Chronicle: Faced with a 400% increase in the subscription costs of Nature, Nature Physics, and their sibling journals, the University of California system has written to Nature Publishing Group to say that it will take drastic action unless the publisher is prepared to negotiate lower prices. Among the measures outlined in the letter is a voluntary boycott that would encourage faculty to submit papers elsewhere, to resign from editorial boards, and to refrain from reviewing papers.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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