<h2>00:56 How the paths to professorship vary</h2>A huge analysis of hiring practices has revealed that criteria to get a promotion to full professorship is hugely variable around the world. The authors suggest that this variability results in researchers from countries that value one type of metric being locked out of professor positions in others. They hope that the database of hiring practices created in this study could help institutions adjust their hiring policies to create a more diverse science workforce.Research Article: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08422-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lim et al.</a>News: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00143-x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Want to become a professor? Here’s how hiring criteria differ by country</a><h2>21:48 Research Highlights</h2>Lasers reveal hidden tattoos on ancient mummified-skin, and a new pill that cuts flu symptoms and viral levels in the body.Research Highlight: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00043-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hidden tattoos on mummy skin emerge under a laser’s light</a>Research Highlight: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00041-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Got flu? Promising drug shortens symptoms</a><h2>12:13 Cancer cells’ broken mitochondria could poison immune cells</h2>Researchers have shown that cancer cells can slip their dysfunctional mitochondria into T cells, limiting the immune system’s cancer-fighting capabilities. Cancer cells are known to steal healthy mitochondria from immune cells to help tumours survive and thrive. Now, researchers have shown mitochondria can move in the opposite direction too, with the donor T cells showing signs of various stress responses that make them less effective when inside a tumour. The team showed that blocking this transfer limited this effect, and hopes that this mechanism could offer a new avenue for boosting the immune system’s response to cancer.Research Article: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08439-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ikeda et al.</a>News & Views: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00077-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mitochondrial swap from cancer to immune cells thwarts anti-tumour defences</a><h2>21:12 Science and the Gaza conflict</h2>Noah Baker and Ehsan Masood turn to the war in Gaza, and discuss what comes next for science as a ceasefire comes into force.<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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