Carnevale, J. et al. RASA2 ablation in T cells boosts antigen sensitivity and long-term function. Nature 609, 174–182 (2022). Article ADS CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Freitas, K. A. et al. Enhanced T cell effector activity by targeting the Mediator kinase module. Science 378, eabn5647 (2022). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Brudno,
READ MORE
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. A stone’s throw
READ MORE
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Glueballs are made of gluons, which bind quarks to form protons and neutrons.Credit: Sefa kart/Getty A team of physicists says it has observed strong evidence of a mysterious ‘glueball’, a particle made up of force-carrying gluons.
READ MORE
Outsider Animals Marlene Zuk Princeton Univ. Press (2026) Evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk’s charming book begins with a night-time encounter with young raccoons (Procyon lotor) on the deck outside her bedroom in California. They were playing noisily with a hose — and when she tried to shoo them away, one stood up and raised its forelegs,
READ MORE
Growing undocumented populations were linked to falling property crime and assaults — but more robberies.Credit: John Moore/Getty Neighbourhoods across the United States that experienced a growth in their undocumented population also saw property-related and violent crime fall, not rise, according to an analysis of 11,500 neighbourhoods in more than 100 cities. In a paper published
READ MORE
Feigenbaum, E. A. The art of artificial intelligence: themes and case studies of knowledge engineering. In Proc. 5th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI ’77) Vol. 2, 1014–1029 (Morgan Kaufmann, 1977). Russell, S. J. & Norvig, P. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall, 1995). Sutton, R. S. & Barto, A. Reinforcement Learning: An
READ MORE
