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Nature Communications is an open access journal publishing high-quality research in all areas of the biological, physical, chemical and Earth sciences.

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Transparent peer review for all! We will publish reviewer reports and author responses for all research articles submitted after November 1st #OpenScience
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We're aware of the concerns raised regarding the publication of this paper . We thank those who've contacted us about this issue & we're looking into it as a matter of priority. @NatureComms strongly believes in & supports equality and diversity in research
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To support urgent research to combat the ongoing #CoronavirusOutbreak , the editorial teams at Nature Research have curated a collection of relevant articles: Ft. research from @nature , @naturecomms , @naturemedicine , @scireports and more.
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Unsupervised deep learning shows that the brain disentangles faces into semantically meaningful factors, like age or the presence of a smile, at the single neuron level @irinavlh @doristsao @demishassabis @DeepMind @Caltech
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We reject any form of racism, and stand in solidarity with our Black authors and reviewers, as individuals and as a journal. We will strive to improve our support of diversity in science. #blacklivesmatter
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Reviewers make an essential contribution to scientific progress; @NatComms will now formally acknowledge their role in published articles.
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Calcium waves trigger leaf movement in Mimosa plants
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October is #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth and the cancer editors @NatureComms have curated a collection of research articles on risks, treatment, diagnosis and much more.
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To support urgent research to combat the ongoing #CoronavirusOutbreak , the editorial teams at Nature Research have curated a collection of relevant articles: Ft. research from @nature , @naturecomms , @naturemedicine , @scireports and more.
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Subduction zones are complex systems of geological, biogeochemical, and societal importance. Our new collection showcases recent advances in subduction science, under the themes of subduction dynamics, element and volatile cycles, and magmatic systems.
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Calcium waves trigger leaf movement in Mimosa plants
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Scientists have discovered a new micro-organ hiding in our immune system. A structure that “remembers” past infections and vaccinations—and is filled with immune cells of many kinds which respond to pathogens that the body has encountered before
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Each month our editors select a small number of recently published @NatureComms articles that they believe are particularly interesting or important -
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Mechanochemical synthesis of Grignard reagents in air @haj19932469 @k0j1chem @rina_chemistry
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Adoptive transfer of immune cells, including T lymphocytes, has shown promises in cancer treatment #ClinicalTrial
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SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via contact and via the air between ferrets @erasmusmcintl #COVID19 #SARS_CoV_2
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Researchers, publishers and press should take a proactive approach to stop the unscientific use of colour in data visualization. @fcrameri @ShepGracie @philipheron present a simple guide to combat the misuse of colour in science.
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A mother’s unintentional gift at birth Specific bacteria from the mother’s gut are passed on to the newborn and strongly stimulate the baby’s immune responses @wilmeslab @_a_h_b_ @wampachl
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The cryo-EM reconstructions of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) virions reported by the @zhou_lab reveal host tRNAs associated with the virion’s capsid-bound tegument protein.
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We are extremely pleased to announce that we are now considering Registered Reports for cognitive neuroscience, human behaviour & psychology, and epidemiology.
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🏗️ By combining #DIW with up-conversion particles-assisted #photopolymerization , a #3Dprinting method for #ceramics eliminates the need for additional support structures, improving printing efficiency and reducing post-processing defects. @NatureComms
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New paper by @RalphTrancoso et al. revealing regions where climate model projections agree on #drying or #wetting patterns that affect one-to-two thirds of the world’s #population . #climatechange
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Some bacteria can engulf other cells through a phagocytosis-like mechanism!
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Each month our editors highlight new @NatureComms articles they see as particularly interesting or important. Visit for our Editors' Highlights in #stemcells & #disease .
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Möbius-conjugated #macrocycles interlock to form a catenane #topology
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@pollyp1 Thank you for sharing your concerns with us. We are looking into this issue as a matter of priority.
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PhD students, postdocs, and new PIs! Tell us about your research journey in 1500 words for a feature on our anniversary site and a video chat Q+A with a @NatureComms editor for you and your lab group! Email naturecommscompetition @nature .com by Aug 31 with your piece and bio.
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David Baker’s lab @UWproteindesign presents DeepAccNet, a deep learning framework for improved Rosetta protein structure refinement @NHiranuma
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The ascending arousal system mediates low dimensional neural dynamics and internal shifts in conscious awareness @DrBMunn @jmacshine @gabwainstein @eli_j_muller
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Researchers @UniUtrecht identify a human monoclonal antibody blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection in cell culture
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Deep serpentinization (40 - 80 km) during subduction can generate significant amounts of hydrogen and abiotic methane, potentially providing energy sources to the overlying subsurface biosphere in the forearc
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Phages! Phages everywhere, moving genes around! Multi-species host range of staphylococcal phages isolated from wastewater @LaTi_EGS @MartinLoessner @ETH
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Let the fireworks begin! You're watching the T6 secretion system sheath assembling within bacterial cells
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Are you a geoscientist looking for a career outside of academia? We are hiring! We are broadly looking for someone with expertise in either cryosphere, hydrology, geomorphology, sedimentology or paleoclimate. Closing date 24th Aug
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#Zika #vaccine protects both mom and fetus, but mom needs a higher dose when pregnant @utmb_news @NatureComms
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We are looking for an optical physicist to join our editorial team. If you have some experience in photonics, nonlinear #optics , #lasers , optical materials etc. and a wider interest in the field, this could be for you. Apply by 27th September.
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“Rainbows are fantastic...but in the context of displaying scientific, technical, medical or similar such data, it needs to be stopped.”
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Fossil fuel emissions were responsible for over 1 million deaths caused by air pollution in 2017 @atmosph_erin @ubcspph @IHME_UW @HEISoGA @WashUengineers
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Real-world networks are often said to be ”scale free”. @annadbroido and @aaronclauset test this claim on real-world networks, showing that scale-free structure is far from universal.
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In our new additive manufacturing and 3D printing collection, we highlight the latest research published in @NatureComms on printing methods, devices, modulation of materials properties and processing insights. Explore the collection:
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10 years ago, Nature Communications launched as the first online-only Nature title. A lot has changed in that time.
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Janggu, a python library facilitates deep learning for genomics applications. @AltunaAkalin @BIMSB_MDC @WolfgangKopp3 @MDC_Berlin
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A #neuroscience paper shows how the brain allows you to suppress unwanted thoughts:
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Each month our editors highlight new @NatureComms articles they see as particularly interesting or important. Visit for our Editors' Highlights in #therapeutics .
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#Malaria parasites inside red blood cells can engage cytosolic immune cell receptors from a distance, by secreting extracellular vesicles containing parasitic small RNA and genomic DNA
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Raimond Ravelli, Peter Peters & colleagues developed VitroJet, a device that enables cryo-EM structure determination from sub-nl volumes of samples using pin-printing and jet vitrification @PeterJPeters1 @MaastrichtU
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The cryo-EM structure of the Mayaro virus was solved by a team headed by Rafael Elias Marques at @CNPEM in Brazil @RafaelEliasMar1 @BarbosaBarretto
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#CancerResearch by @AComba83 @UMRogelCancer @umichneuro @Castro2355 characterises dynamic anatomical structures in high grade #glioma -oncostreams- associated with tumour growth and regulated by COL1A1 #braincancer #neurooncology @natrescancer
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We're hiring an editor to handle our #materials science content! No editorial experience required; we'll train you. Apply here by Oct 10:
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Researchers @UniUtrecht identify a human monoclonal antibody blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection in cell culture #COVID19
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Rainbow colour scales in science communications cause visual errors of >7%: “The evidence is clear, there are no more reasons to continue using unscientific colour maps."
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Explore the newly launched Microbial Ecology collection. Highlighting recent work that uses microbial communities to investigate fundamental questions in ecology and evolution. Selected by the @naturecomms editors
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It's all a matter of timing: virus replication and circadian rhythms Can viruses exploit circadian pathways to their advantage?
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Human visual brain responses to objects are well-captured by self-supervised deep neural network models trained without labels, supporting a domain-general learning framework hypothesis @talia_konkle @grez72
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Giant pandoraviruses create their own genes. Giant #viruses overlapping in size and genome complexity with unicellular organisms are among the most unexpected discoveries of the last 15 years in #virology ...
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Authors @anaismenny and @Marie_Lukassen from @bubecklab @imperialcollege and collaborators from @hecklab report the structure of the soluble membrane attack complex (sMAC), with insights into the regulation of complement activation. #cryoEM #complement
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Check out our new interdisciplinary collection on complex systems! #neuroscience #ecology #evolution
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Scientists from @NgaleHealth report an Atlas of blood biomarkers for metabolism against the whole spectrum of diseases in 100,000 individuals and identify potential metabolic biomarkers. @PeterWyrtz
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CO2 emissions associated with the India-Asia collision were likely the primary driver of changes in atmospheric CO2 over the past 65 million years.
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We are pleased to share with you the most read @NatureComms articles from 2018 in the following fields: life and biological sciences, chemistry and materials science, physics, and Earth and planetary sciences:
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A deep learning approach enables prediction of the quantum mechanical wavefunction at force field-like efficiency and other ground-state properties @reinimau @TUBerlin
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Our new Yeast 2.0 collection highlights the experimental work published in @NatureComms on redesigning the S. cerevisiae genome, plus commentary on potential implications for synthetic biology, #biotechnology & our understanding of the #genome .
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Super-resolved visualization of single DNA-based tension sensors in cell adhesion @MPI_Biochem @LMU_Muenchen
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The Lander lab shows that biological specimens amassing <100 kDa can be resolved to better than 3 Å resolution using conventional defocus-based single-particle analysis methods. @LanderLab @scrippsresearch
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Achieving a long-lived high-beta #plasma state by energetic beam injection #CFP - Submit your research in #PlasmaPhysics
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A general strategy for C(sp³)–H functionalization with nucleophiles using methyl radical as a hydrogen atom abstractor
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Multiple ParA/MinD ATPases coordinate the positioning of disparate cargos in a bacterial cell @CellfOrganized @UMich_MCDB @UMMicroImmuno #microbiology #bacteria
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A new ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80,000 years brings far-field sea level proxies and models into agreement, thus solving the missing ice problem of the last glacial @DrEvanGowan @AWI_Media
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Microbial interactions at the interface between soil aggregates and plant litter control the fate of soil organic carbon @k_witzgall @alixvidal3 @geoschweizer @clairechenu2 @carstenwmueller
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Deinococcus is a relatively large spherical bacterium This video shows the changes that the bacteria undergo throughout the cell cycle. Cell envelope is shown in red, and nucleoid (DNA & associated macromolecules) in green Read the paper:
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Electricity from methane by reversing methanogenesis.
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Base-pair resolution analysis of the effect of supercoiling on DNA flexibility and major groove recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides @alicepyne @msesheffield @ANoyLab @PhysicsatYork
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scRNA-seq profiles heterogeneous cell populations. It is not known which statistical frameworks are performant to detect subpopulation-level responses. @CSoneson @markrobinsonca & Pierre-Luc Germain developed a framework for multi-conditional analysis
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Resolving the structure of phage–bacteria interactions in the context of natural diversity Recombination between phages is common @k6logc @w_k_chang @julesinboots @fatiaysh @ratatstats @MartinPolz @microbegrr @MIT @DOME_Vienna @EinsteinMed @UBuffalo
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Bacteria-generated gold nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy. #CancerResearch @natrescancer
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A new data set shows how CO2 emissions change in near real-time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the data at . @SteveDavisUCI @ciais_philippe @dan_kammen @gcarbonproject @PIK_Klima @Tsinghua_Uni @caltechRSI
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Stefan Raunser’s team @mpimoph presents the TranSPHIRE software package for fully-automated processing of cryo-EM datasets during data acquisition @Intein @pixelbaumarkt @gatsogia @SPHIRE_Package
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Interested in mass spectrometry of metabolites, lipids and nucleic acids? Our updated article collection features recent work in these areas from @kadzuis , @Ahrends15 , @GarciaLabMS and others
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Kīlauea erupted on Hawai’i’s Big Island during the summer of 2018. This Perspective dives deep into the underlying mechanisms driving this unexpected event
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