A Review in Nature discusses reports that suggest that diet modification can alter the efficacy of cancer therapies. The results discussed indicate dietary habits of a patient must be taken into account during cancer research and therapy.

This week on the Coronapod: The latest on the British response. Also, what have low- and middle-income countries done to prepare for the pandemic? Listen here.

Nora Volkow’s obsession with understanding the biological effects of excessive drug use — fuelled in part by her family’s past — has not only shattered dogmas in neuroscience; it has also helped to mitigate the stigma faced by those living with addiction.

Some cellular proteins undergo reactions in waves that ripple across a cell’s membrane, displaying patterns of turbulence that resemble those seen throughout the physical world. #ResearchHighlight 

A Nature Comment article outlines the steps needed to ensure that enough is known about the complex global ecosystem that is the ocean’s twilight zone to inform decisions about the impacts of climate change and potential future exploitation.

More than a dozen research groups worldwide have started analysing wastewater for the new coronavirus as a way to estimate the total number of infections in a community, given that most people will not be tested.

Research in Nature reports an acridine catalyst that is more reducing than elemental lithium when irradiated by light.