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Hyperspectral imaging - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This PrimeView highlights the different features that can be identified from hyperspectral imaging, using an Earth observation image as an example.

And be sure to visit the #PrimeView, highlighting the different components that can be identified from hyperspectral data cubes📽️🌈
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Hyperspectral imaging - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This Primer introduces hyperspectral imaging (HSI) through a concise, imaging-centric perspective, linking sensor platforms, data types and representative datasets across application domains. It highl...

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) captures spatial and spectral data simultaneously, offering non-invasive insights into material properties. Our recent #Primer outlines HSI's workflow, data processing, and its role in Earth observation systems.🌎📷🌍📸🌏🎞️
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Quantum imaging with correlated photon pairs - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This PrimeView features the four different experimental setups for quantum imaging with correlated photon pairs, including biphoton imaging, quantum ghost imaging, heralded imaging, and undetected pho...

Check out the #PrimeView too, which focuses on the different experimental setups for #quantumimaging using photon pairs.
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Quantum imaging with correlated photon pairs - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This Primer provides an introduction to quantum imaging with correlated photon pairs, from core concepts to experimental realizations. It discusses potential advantages over classical imaging, practic...

From @milespadgett.bsky.social and team, is a #Primer on #quantumimaging using entangled photon pairs. ➰ Different modalities, such as ghost imaging and heralded imaging, can surpass the resolution of classical imaging methods. 👻🐈‍⬛📸
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Fluidic force microscopy - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This PrimeView highlights the breadth of applications for FluidFM in biological and materials research.

And check out the #PrimeView, which highlights the different applications of #FluidFM in biological and materials research.
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Fluidic force microscopy - Nature Reviews Methods Primers Fluidic force microscopy combines atomic force microscopy with microfluidic probes to enable measurement and manipulation of materials at sub-micrometre resolution. In this Primer, Zambelli et al. dis...

In this week's #Primer, discover how fluid force microscopy #FluidFM allows for precise manipulation and analysis at the nanoscale by combining AFM and microfluidic probes. ➿💧
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Materials design for the future with AI assistance - Nature Reviews Methods Primers Advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping scientific research, with notable benefits for materials design and modelling. We spoke with Aron Walsh, Professor in Materia...

Day 🔟 of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

Last, but not least, we chatted with @aronwalsh.github.io to learn more about the trends, opportunities, and challenges in using #AI for material design. 🌟
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Electrophoretic deposition - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This PrimeView highlights the future integration of artificial intelligence in electrophoretic deposition.

And check out the #PrimeView here, which highlights the advancements in EPD through integration with #AI
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Electrophoretic deposition - Nature Reviews Methods Primers Electrophoretic deposition is a micropatterning method that utilizes suspension properties and kinetic parameters for film control. This Primer discusses innovative electrode design to enhance resolut...

Our #Primer this week is on #electrophoreticdeposition, a method used to produce thin films from colloidal materials with electrode tuning. ⏺️🔋 Thanks to researchers @boccaccini-lab.bsky.social and SUS Tech for contributing to this piece! www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Setting the standard on chemistry terms and symbols - Nature Reviews Methods Primers Clear, consistent communication is essential in science and a goal Nature Reviews Methods Primers addresses with the ‘Reproducibility and data deposition’ section in Primers. Here, Brynn Hibbert of th...

Day 9️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

How and when are new chemical symbols developed and disseminated? We chatted with Brynn Hibbert from @iupac.org to learn more standardizing chemical symbols and nomenclature ✍️🗞️
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The growing role of reproducibility networks - Nature Reviews Methods Primers The UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) was established to promote robust and transparent research and drive research quality. Here, Marcus Munafò, a founding member of the UKRN, outlines the role of Re...

Day8️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

In each Primer, our authors must write on the reproducibility and data deposition available for their method. We explored this area further in a Q&A with Marcus Munafo of the UK Reproducibility Network 👉
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A huge thanks to @pjcgroupbath.bsky.social and @mldavies04.bsky.social (from @bathchem.bsky.social, @bath-iscc.bsky.social, @swanseauni.bsky.social, and @sunrisenetwork.bsky.social) for contributing to this insightful piece!

Design for end of life: how circularity can offer a different path for solar energy - Nature Reviews Methods Primers With the rising success of solar photovoltaics, long-term sustainability needs to be addressed. We provide practical steps that researchers, journals and the wider community can take to embed circular...

Day 7️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

As solar photovoltaics (PVs) are scaled-up at increasing rates, how should the sustainability of solar energy be addressed? This Comment provides practical steps for designing PVs with circularity in mind.🔆♻️ www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Promoting open and transparent research in an AI-driven world - Nature Reviews Methods Primers Artificial intelligence is increasingly used for data analysis, literature synthesis and experimental design, posing a challenge to open research. Here, David Moher of the Ottawa Hospital Research Ins...

Day 6️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

Continuing to address the advancement of #AI in methods, this Q&A discusses concerns such as quality, transparency, and reproducibility in AI-driven research.
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Using Raman spectrometers developed for space exploration in other extreme environments - Nature Reviews Methods Primers Optimizing Raman spectrometer designs for use in extreme environments can enable acquisition of critical information that may not be accessible in situ by humans. Technology advancements currently bei...

Day 5️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

What's rugged, portable, and analytically precise? A Raman spectrometer, of course!

This comment discusses how Raman spectroscopy can be adapted for use in extreme environments, like space. 🪐
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Check out answers to these questions, and more, in this Q&A with Rainer Bromme: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Day 4️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

With the rising influence of #AI, how should researchers best communicate their findings and what are the best avenues for the general public to read these results?

Day3️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights🧁

From @audreyalejandro.bsky.social at @lsemethodology.bsky.social comes a topic that everyone can reflect on, #reflexivity. Learn more about your bias and applying these realizations to your research 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

This Comment draws on discussions from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop on Digital Twins in Heart Lung and Sleep Research held in September 2025. 🫀🫁🩸🛌

Day2️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

@clancyatheart.bsky.social and @masi-lab.bsky.social discuss the emerging role of digital twins, combined with AI, for biomedical research that can inform preclinical decisions.

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Day 1️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

Joshua Patterson provides tips for designing undergraduate research projects. 🎓🏫 When undergraduates have limited time and expertise, how do you craft a project that will keep them engaged and successful? www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Title: The future of reflexivity in practice: building a collective methodological agenda by Audrey Alejandro -Reflexivity is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of high-quality research, yet methodological guidance on how to do reflexivity in practice remains limited. Drawing on emerging initiatives to operationalize reflexivity, three priorities for advancing a collective agenda are identified — turning reflexivity into a teachable, actionable set of methods.

🔭 What’s the future of reflexivity & how do we put it into practice? New article in @natrevmethodsprimers.nature.com
I argue for three priorities 1) evaluation criteria 2) studying reflexivity as a socio-cognitive phenomenon 3) adapting it across research traditions
OA: rdcu.be/eX79L

To kick things off, check out this Editorial 👇 that reflects on the past 5 years of NRMP and discusses the increasing role of AI in method development.
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This month, we are celebrating 5 years of Nature Reviews Methods Primers with a variety of Comments and Q&As that address recent advancements in methods!

Thanks to @cecilesauvanet.bsky.social, @doritsb.bsky.social, and the rest of the team!

Correlative cryogenic light and electron tomography of eukaryotic cells - Nature Reviews Methods Primers This PrimeView outlines the key sample-preparation workflows involved in analysing eukaryotic cells with cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET).

The associated #PrimeView features the sample preparation necessary for achieving high-quality #cryo-ET images 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬🖼️
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This week, check out a new #Primer on #cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET) used for visualizing 3D structures of cells with sub-nanometer resolution. 🔬🧫
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A huge thanks to our author team, including @irssubc.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @lwiniwar.bsky.social

The #PrimeView highlights the various applications of lidar in the environment, from snow depth mapping to riverbed geomorphology. Check it out here:
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