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Haploid facultative parthenogenesis in sunflower sexual reproduction
Jacquier, N. M. A. et al. Puzzling out plant reproduction by haploid induction for innovations in plant breeding. Nat. Plants…
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Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed…
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Trump’s bid for Greenland threatens to destabilize Arctic research
Boulder, Colorado A major Arctic-science conference got caught up this week in the fight between US President Donald Trump, who…
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How to know whether a conference is right for you
Illustration: Sébastien Thibault After coming across a UK conference that sounded interesting, Carme Arnan Ros, a laboratory manager and research…
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US universities curtail staff, spending as Trump cuts take hold
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge has frozen hiring for non-faculty positions.Credit: Mel Musto/Bloomberg/Getty The onslaught of US spending…
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Light pollution threatens fleet of world-class telescopes in Atacama Desert
The Milky Way at Chile’s Paranal Observatory, a site with the darkest skies out of 28 leading observatories assessed by…
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Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
With papers to write, grants to apply for and students to teach, cybersecurity can be a low priority for scientists.…
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Unconventional magnons in collinear magnets dictated by spin space groups
Band representation theory for SSGs Band representations are constructed from the atomic limit as introduced by Zak52. Building on Zak’s…
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AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
Two new AI tools check for errors in research papers including in the calculations, methodology and references.Credit: Jose A. Bernat…
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Unknown fate of ice-hunting Moon missions leaves scientists in suspense
The Athena lander touched down in the region around the lunar south pole (pictured) on 6 March as planned, but…
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