Maddalena Manzi

24/02/2023

Molecular motor, warm blood’s origin and researcher lay-offs

The latest science news, in brief.

22/02/2023

‘The entire protein universe’: AI predicts shape of nearly every known protein

DeepMind’s AlphaFold tool has determined the structures of around 200 million proteins.

20/02/2023

Chile proposes new constitution steeped in science

Although many researchers support the draft, opposition could sink it.

18/02/2023

‘Everybody is so excited’: South Korea set for first Moon mission

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, or Danuri, has captivated scientists and the public.

16/02/2023

Coronapod: the open-science plan to unseat big Pharma and tackle vaccine inequity

Can a collaboration of 15 countries, co-led by the WHO, deliver vaccine independence to the global south against all the odds?

14/02/2023

Fluorescent fish and faraway galaxies — July’s best science images

12/02/2023

Dust-up over dust storm link to ‘Valley Fever’ disease

Researchers are divided over whether rising cases of the fungal infection in the United States can be linked to dust storms.

10/02/2023

Billions more for US science: how the landmark spending plan will boost research

After two years of negotiations, the US Congress finally passed legislation to massively increase science and technology research and enhance competitiveness in the semiconductor industry.

09/02/2023

Particle physicists want to build the world’s first muon collider

The accelerator would smash together this heavier version of the electron and, researchers hope, discover new particles.

06/02/2023

Convictions reversed for US chemical engineer accused of hiding China ties

Judge acquits Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao on three of four charges — another blow for the US government’s former China Initiative programme.

01/02/2023

‘Game-changing’ gender quotas introduced by Australian research agency

From next year, the National Health and Medical Research Council will give half of its investigator grants for mid-career and senior scientists to women and non-binary applicants.

28/01/2023

Architecture of chloroplast TOC-TIC translocon supercomplex

Chloroplasts rely on the translocon complexes in the outer and inner envelope membranes (termed TOC and TIC, respectively) to import thousands of different nuclear-encoded proteins from the cytosol1-4. While previous studies indicated that the TOC and TIC complexes may assemble into larger supercomp...