachers and clinicians are calling for other metrics to be used in conjunction with BMI when diagnosing and treating obesity. This is an audio version of our Feature: Why BMI is flawed — and how to redefin...
Martian sounds reveal the secrets of the red planet's core
October 27, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBFor years, researchers have been listening to Mars and the quakes that ripple through it, to understand the planet's internal structure and uncover its history. But often these results have left more questions than answers. Now, though, new research published in Nature reveals the composition and size of Mars's core, finding that it is much smaller than previously thought. Research Article: Khan et al. Research Article: Samuel et al. News and Views: Deep Mars is surprisingly soft Subscri...
Sounds of recovery: AI helps monitor wildlife during forest restoration
October 25, 2023 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this episode: 00:47 An automated way to monitor wildlife recovery To prevent the loss of wildlife, forest restoration is key, but monitoring how well biodiversity actually recovers is incredibly difficult. Now though, a team have collected recordings of animal sounds to determine the extent of the recovery. However, while using these sounds to identify species is an effective way to monitor, it’s also labour intensive. To overcome this, they trained an AI to listen to the sounds, and fo...
An anti-CRISPR system that helps save viruses from destruction
October 18, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this episode: 00:47 An RNA-based viral system that mimics bacterial immune defences To protect themselves against viral infection, bacteria often use CRISPR-Cas systems to identify and destroy an invading virus’s genetic material. But viruses aren’t helpless and can deploy countermeasures, known as anti-CRISPRs, to neutralise host defences. This week, a team describe a new kind of anti-CRISPR system, based on RNA, which protects viruses by mimicking part of the CRISPR-Cas system. The re...
Gene edits move pig organs closer to human transplantation
October 11, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode: 00:46 Engineered pig kidneys show transplantation promise Kidneys from genetically-engineered miniature pigs have been transplanted into non-human primates, in some cases keeping the animals alive for more than a year. Using CRISPR, a team made dozens of edits to the pig genome to prevent the monkeys’ immune system from attacking the organs. They also removed pig retrovirus genes that could represent an infection risk. These steps are necessary if pig organs are to be used...
'This doesn't just fall on women': computer scientists reflect on gender biases in STEM
October 10, 2023 15:30 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this Podcast Extra, two computer scientists, Shobhana Narasimhan and Sana Odeh, join Nature's Anne Pichon to discuss the barriers that women and gender-diverse people still face when working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. They share their experiences and perspectives on the challenges facing women in research, and reflect on potential ways to move forward. Comment: ‘I wrote my first piece of code at seven’: women share highs and lows in computer science for Ada Lov...
Astronomers are worried by a satellite brighter than most stars
October 04, 2023 16:37 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this episode: 00:45 A bright satellite is concerning researchers Satellites reflect sunlight down to Earth, and some do so with such intensity it risks obscuring astronomers' observations from ground-based telescopes. A paper in Nature suggests that the telecommunications satellite called BlueWalker 3 at times outshines most stars visible from Earth. Astronomers worry about the increasing number of such bright satellites making astronomy more difficult, and so the team suggest that futu...
Audio long read: These animals are racing towards extinction. A new home might be their last chance
September 29, 2023 12:30 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBAustralia's swamp tortoise is one of the most endangered species in the world. This species lives in wetlands that are under threat due to rising temperatures and a reduction in rainfall. In an effort to save the tortoise, researchers are trialling a controversial strategy called assisted migration. This approach has seen captive-bred tortoises released in other wetlands some 330 kilometres south of where they are naturally found. The aim is to see whether the animals can tolerate cooler cl...
This isn't the Nature Podcast — how deepfakes are distorting reality
September 27, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this episode: 00:45 How to tackle AI deepfakes It has long been possible to create deceptive images, videos or audio to entertain or mislead audiences. Now, with the rise of AI technologies, such manipulations have become easier than ever. These deepfakes can spread misinformation, defraud people, and damage economies. To tackle this, researchers and companies are developing tools to find and label deepfakes, in an attempt to rob them of their potential to wreak havoc. News Feature: Ho...
Why does cancer spread to the spine? Newly discovered stem cells might be the key
September 20, 2023 15:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this episode: 00:45 A new insight into cancers' selective spread Cancer cells can spread to bones in the late stages of disease and in many cancers, cells actually preferentially metastasise to the spine. The reason for this has been a puzzle to researchers for years, but now a team has found a new kind of stem cell that may be involved in this process. The stem cell is found in mice and humans and could represent a clinical target in the treatment of cancer. Research article: Sun et a...
A mussel-inspired glue for more sustainable sticking
September 13, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode: 00:46 A sustainably-sourced, super-strong adhesive The modern world is held together by adhesives, but these fossil-fuel derived materials come at an environmental cost. To overcome this, a team have developed a soya-oil based adhesive, which also takes inspiration from the proteins that marine animals like mussels use to stick firmly to rocks. The researchers say their glue is strong, reversible, and less carbon intensive to produce than existing adhesives. Research arti...
Our ancestors lost nearly 99% of their population, 900,000 years ago
September 06, 2023 15:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode: 00:30 Early humans pushed to brink of extinction Around 900,000 years ago the ancestors of modern humans were pushed to the brink of extinction, according to new research. Genetic studies suggest that the breeding population of our ancestors in Africa dropped to just 1,280 and didn’t expand again for another 117,000 years. This population crash would likely have had an impact on human genetic diversity, and may have driven the evolution of important features of modern huma...
Physicists finally observe strange isotope Oxygen 28 – raising fundamental questions
August 30, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40 MBIn this episode: 00:47 First observation of oxygen 28 Oxygen 28 is an isotope of oxygen with 20 neutrons and eight protons. This strange isotope has long been sought after by physicists, as its proposed unusual properties would allow them to put their theories of how atomic nuclei work to the test. Now, after decades of experiments physicists believe they have observed oxygen 28. The observations are at odds with theory predictions, so they imply that there’s a lot more physicists don’t kn...
Audio long read: Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
August 25, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBInvestigations suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up. Faked or unreliable trials are dangerous, as they could end up being included in the reviews that help inform clinical treatments. However, the extent of the problem in unclear, and many researchers urge stronger scrutiny. This is an audio version of our Feature: Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? Hoste...
Brain-reading implants turn thoughts into speech
August 23, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBIn this episode: 00:47 The brain-computer interfaces that help restore communication People with certain neurological conditions can lose the ability to speak as a result of facial paralysis. This week, two teams demonstrate the potential of devices called brain-computer interfaces to help people in these situations communicate. These interfaces work by identifying the brain activity associated with the intent to say words, and converting this activity into speech-related outputs, such as ...
Fruit flies' ability to sense magnetic fields thrown into doubt
August 16, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode: 00:49 The search for animals’ magnetic sense sufferers a potential setback Exactly how animals sense Earth’s magnetic field has long eluded researchers. To understand it, many have turned to the fly model Drosophila melanogaster, long thought to be able to detect magnetic fields. However, a recent Nature paper has raised questions about this ability, a finding that could have repercussions for scientists’ efforts to understand the mechanism behind magnetic sensing, one of ...
Racism in health: the roots of the US Black maternal mortality crisis
August 10, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBA perfect storm of factors has led to huge racial disparities in maternal healthcare. In the USA, as abortion clinics continue to close, this inequity is projected to widen. In this podcast from Nature and ScientificAmerican, we hear from leading academics unpacking the racism at the heart of the system. From the historical links between slavery and gynaecology to the systematic erasure of America’s Black midwives. What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change?...
How welcome are refugees in Europe? A giant study has some answers
August 09, 2023 15:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this episode: 00:46 A measure of refugees’ welcome in Europe With repeated humanitarian crises displacing millions of people, researchers have been considering how this might affect acceptance of refugees. Will some refugees be more welcome than others? Will continued movements erode support for refugees overall? To answer these questions, a huge study looks at the attitudes of 33,000 people from 15 European countries towards refugees. They find that overall support for refugees has sli...
How to get more women in science, with Athene Donald
August 02, 2023 15:55 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn the latest episode of Nature hits the books, physicist Athene Donald joins us to discuss her book Not just for the boys, why we need more women in science. We discuss how science has historically excluded women, the barriers to entry and retention that remain prevalent, and what could be done to improve the situation for female scientists today. Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science, Athene Donald, Oxford University Press (2023) Music supplied by Airae/Epidemic Soun...
Audio long read: Lab mice go wild — making experiments more natural in order to decode the brain
July 31, 2023 12:30 - 15 minutes - 14 MBNeuroscientists are creating more naturalistic experiments that they hope will provide a more nuanced understanding of animal — and human — behaviour. These set-ups differ from the classic laboratory experiments that have been used for decades, and may help in the understanding of behaviours such as escaping a predator or finding scarce food. By studying these natural actions, scientists are hoping to glean lessons about the brain and behaviour that are more holistic and more relevant to ev...
Facebook ‘echo chamber’ has little impact on polarized views, according to study
July 27, 2023 18:00 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode: How tweaking social media algorithms affects polarization Societies are becoming increasingly polarized, with people reportedly shunning those with differing political views. Social media is often thought to be exacerbating these divides, by creating echo chambers and filtering out dissimilar views. Many hoped that tweaking the algorithms that drive these platforms could reduce polarization. But, a group of studies show that such changes have little to no affect on polariz...
AI-enhanced night-vision lets users see in the dark
July 26, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBIn this episode: 00:46 How to see in the dark like it’s daytime There are many methods for better night-vision, but often these rely on enhancing light, which may not be present, or using devices which can interfere with one another. One alternative solution is to use heat, but such infrared sensors struggle to distinguish between different objects. To overcome this, researchers have now combined such sensors with machine learning algorithms to make a system that grants day-like night-visi...
Disrupting snail food-chain curbs parasitic disease in Senegal
July 19, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this episode: 00:45 A sustainable solution for schistosomiasis control Schistosomiasis is a serious parasitic disease that affects millions of people, who become infected when they come into contact with contaminated water. To prevent the spread and reinfection of this disease, researchers trialled an environmental intervention that removed plants from lakes in Senegal. These plants act as food for freshwater snails – intermediate hosts for the disease. Results showed that this reduced ...
ChatGPT can write a paper in an hour — but there are downsides
July 12, 2023 15:24 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this episode: 00:23 Using ChatGPT to generate a research paper from scratch A pair of scientists have produced a research paper in less than an hour with the help of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT. The aim of this exercise was to explore the technology’s ability to act as a research ‘co-pilot’ and spark debate about its use. While AI tools like ChatGPT have the potential to speed up research, it is still unclear what role they should play in research. Nature News: ...
Even a 'minimal cell' can grow stronger, thanks to evolution
July 05, 2023 15:08 - 29 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this episode: 00:46 The effects of evolution on a minimal genome In 2016, researchers created a ‘minimal cell’ bacterium with a genome that only contains genes essential for the organism's survival. Any mutation in these genes could be fatal, so it was unclear whether there could be scope for evolution. But now, a team has grown this bacterium through 2,000 generations and shown that it does have the ability to evolve and can recover from some of the fitness costs associated with its st...
Audio long read: ‘Almost magical’ — chemists can now move single atoms in and out of a molecule’s core
June 30, 2023 12:30 - 19 minutes - 194 MBIn the past two years, there has been an explosion in the number of papers published relating to 'skeletal editing', a technique that allows chemists to precisely edit a molecule by deleting, adding or swapping single atoms in its core. Although many of these methods are early in development, researchers hope skeletal editing could revolutionize how organic chemists design molecules, dramatically speeding up the drug-discovery process. This is an audio version of our Feature: ‘Almost magic...
Do octopuses dream? Neural activity resembles human sleep stages
June 28, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this episode: 00:46 Inside the brains of sleeping octopuses Researchers have probed the brains of octopuses and confirmed previous reports suggesting that these invertebrates have a two-stage sleep cycle similar to that seen in many vertebrates. The team suggests this system may have evolved independently in the two groups, as there are millions of years of evolutionary history between them. However, despite its presumed importance, it is a mystery why this system exists at all. Resear...
Why bladder cancer cells that shed their Y chromosome become more aggressive
June 21, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBIn this episode: 00:45 Why losing the Y chromosome makes bladder cancer more aggressive Loss of the Y chromosome in bladder cancer cells is associated with increased severity of disease, but the reasons behind this have been unclear. Now researchers show that the loss of this chromosome helps tumour cells evade the immune system. However, this mechanism also makes the cells more vulnerable to certain chemotherapy treatments, and the researchers hope their findings could help improve outcom...
What IBM's result means for quantum computing
June 14, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this episode: 00:47 How to make quantum computers ready for real world applications Quantum computers have long held the promise of being able to perform tasks that classical computers can’t. However, despite this promise, there have been few applications that can only be accomplished by a quantum computer. Now though, researchers show that a quantum computer can resolve a physics problem concerning the orientation of quantum particles in a 2D material, which is difficult to accomplish ...
A brain circuit for infanticide, in mice
June 07, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBIn this episode: 00:46 The mouse brain circuit controlling infanticidal behaviour In mammals, infanticide is a relatively common behaviour, but not a default one. For example, virgin female mice will often kill young produced by other females, but this behaviour disappears when they become mothers themselves. To understand this switch, researchers have identified a brain circuit associated with infanticidal behaviour that gets switched off after mice give birth. They hope that by better un...
AI identifies gene interactions to speed up search for treatment targets
May 31, 2023 15:05 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBIn this episode: 00:46 An AI that predicts gene interactions Mapping the network of genes that control cellular processes can be difficult to do when gene-expression data is sparse, such as in rare diseases or those affecting tissues that are hard to clinically sample. To overcome this, a team has developed an artificial intelligence system trained on a large, general dataset, and used it to make predictions about gene interactions in data-limited situations. As a test-case they look at th...
Audio long read: Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more?
May 26, 2023 16:30 - 17 minutes - 24 MBShocked by the impact of online misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, several researchers are launching efforts to survey scientists’ thinking on issues from vaccine safety to climate change. They hope that their projects will make scientific debate, and degrees of consensus, more visible and transparent, benefiting public conversation and policymaking. However, others suggest that these attempts might merely further politicize public debate. This is an audio version of our Feat...
‘Tree islands’ give oil-palm plantation a biodiversity boost
May 24, 2023 15:50 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBIn this episode: 00:45 Tree islands bring biodiversity benefits for oil-palm plantation Global demand for palm oil has resulted in huge expansion of the palm plantations needed to produce it, causing widespread tropical deforestation and species loss. To address this, researchers planted islands of native trees among the palms in a large plantation, and showed that this approach increases ecosystem health, without affecting crop yields. The team say that while protecting existing tropical ...
JWST shows an ancient galaxy in stunning spectroscopic detail
May 17, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode: 00:46 What JWST has revealed about an ancient galaxy Researchers have pointed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at JD1, one of the universe's most distant known galaxies. The power of JWST has filled in some of the gaps in what was known about the galaxy, giving greater insight into its age, structure and composition. The team behind the work hope that learning more about how early galaxies like JD1 formed will help explain how the universe evolved into its present sta...
Nature's Take: Can Registered Reports help tackle publication bias?
May 12, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 35.7 MBMany researchers have been critical of the biases that the publication process can introduce into science. For example, they argue that a focus on publishing interesting or significant results can give a false impression of what broader research is finding about a particular field. To tackle this, some scientists have championed the publication of Registered Reports. These articles split the peer review process in two, first critically assessing the methodology of a research study before da...
‘Pangenome’ aims to capture the breadth of human diversity
May 10, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBIn this episode: 00:45 Making a more diverse human genome The first draft of the human genome ushered in a new era of genetics research. Since its publication, researchers have constructed ever more accurate ‘reference genomes’ – baselines against which others are compared. But these are based on the DNA of a small number of people, and don’t represent the genetic variation known to exist across human populations. To address this, a consortium of researchers have published the first draft ...
Menopause and women’s health: why science needs to catch up
May 03, 2023 15:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBIn this episode: 00:47 A focus on women’s health Nature’s Kerri Smith and Heidi Ledford join us to discuss two Features published in Nature looking at topics surrounding women’s health. The first looks at efforts to understand how menopause affects brain health, while the second takes a deep-dive into research funding and shows how conditions affecting women more than men receive less money. Feature: How menopause reshapes the brain Feature: Women’s health research lacks funding – these ...
Audio long read: Conquering Alzheimer’s — a look at the therapies of the future
April 28, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBLast year, researchers announced that the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab lowered the amount of amyloid protein plaques associated with the disease in the brains of participants in a clinical trial, and slowed their cognitive decline. Now, researchers are looking to drug combinations, vaccines and gene therapy to tackle different stages of the disease, as they forge the next generation of treatments for the condition. This is an audio version of our Feature: Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at th...
How Rosalind Franklin’s story was rewritten
April 26, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBIn this episode: 00:57 Franklin’s real role When it comes to the structure of DNA, everyone thinks they know Rosalind Franklin’s role in its discovery. The story goes that her crucial data was taken by James Watson without her knowledge, helping him and Francis Crick solve the structure. However, new evidence has revealed that this wasn’t really the case. Rosalind Franklin was not a ‘wronged heroine’, she was an equal contributor to the discovery. Comment: What Rosalind Franklin truly con...
A smarter way to melt down plastics?
April 19, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this episode: 00:45 A new method to break down plastic polymers Plastic waste is an enormous problem, with much of it being incinerated or ending up in landfill. One way to give plastics another life is to break them down into their individual components using heat, but this method yields low amounts of usable product. Now, a team demonstrates a proof-of-concept method of heating that wicks the plastic like a candle through a layer of carbon material. They show that this method is more ...
How to battle misinformation with Sander van der Linden
April 14, 2023 10:52 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBIn the latest episode of Nature hits the books, psychologist Sander van der Linden joins us to discuss his new book Foolproof, which focuses on misinformation and what can be done to prevent people being duped, particularly by the falsehoods found online. We discuss how misinformation messages are crafted, why they can be hard to shake once someone is exposed, and how Star Wars: Episode 3 helped in the fight against them… Foolproof, Sander van der Linden, Fourth Estate (2023) Music suppli...
Octopuses hunt by 'tasting' with their suckers
April 12, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MB00:44 The unusual receptors that let octopuses hunt by touch Researchers have shown that the suckers of octopuses are covered with specialised receptors that allow them to taste by touching things. Similar receptors are also found in squid, but there are differences that mirror differences in the animals’ hunting behaviours; while octopuses feel for their prey, squid pull things towards themselves before deciding whether or not to eat it. Research article: Kang et al. Research article: Al...
Giant black-hole pair from the early Universe gives clues to how galaxies form
April 05, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB00:46 A pair of supermassive black holes in the distant universe Supermassive black holes are found at the centre of galaxies across the universe. But observations of galaxies with more than one – caused by the merging of two galaxies – have been rare. Now, researchers have combined data from a number of telescopes and satellites, to reveal a pair of supermassive blackholes farther from Earth than any pair detected previously. They hope this will offer insights into how galaxies form. Rese...
Audio long read: What Turkey’s earthquake tells us about the science of seismic forecasting
March 31, 2023 09:53 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBLast month, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing an estimated 50,000 people. Two decades ago, researchers suggested that an earthquake in this area was likely, but exactly where and when it would strike were unknown. This shows both the promise — and limitations — of the science of earthquake forecasting. Years of research suggest that it may be impossible to predict exactly when an earthquake will occur. As a result, many in the field have now shifted to identifying ...
Bacterial ‘syringes’ could inject drugs directly into human cells
March 29, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MB00:48 Tiny syringes for drug delivery A team of researchers have repurposed tiny syringe-like structures produced by some bacteria to deliver molecules directly into human cells. They hope that this method could be used to overcome a big challenge in modern medicine, namely ensuring that therapeutics are delivered into the precise cells that need to be treated. Research article: Kreitz et al. News and Views: Mix-and-match tools for protein injection into cells 07:05 Research Highlights ...