A stream of events and reports at the Forum’s Annual Meeting will mark this ‘Year of Water’ and how to tackle a water cycle out of balance. Here’s what to know.
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Overlapping nuclear import and export paths unveiled by two-colour MINFLUX
Interesting paper where Sau et al. used MINFLUX super-resolution microscopy to track the passage of proteins across nuclear pores. They found that import and export pathways did not take separate tracks and that the proteins almost completely avoided the central region of the pore during [ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08738-0](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08738-0)
High spatiotemporal precision tracking using 3D MINFLUX shows that nuclear import and export occur in overlapping regions of the central pore, providing insight into transport across the nuclear pore complex.
A probe-free rRNA depletion method expands RNA-seq use
RNA-seq is a powerful tool for transcriptome and gene expression studies. A new method could make it faster and easier to apply to any species.
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Another source of revenue for the Wikimedia Foundation.
Buried under 2 km of Antarctic ice, scientists discover a lost world 34 million years old
The drill site looked like a tiny scar on an endless white sheet. Floodlights threw sharp cones of yellow on the snow while the rest of Antarctica stayed blue and silent, as if the continent itself was holding its breath. The wind slapped the tents, the generators coughed, and a handful of scientists stood around
For the First Time in 40 Years, Panama’s Deep Waters Did Not Rise and the Ocean System May Be Collapsing
A vital ocean current in the tropics suddenly stopped for the first time in decades, leaving scientists stunned. What unfolded off the coast of Panama in early 2025 could signal something far more disruptive than anyone anticipated.
GOG’s new owner can’t stand Windows either: ‘It’s such poor-quality software… I can’t believe it!’
He’s just like me, for real.
Mysterious Pink Rocks Expose a Massive Secret Buried Under Antarctica’s Ice
Ancient granite boulders reveal a vast hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier, reshaping understanding of Antarctic ice flow. Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica have pointed scientists to a massive granite formation hidd
IgG2c subclass dominance drives fatal lupus-like nephritis via FcγR and complement activation
Luan et al. establish the first mouse model that develops spontaneous, fully penetrant, and rapid-onset glomerulonephritis, demonstrating that dominant expression of an activating IgG subclass is sufficient to drive lethal lupus-like nephritis.
Distinct kinematics and micromorphology for symmetrical rowing and sliding on water in ripple bugs and water striders
Bang, S.Y., Kim, W., Lee, J. et al. Sci Rep 15, 44,777 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-28453-0