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
Artificial-intelligence-based models of protein structure could be improved by incorporating data from pharmaceutical companies.Credit: Miyako Nakamura/Getty For drug discovery, protein-folding models such as AlphaFold have a data problem: there isn’t enough of it in public databases. Improving the performance of these artificial-intelligence-based tools will require extra data that provide examples of how proteins and drugs
Drug cartels across Mexico are increasingly turning to car bombs, explosives-laden drones and improvised explosive devices, a trend that could further strain Mexico’s already tense relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened military action against the cartels. The latest incident occurred Sunday night outside a police station in Ojocaliente, a town in the north-central state of
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Drug dealing is happening in plain sight here. Only five minutes after I arrive, I witness a transaction. A buyer walks up to the seller, shakes their hand, and walks away with the drugs. Crack has become widely consumed amongst the poorest in this area of Brussels. “Things have changed in the past six months,”
FILE – A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering
