Mosquitos sniff out humans with super-smelling neurons

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02197-7The biting insects have an odour-sensing setup superior to that of many other animals.

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Daily briefing: New US law pledges billions to fight climate change

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02244-3The Inflation Reduction Act includes US$369 billion in climate investments over the next decade. Plus: measuring how much virus people with COVID exhale.

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How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02202-zOne ‘superspreader’ with Omicron shed 1,000 times as much viral RNA as those with Alpha or Delta.

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Floating perovskite-BiVO₄ devices for scalable solar fuel production

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04978-6This work introduces lightweight, leaf-like photoelectrochemical devices for unassisted water splitting and syngas production, which could be used in the fabrication of floating systems for solar fuel production.

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Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05018-zAnalysis of a series of Earth system model experiments shows that continental rearrangement during the Phanerozoic had a marked influence on variations in ocean oxygenation, independent of atmospheric pO2.

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Do protons have intrinsic charm? New evidence suggests yes

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02237-2A machine learning approach examines decades of data in the hunt for the proton’s charm, and the latest from the Nature Briefing.

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LACC1 bridges NOS2 and polyamine metabolism in inflammatory macrophages

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05111-3Findings suggest that l-ornithine could serve as a novel nutraceutical to ameliorate LACC1-associated immunological dysfunctions.

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Post-translational control of beige fat biogenesis by PRDM16 stabilization

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05067-4The ubiquitin E3 ligase CUL2–APPBP2 determines PRDM16 protein stability by catalysing PRDM16 polyubiquitination in beige fat.

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When and where to protect forests

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05096-zA dynamic optimization approach using plant species data from 458 forest ecoregions suggests a strategy for when and where to conserve forests globally over the next 50 years to maximize the conservation of plant biodiversity.

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In vivo single-molecule analysis reveals <i>COOLAIR</i> RNA structural diversity

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05135-9The structures of single COOLAIR RNA isoforms change in abundance and shape in response to external conditions; structural mutation of these isoforms altered FLC expression and flowering time, consistent with a regulatory role of the COOLAIR structure in FLC transcription.

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