A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the near-Earth space environment, incorporating miniaturized sensors into a compact, multi-view particle detection instrument like no other before. Built for NASA’s Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) CubeSat mission, the innovative instrument (also called REAL) enables more comprehensive measurements
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As artificial intelligence tools accelerate and advance further in science, Nature Opinions were sought on assignments that readers would prefer to keep for themselves. Here’s a snapshot of the responses. Keep asking questions As a student involved in AI and consciousness research, the most exciting part is being curious, noticing unexpected connections, and challenging existing
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Mealtime has always been a family affair for the Kochanczyks of Indiana. Dave Kochanczyk loved barbecuing, cooking Polish food, and preparing fresh vegetables from the garden. When he wasn’t in the kitchen, he led an active life, working as an electrical contractor, serving as a volunteer firefighter, and managing the family’s large rural property. Cancer
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You have full access to this article through your institution. Hello Nature Readers, would you like to receive this report in your inbox for free every day? Register here. Naked mole rat queens produce a chemical that prevents other females from reproducing.Credit: Neil Bromhall/Getty Naked mole rat (Glaber heterocephaly) queens produce a chemical that prevents
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You have full access to this article through your institution. Hello Nature Readers, would you like to receive this report in your inbox for free every day? Register here. This dagger was buried next to Ita, a daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat II, who “was a young woman between 28 and 34 years old with strong
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Two scientists at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, have been charged in connection with biological material they brought into the United States from abroad.Credit: PBH/Alamy Images Two virologists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) face charges related to the alleged smuggling of non-infectious monkeypox virus (MPXV) and other biological samples into the
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