1. Inhibition of PRC2 enables self-renewal of blastoid-competent naive pluripotent stem cells from chimpanzee 

   Huang T.; Radley A.; Yanagida A.; et al. (2025)

   Cell Stem Cell

   Naive pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are counterparts of early epiblast in the mammalian embryo. Mouse and human naive PSCs differ in self-renewal requirements and extraembryonic lineage potency. Here, we investigated the generation of chimpanzee naive PSCs. Colonies generated by resetting or reprogramming failed to propagate. We discovered that self-renewal is enabled by inhibition of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). Expanded cells ...

   Journal Article

2. Cybersecurity and human rights 

   Dunn Cavelty M.; Kavanagh C. (2025)

   Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology: Global Politics, Law and International Relations, Second Edition

   This chapter bridges the gap between cybersecurity politics and human rights literature by discussing the threat to the right to privacy, freedom of expression and the free flow of information posed by state and non-state actors’ actions as well as detailing the various efforts by supranational organizations and advocacy groups to strengthen human rights protection in the digital realm. Based on the work of some of these advocacy groups, ...

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3. Rational Design for Monodisperse Gallium Nanoparticles by In Situ Monitoring with Small-Angle X-ray Scattering 

   Schenk, Florian M.; Wintersteller, Simon; Clarysse, Jasper; et al. (2025)

   Journal of the American Chemical Society

   Colloidal chemistry is a well-known synthetic platform for producing size-uniform nanoparticles. However, the optimization of each material system still relies on a tedious trial-and-error approach in a multiparametric space, commonly referred to as design-of-experiments. This process is particularly laborious for emerging material classes for which only a handful of syntheses have been reported. Alternative approaches for the rational ...

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4. Switching Off: Energy Saving Goals Outshine Incentives-Evidence from a Field Experiment 

   Borzino, Natalia; Hiepler, Benjamin; Schmitt, Kathrin; et al. (2025)

   Environmental and Resource Economics

   Feedback interventions are a promising tool for promoting household energy conservation and addressing climate change. This study examines whether their effectiveness improves with incentivized energy saving goals through a field experiment involving 422 Singaporean households over eight months. All treatment groups received tailored feedback reports, energy saving goals, and tips. Two groups also received additional incentives: monetary ...

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5. Assessing the impacts of climate change on snow avalanche-induced risk in alpine regions 

   Ortner, Gregor; Michel, Adrien; Kropf, Chahan M.; et al. (2025)

   Natural Hazards

   Climate change is a global challenge with serious impacts on human populations. Numerous studies have highlighted the impacts of climate change on natural hazard processes and associated risks for communities. Understanding future hazard and risks is crucial for effective risk management. This study focuses on assessing snow avalanche risks for inhabited areas in the context of climate-induced changes. By using hazard scenarios based on ...

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