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A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia

500+by Markus Eyting / 3d

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08800-x Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of 7 years by approximately one-fifth.

Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition

100+by Max Kozlov / 2d

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01029-8 After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.

Obesity-drug pioneers and 13,508 physicists win US$3-million Breakthrough Prizes

by Zeeya Merali / 5h

Nature, Published online: 05 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01038-7 Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include Large Hadron Collider experiments and groundbreaking weight-loss treatments.

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International PhD students make emergency plans in fear of US immigration raids

Iranian PhD student detained by ICE

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by Jeff Tollefson / 1d

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01056-5 Arrests of scholars by US President Donald Trump’s administration prompts lawsuit alleging free-speech violations.

Neck deep in overdiagnosis: Books in brief

by Andrew Robinson / 1d

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01073-4 Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Trump team removes senior NIH chiefs in shock move

NIH to study transition regret

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by Benjamin Thompson / 1d

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01071-6 Decision comes amidst mass layoffs — plus, administration instructs US biomedical agency to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition.

Author Correction: Record sea surface temperature jump in 2023–2024 unlikely but not unexpected

by Jens Terhaar / 1d

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08923-1

Revealed: where rare and giant starfish hide from an enigmatic killer

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Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00970-y The sunflower star, which can be bigger than a hubcap, escapes a wasting disease by hunkering down in fjords.

Tariffs hit science labs: Trump levies raise cost of supplies

by Celeste Biever / 1d

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01060-9 Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.

Daily briefing: Drug makes people’s blood poisonous to mosquitoes

by Flora Graham / 1d

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01037-8 A drug called nitisinone that is already approved to treat rare disorders can make human blood toxic to mosquitoes. Plus, what smartphones do to teens’ mental health and Trump’s cuts to HIV research.

Daily briefing: Mass layoffs across US health agencies

by Flora Graham / 1d

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01024-z Thousands of leaders and staff are being purged at US agencies such as the NIH. Plus, the month’s best science images and how to clean up ‘forever chemicals’.

Author Correction: Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor

by Daniel Jafferis / 1d

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08788-4

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How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure

by Smriti Mallapaty / 2d

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01021-2 In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Take Nature’s poll: How will Trump’s policies affect US science?

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Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01031-0 The new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes?

Strategic atom replacement enables regiocontrol in pyrazole alkylation

by Alexander Fanourakis / 2d

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08951-x

Hidden states and dynamics of fractional fillings in twisted MoTe2 bilayers

by Yiping Wang / 2d

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08954-8 Hidden states and dynamics of fractional fillings in twisted MoTe 2 bilayers

Solar cells made of Moon dust could power up a lunar base

Moon dust solar cells power exploration

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Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00971-x Lunar soil processed to form ‘moonglass’ allows the creation of efficient, radiation-resistant solar panels.

Journal targeted by paper mill still grappling with the aftermath years later

by Miryam Naddaf / 2d

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01010-5 Dozens of problematic papers remain in the literature, after a publication hit by fraudsters pledged to tackle the issue.