<h2>00:46 2D metals made using sapphire press</h2>Taking inspiration from industrial forging, researchers have demonstrated a way to squeeze molten metals into atomically-thin layers, creating relatively large flakes of 2D metals. Using a hydraulic press containing two sapphire anvils, a team was able to create sub-nanometer thick sheets of different metals — these sheets had diameters exceeding 0.1 mm, orders of magnitude larger than other methods have achieved. 2D metals have been theorized to possess several useful properties not seen in their larger, 3D counterparts, but have been difficult to make at scale, something this method may help overcome.Research Article:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08711-x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zhao et al.</a>News and Views:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00548-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metals squeezed to thickness of just two atoms</a><h2>09:36 Research Highlights</h2>The discovery of ancient puppets on remains of a large pyramid offers a glimpse into rituals in Mesoamerica, and how the presence of a certain pattern of sleep brainwaves might help predict which people will recover from an unresponsive state.Research Highlight:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00607-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ancient puppets that smile or scowl hint at shared rituals</a>Research Highlight:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00606-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who’s likely to wake up from a coma? Brainwaves provide a clue</a><h2>12:17 The virology lessons learnt from the COVID pandemic</h2>SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has become one of the most closely examined viruses on the planet. In the five years since the pandemic, over 150,000 articles have been written about it, and 17 million genome sequences have been generated. We discuss the lessons virologists have learnt from this intense study of a single organism, and how these might help the world prepare for future pandemics.News Feature:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00730-y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time</a><h2>23:36 Briefing Chat</h2>How an AI alert-system could help researchers train their telescopes on a neutron star collision, and how expiration dates on plastic food-waste helped biologists age birds’ nests.Nature:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00690-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How AI could let us watch epic star collisions in real time</a>Science:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/plastic-waste-bird-nests-can-act-tiny-time-capsule" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plastic waste in bird nests can act like a tiny time capsule</a><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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