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    A cross-national survey in Latin America finds that emotional responses strongly predict climate risk perceptions. Unlike high-income countries, political ideology and socio-demographics have weak effects, suggesting opportunities for cross-party climate collaboration.

    • Guilherme N. Fasolin
    • , Matias Spektor
    •  & Juliana Camargo

  • Article
    | Open Access

    With over 2,000 newly identified data points, this study estimates 2,525 million m3 of wood fuel removals globally in 2019, approximately 30% higher than previously understood. Global production of wood charcoal is estimated at 70.5 million tonnes, approximately 50% higher than previous values.

    • E. Ashley Steel
    • , Oliver Stoner
    •  & Leonardo R. Souza

  • Article
    | Open Access

    The study shows a significant gender gap in scholarly self-promotion on Twitter, finding that women are about 28% less likely to promote their own academic papers compared to men, a disparity which is even more pronounced among highly productive women at prestigious institutions. Women’s self-promotion efforts tend to yield fewer overall mentions and visibility online compared to men, highlighting systematic gender biases in digital scholarly communication.

    • Hao Peng
    • , Misha Teplitskiy
    •  & Emőke-Ágnes Horvát

  • Perspective
    | Open Access

    In the coming years, crystallographic fragment-screening campaigns will deliver massive amounts of data and challenge existing practices and resources. In the article, options are explored for how best to preserve these data for the community to support further research and developments.

    • Daniel A. Erlanson
    • , Stephen K. Burley
    •  & Manfred S. Weiss

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Understanding how team dynamics impact performance in collaborative environments remains an open question. Here, authors use fine-grained activity data from software projects to characterize team evolution, showing how team-level changes unfold and how leadership change links to greater success.

    • Lorenzo Betti
    • , Luca Gallo
    •  & Federico Battiston

  • Perspective
    | Open Access

    Collaborative self-diving research is crucial to research acceleration amidst ever more complex problems. Here, authors identify the key challenges to the dual cultivation of centralised self-driving user facilities and networks of self-driving labs.

    • Richard B. Canty
    • , Jeffrey A. Bennett
    •  & Milad Abolhasani

  • Perspective
    | Open Access

    In preclinical research, there is a persistent sex bias where research is conducted with a single sex. Here, the authors present a Sex Inclusive Research Framework that provides a traffic light classification of research proposals to facilitate robust assessment and promote equitable sex inclusion

    • Natasha A. Karp
    • , Manuel Berdoy
    •  & Lucy Whitfield

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Complex networks are relevant to wide range of areas, from biology to social sciences and economics, however the aspect that networks can move through space has not been elaborated. The authors propose a concept of traveling networks that can dynamically restructure themselves in space and perform search tasks.

    • Nate J. Cira
    • , Morgan L. Paull
    •  & Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse

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    | Open Access

    Inspired by the primate visual system, this work implements an event-driven, bio-inspired architecture for figure-ground segmentation on the neuromorphic robot iCub, bridging neuromorphic algorithms and software. Its performance is benchmarked on the Berkeley Segmentation Data Set and validated in real-world scenarios.

    • Giulia D’Angelo
    • , Simone Voto
    •  & Chiara Bartolozzi

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Decisions on where to source nickel for use in low-carbon technologies must consider the biomass losses caused by mining. This study found that, in many cases, these unaccounted emissions were significant relative to other Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from nickel extraction and processing.

    • Evelyn M. Mervine
    • , Rick K. Valenta
    •  & Laura J. Sonter

  • Comment
    | Open Access

    Rethinking and restructuring cross-disciplinary research requires innovative models and the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) stands as a powerful example. Since its creation, IFISC has grown fourfold, now hosting 90 researchers from 15 different countries. Its unique structure fosters collaborations and a shared sense of belonging, built on a common foundation in complex systems. By bridging diverse disciplines and providing cutting-edge training, IFISC is shaping the next generation of researchers while offering a blueprint for how to reorganize research resources to foster cross-disciplinary research at institution levels and beyond.

    • Apostolos Argyris
    • , Emilio Hernández-García
    •  & Maxi San Miguel

  • Perspective
    | Open Access

    The human cell atlas (HCA) is intended as an exhaustive guidebook of human cell types and their properties. Here Kirby et al. outline how the HCA Ethics Working Group is working to build a solid foundation to address the complexities of data collection and sharing.

    • Emily Kirby
    • , Alexander Bernier
    •  & Bartha M. Knoppers

  • Perspective
    | Open Access

    The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) aims to characterize cells from diverse individuals across the globe to better understand human biology. Here, the authors lay out principles and action items that have been adopted to affirm HCA’s commitment to equity so that the atlas is beneficial to all of humanity.

    • Ido Amit
    • , Kristin Ardlie
    •  & Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Comment
    | Open Access

    New developing area of NeuroAI at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence has many open challenges, one of which is training the new generation of experts. In this Comment, the authors provide resources and outline training needs and recommendations for junior researchers working across artificial intelligence and neuroscience.

    • Andrea I. Luppi
    • , Jascha Achterberg
    •  & Helena M. Gellersen

  • Comment
    | Open Access

    The integrated and indivisible nature of the SDGs is facing implementation challenges due to the silo approaches. We present the three interconnected foci (SDG interactions, modeling, and tools) at the science-policy interface to address these challenges. Accounting for them will support accelerated SDG progress, operationalizing the integration and indivisibility principles.

    • Prajal Pradhan
    • , Nina Weitz
    •  & Caroline Zimm

  • Comment
    | Open Access

    As multiple UN fora develop parallel rules for sharing benefits from digital sequence information, we urge better coordination. International policymakers should focus on harmonizing new benefit-sharing rules to ensure open access to data, database interoperability, and better benefit sharing outcomes.

    • Scarlett Sett
    • , W. John Kress
    •  & Amber Hartman Scholz

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Reproducibility of computational research remains challenging. Here, authors present ENCORE, an approach to enhance reproducibility. The most significant challenge to the routine adoption of approaches like ENCORE is the lack of incentives for researchers to dedicate sufficient time and effort to ensure reproducibility.

    • Antoine H. C. van Kampen
    • , Utkarsh Mahamune
    •  & Perry D. Moerland

  • Article
    | Open Access

    AI promises to transform medicine, but geographic concentration may hinder its equitable application. Here, authors map a global atlas of medical AI research and show that greater integration of global expertize could help AI deliver on its promise.

    • Leo Schmallenbach
    • , Till W. Bärnighausen
    •  & Marc J. Lerchenmueller

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Cyanobacteria have been the subject of intense basic research, but translation towards industrial applications remains limited. Here, Schmelling and Bross conduct a survey among researchers in the cyanobacterial community, as well as a literature analysis, to highlight potential strategies to enhance cyanobacterial research and accelerate the development of industrial applications.

    • Nicolas M. Schmelling
    •  & Moritz Bross

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Equitable and accessible education in life sciences, bioengineering, and synthetic biology is crucial for training the next generation of scientists. Here the authors present the CRISPRkit, a cost-effective educational tool that enables high school students to perform CRISPR experiments affordably and safely without prior experience, using smartphone-based quantification and an automated algorithm for data analysis.

    • Marvin Collins
    • , Matthew B. Lau
    •  & Lei S. Qi

  • Editorial
    | Open Access

    Data is the bedrock of scientific progress. At Nature Communications we have been making it easier for authors to share their source data by integrating both data and code sharing capabilities into our manuscript tracking system.

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    Tracers are fluorescent protein ligands required for various displacement assays. Here, the authors announce a curated database named tracerDB, which will make essential tracer data, contributed by the worldwide research community, easily available and searchable.

    • Johannes Dopfer
    • , James D. Vasta
    •  & Martin P. Schwalm

  • Perspective
    | Open Access

    Developing biotechnologies to address society’s challenges requires integrating concepts across disciplines, posing challenges to educating students with diverse expertise. In this Perspective the authors create a framework for synthetic biology training that deconstructs biotechnologies across spatial scales.

    • Ashty S. Karim
    • , Dylan M. Brown
    •  & Julius B. Lucks

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Crowdsourced personal weather data are sought to cope with weather data scarcity. But, in England and Wales, more deprived areas are less covered. This limits the potential for climate adaptation of communities living in these environments.

    • Oscar Brousse
    • , Charles H. Simpson
    •  & Clare Heaviside

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Traders of financial options bet that firms’ stock prices will be affected by forecasts of seasonal climate produced by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Firms are exposed throughout the economy, and traders spend more to hedge the news from more skillful forecasts

    • Derek Lemoine
    •  & Sarah Kapnick

  • Comment
    | Open Access

    Sustainability of African weather and climate information can only be ensured by investing in improved scientific understanding, observational data, and model capability. These requirements must be underpinned by capacity development, knowledge management; and partnerships of co-production, communication and coordination.

    • Benjamin Lamptey
    • , Salah SAHABI ABED
    •  & Erik W. Kolstad

  • Comment
    | Open Access

    Millions of skeletal remains from South Asia were exported in red markets (the underground economy of human tissues/organs) to educational institutions globally for over a century. It is time to recognize the personhood of the people who were systematically made into anatomical objects and acknowledge the scientific racism in creating and continuing to use them.

    • Sabrina C. Agarwal

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Researchers developed an open-hardware structured illumination microscopy add-on. This affordable upgrade provides super-resolution capabilities for normal optical microscopes. Detailed instructions enable easy reproduction to help democratize advanced microscopy.

    • Mélanie T. M. Hannebelle
    • , Esther Raeth
    •  & Georg E. Fantner

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Information on the occurrence of aneuploidies in prehistory human populations are rare. Here, from a large screen of ancient human genomes and osteological examination, the authors find genetic evidence for six cases of trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and one case of trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) in historic and prehistoric infants.

    • Adam Benjamin Rohrlach
    • , Maïté Rivollat
    •  & Kay Prüfer

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Extracting scientific data from published research is a complex task required specialised tools. Here the authors present a scheme based on large language models to automatise the retrieval of information from text in a flexible and accessible manner.

    • John Dagdelen
    • , Alexander Dunn
    •  & Anubhav Jain

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Lithic cutting-edge productivity is a way of quantifying prehistoric human technological evolution. Here, the authors examine the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition across eight assemblages in the eastern Mediterranean, finding the transition to be later than expected and associated with bladelet technology development.

    • Seiji Kadowaki
    • , Joe Yuichiro Wakano
    •  & Sate Massadeh

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