Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Self-Medication Among Pharmacy Technician Trainees in Nigeria: Overconfidence, Risk, and the Path to Rational Drug Use
When future healthcare providers self-medicate, what does it mean for rational drug use and public health?
When 1 + 1 Doesn't Equal 2: Making Rival Molecules Work Together in Perovskite Solar Cells
Put a Lewis acid (an electron acceptor) and a Lewis base (an electron donor) together and they lock onto each other, so 1 + 1 falls short of 2. In our perovskite solar cells, we found two molecules that ignore each other yet each passivates its own type of defect for efficient, durable devices.
America’s Coasts in Motion: Slow Changes, Big Impacts
Coastal flooding isn’t just about rising seas—the land itself is sinking. Our new study maps land subsidence across 20 U.S. coastal states, revealing widespread hazards and disproportionate exposure of disadvantaged communities and critical infrastructure.
When genes meet environments: rethinking adolescent mental health
Our study of more than 3,000 adolescents, examining genetic propensities across a range of psychiatric conditions, suggests that genetic and environmental factors mostly make separate contributions to mental health difficulties. Their interactions are complex and difficult to reliably identify.
Teaching the immune system to accept: a father, two patients, and a dream that has only just started
Two high-risk transplant recipients achieved long-term graft stability with minimal immunosuppression after naïve T cell-depleted stem cell transplantation. Behind these cases lies a personal journey-and a long-held dream of teaching the immune system to accept.