Humanities and Social Sciences

This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself 0
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- May 2, 2026
Gynaecological disorders such as endometriosis could be studied using endometrium organoids.Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Researchers have developed organoids that can regenerate like the endometrium, the lining of the uterus that sheds and re-forms during the menstrual cycle. The team used the miniature 3D structures to simulate rarely seen repair processes, which could inform future therapeutic strategies for
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Engineered blood clots stop bleeding in seconds 0
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- April 29, 2026
Jiang, S. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10412-y (2026). Article Google Scholar Guo, B., Dong, R., Liang, Y. & Li, M. Nature Rev. Chem. 5, 773–791 (2021). Article PubMed Google Scholar Peshkova, A. D. et al. Blood Adv. 9, 3418–3428 (2025). Article PubMed Google Scholar Garyfallogiannis, K. et al. Acta Biomater. 159, 49–62 (2023). Article PubMed Google
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The memory dealer of Old Jeddah 0
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- April 25, 2026
The holographic minaret of Al-Shafi’i drilled the Adhan straight into the mastoid bone behind my ear. A neural vibration, not a sound. Maghrib. Above the coral houses of Al-Balad, the Ministry’s drones buzzed back to their hives, glutted on our biometric data. I sat on my synthetic rug in a shop squeezed between a hissing
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How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength 0
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- April 22, 2026
Stephan Schlamminger (left) and colleague Vincent Lee with the equipment used to measure big G.Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST The value of the constant that describes the gravitational pull between objects, Big G, continues to baffle scientists. A decade-long replication experiment1 that involved moving equipment across the Atlantic has resulted in a number that disagrees with previous
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Four rising stars shaping the future of cancer research 0
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- April 16, 2026
In laboratories and hospitals around the world, a new generation of cancer researchers is working on the treatments and technologies of tomorrow. Some have turned their focus to improving imaging techniques for diagnostics; others are developing minimally invasive tests for early detection. Despite the differences in their work, they are united in achieving a common
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balancing two experiments at once 0
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- April 13, 2026
After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a mid-career researcher.Credit: Benjamin Smith One afternoon in November last year, two e-mails landed in my inbox minutes apart. The first was from my son’s school, reminding parents that the transition to secondary education would begin
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