Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Previous attempts to read charred scrolls have used X-ray CT alone, which assesses carbon-based materials. The technique can’t clearly identify writing because both the ink and papyrus contain carbon. (Jacob LaManna/NIST) Researchers have made their own
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. A close-up of the lutetium clock’s interior, which is the world’s most accurate timekeeper. Credit: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore Physicists have unveiled the world’s most accurate clock — a timepiece so reliable
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Brain–computer interfaces decode users’ brain signals.Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty A new brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first of its kind to translate its user’s speech and movement at the same time. The device, tested in two people
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Mapping microproteins in the brain might help to understand, and treat, Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: Zephyr/SPL More than 1,000 previously overlooked ‘microproteins’ have been found in samples of human brain tissue from people with and without Alzheimer’s disease.
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Credit: Bagus Kurniawan/NurPhoto via Getty This year’s El Niño weather event is forecast to reach unprecedented strength. It’s also the first strong El Niño to form in the eastern (rather than central) Pacific since the late
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Glaciers shape the landscapes of Spitsbergen, an island of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.Credit: Arterra/Sven-Erik Arndt/UIG/Getty Emotionally engaging forms of communication are more effective than scientific facts alone in motivating climate action, finds a
