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Advances in colloidal quantum dotsThe confinement found in colloidal semiconductor quantum dots enables the design of materials with tunable properties. García de Arquer et al. review the recent advances in methods for synthesis and surface…

AbstractThe spillover of animal coronaviruses (aCoVs) to humans has caused SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. While antibody responses displaying cross-reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal/common cold human coronaviruses (hCoVs) have been…

Developing neurons practice for real lifeAs a mouse runs forward across the forest floor, the scenery that it passes flows backwards. Ge et al. show that the developing mouse retina practices in advance for what the eyes must later process…

SummaryCells live in complex environments and must respond appropriately to extracellular signals. Such responses often involve regulating the expression of hundreds of genes through transcription factors (TFs). Many TFs are activated by…

PHOTO: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCYThe explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine 35 years ago forged a strong safety culture that underpins nuclear energy today. At a time when the world was divided profoundly by…