Changing rainforest to plantations shifts tropical food webs
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00434-9A study provides insights into how energy flows in the food webs that connect soil- and canopy-dwelling organisms in tropical ecosystems with high biodiversity. When rainforest is converted to plantations, food webs are simplified and restructured, leading to profound changes in tropical-ecosystem functioning. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
Daniel Kahneman obituary: psychologist who revolutionized the way we think about thinking
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01344-6Nobel prizewinner whose insights into the foibles of human decision-making launched the field of behavioural economics and sent ripples through all social sciences. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Eldar Shafir Source Type: research
Who’s making chips for AI? Chinese manufacturers lag behind US tech giants
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01292-1Researchers in China say they are finding themselves five to ten years behind their US counterparts as export restrictions bite. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Jonathan O ' Callaghan Source Type: research
Dark energy is tearing the Universe apart. What if the force is weakening?
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01273-4The first set of results from a pioneering cosmic-mapping project hints that the repulsive force known as dark energy has changed over 11 billion years, which would alter ideas about how the Universe has evolved and what its future will be. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Davide Castelvecchi Source Type: research
A quantum solid made of electrons: observing the elusive Wigner crystal
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01211-4In ordinary materials, electrons move too quickly for their negative electric charges to affect their interactions. But at low temperatures and densities, they can be made to crystallize into an exotic type of electron solid — a phenomenon predicted by Eugene Wigner 90 years ago and only now directly observed. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
Smarty plants? Controversial plant-intelligence studies explored in new book
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01275-2A deep dive into plant behaviour and consciousness asks why the topic has been taboo for so long, and whether botanists are changing their minds about plants’ cognitive abilities. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Beronda L. Montgomery Source Type: research
France’s research mega-campus faces leadership crisis
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01319-7The contest to elect the next president of Paris-Saclay University has collapsed, reflecting wider issues at the giant research centre. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Barbara Casassus Source Type: research
Hunger on campus: why US PhD students are fighting over food
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01279-yGraduate students are relying on donated and discounted food in the struggle to make ends meet. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Laurie Udesky Source Type: research
Mount Etna’s spectacular smoke rings and more — April’s best science images
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01250-xThe month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Emma Stoye Source Type: research
Streamlined skull helps foxes take a nosedive
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01267-2Some fox species leap up and pounce head first into snow to capture prey that they hear below the surface. An analysis of the forces involved reveals how the shape of the skull has evolved to minimize damage from this behaviour. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mary Abraham Source Type: research
From multiverses to cities: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01277-0Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Andrew Robinson Source Type: research
Author Correction: Stepwise activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor
Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07470-5Author Correction: Stepwise activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Kaavya Krishna Kumar Haoqing Wang Chris Habrian Naomi R. Latorraca Jun Xu Evan S. O ’Brien Chensong Zhang Elizabeth Montabana Antoine Koehl Susan Marqusee Ehud Y. Isacoff Brian K. Kobilka Source Type: research
‘Orangutan, heal thyself’: First wild animal seen using medicinal plant
Nature, Published online: 02 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01289-wThe Sumatran orangutan used a plant known to humans for its medicinal qualities. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 2, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Gayathri Vaidyanathan Source Type: research
My PI yelled at me and I’m devastated. What do I do?
Nature, Published online: 02 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01309-9It can be hard when junior scientists feel unsupported. Nature asked three scientists for their advice on how to respond. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 2, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Nikki Forrester Source Type: research
US National Academies report outlines barriers and solutions for scientist carers
Nature, Published online: 02 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01334-8Carers need better support from employers, such as paid parental leave, subsidized childcare and relief for other types of caregiving. But is there will among institutions to provide it? (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 2, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Amanda Heidt Source Type: research
