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Bad influence: LLMs can transmit malicious traits using hidden signals
19+ hour, 16+ min ago (266+ words) Oskar J. Hollinsworth is at FAR. AI, Berkeley, California 94702, USA. Nature 652, 574-575 (2026) Cloud, A. et al. Nature 652, 615621 (2026). Betley, J. et al. Nature 649, 584589 (2026). Article 15 APR 26 AI needs solid botanical data more than ever World View 14 APR 26 Human scientists trounce the best AI agents on complex…...
HSV-1 strain H129 co-opts neuronal synaptic transmission machinery for its transsynaptic spread - Nature Neuroscience
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1735+ words) Data underlying Figs. 16 and Extended Data Figs. 110 are provided with the paper. Source data are provided with this paper. No custom software codes were used in the data analysis for this paper. State Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, CAS…...
Researchers: here's how to audit your fragmented digital identity
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (422+ words) Sarah Ormes is a research analytics librarian at the University of Bath, UK. When news broke last November that Guo Wei, a well-known researcher in China, had been suspended after serious discrepancies were found in his stated qualifications, social-media pundits…...
Space Biomanufacturing
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (216+ words) Biological technologies hold great promise for making numerous products on-demand in space, since they will take advantage of lower power, volume, and launch mass requirements compared with. .. Thank you for visiting nature. com. You are using a browser version with…...
Sharenting and Children's Digital Privacy
9+ mon, 29+ min ago (342+ words) Sharenting, the practice by which parents share detailed information and images of their children on social media, has grown alongside the digital revolution. This phenomenon raises critical questions. .. Sharenting and Children's Digital Privacy Sharenting, the practice by which parents share…...
Fingerprint Recognition and Enhancement Techniques
9+ mon, 24+ min ago (92+ words) Minutiae: Unique ridge characteristics, such as bifurcations or endpoints, that are essential for fingerprint matching. Generative Adversarial Network (GAN): A deep learning framework where two networks contest with each other to produce increasingly realistic synthetic images. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN):…...
Viral infections and the nervous system
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (280+ words) The impact of viral infections on the central nervous system (CNS) can be profound, affecting individuals as well as society at large. Acute neurological complications'such as viral encephalitis'have. .. Thank you for visiting nature. com. You are using a browser version…...
Treasure trove" of antiviral proteins could inspire powerful molecular tools
1+ week, 6+ day ago (505+ words) Miryam Naddaf is a reporter for Nature in London. Escherichia coli produce a diverse array of proteins to help protect them against bacteriophages (green). Credit: M. Maeder/Dept of Microbiology, Biozentrum/SPL Bacteria have been fighting off viruses using a huge…...
Bacteria use a decoy defence molecule to set a trap for viruses
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (248+ words) Malcolm F. White is in the School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9 ST, UK. Nature 647, 863-864 (2025) Clabby, T. , Tesson, F. , Gaborieau, B. & Bernheim, A. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 380, 20240082 (2025). Doherty, E. E. et al. Nature 647, 9971004 (2025). Sullivan, A. E. et al. Nature 647, 988996 (2025). Lopatina, A. , Tal, N. & Sorek, R. Annu. Rev. Virol. 7, 371384 (2020). Cao,…...
Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (285+ words) Download the Nature Podcast 01 October 2025 Research Article: Fueyo et al. News and Views: Ancient viral DNA in the human genome shapes early development Longer whale mothers are more likely to give birth to daughters " plus, how the stink of the…...