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Disease ecologist Carme Riutord-Fe observes a sooty mangabey in the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire. (TCP/Constant Kaye) | |||||
Could a squirrel be a source of mpox?One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing its ‘reservoir’ hosts — the animals that carry and spread the virus without becoming sick from it. Now, scientists think they might have an answer: the fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus), a forest-dwelling rodent found in West and Central Africa. The researchers were monitoring a group of sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in a national park in Côte d’Ivoire when mpox outbreak occurred among the animals, giving the team the chance to link infected mangabeys to squirrels they had eaten. The knowledge could help avoid infections in people, for example by knowing when to take extra care when handling wild-animal meat. Nature | 6 min readReference: Research Square preprint (not peer reviewed) |
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How long-COVID activists fought backLong-COVID advocates and researchers in the United States have managed to revive some of the research grants cancelled by the administration of President Donald Trump ― a rare victory for science as Trump’s team slashes funding and fires federal scientific staff. But the battle was bruising, and the administration’s termination of an array of infectious-diseases research projects suggests a rocky path ahead for long-COVID research. Nature | 6 min read |
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Charts reveal the power of vaccinesVaccines have given many families in wealthy nations the luxury of forgetting about the toll of some infectious diseases. But for some, that is changing: a second unvaccinated child in Texas died this week from measles. Anti-vaccine misinformation is rampant, not least from members of the administration of US president Donald Trump. Globally, many children still die because they can’t get the immunizations that they should, and cuts to international aid put progress at risk. |
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How to map molecules’ hidden livesThe average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins, and to understand how cells function, you have to work out what those proteins interact with — and where. With advances in high-resolution imaging, mass spectrometry and machine-learning-assisted data analysis, spatial-proteomics researchers are mapping and tracking proteins with increasing detail at multiple scales, from subcellular compartments to tissues. The work is challenging and data-intensive, but findings have yielded insights into cellular biology and disease progression — not to mention, potential therapeutic strategies. Nature | 11 min read |
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A scientist’s guide to AI toolsAs artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, more tools are being built to meet the needs of students and scientists. Nature explores how to harness AI to streamline various parts of the research process, from sharpening your literature review to streamlining your statistics. Among these are tools such as Paperpal and Thesify, which check academic manuscripts against journal submission guidelines, and Elicit, which helps to summarize papers at speed. Nature | 10 min read |
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On the uninhabited Isla Espíritu Santo, seabird ecologist Cecilia Soldatini (right) and her team work with an unusual field technician: a century-old cactus. A device attached to the cactus collects data from tagged magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens). “The GPS tracking revealed that frigatebirds cross the Baja California Peninsula up to three times per day, an unusual behaviour for a seabird,” Soldatini says. “Tracking the frigatebirds’ movements helps to identify feeding hotspots that might be crucial for other top predators, such as marine mammals and sharks, as well as their prey.” (Nature | 3 min read) (Ugo Mellone) | |||||
Quote of the day“The crux of science’s current challenge is not lost trust, but rather misplaced trust in untrustworthy sources.”Trust in science is generally high, write David Bersoff from the Edelman Trust Institute think tank and Heidi Larson from the Global Listening Project non-profit organization. The issue is not that most people are anti-science, but “a ‘my evidence’ versus ‘your evidence’ polarization”, they argue. (Nature | 10 min read) |
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