Neuronal stimulation induces protein translation of m6A-methylated neuronal mRNAs facilitated by YTHDF1, and this process contributes to learning and memory. | Continue reading
The Milky Way’s thick stellar disk formed from a galactic collision. | Continue reading
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to identify genetic sequences molded by evolutionary pressures. | Continue reading
Researchers look to scanners with 10.5-tesla magnets and beyond for unprecedented detail about the brain. | Continue reading
A modified Escherichia coli is used to demonstrate that semi-synthetic organisms can use non-natural hydrophobic base pairs to genetically encode for the incorporation of non-canonical amino acids into proteins. | Continue reading
Global conservation policy must stop the disappearance of Earth’s few intact ecosystems, warn James E. M. Watson, James R. Allan and colleagues. | Continue reading
Spatially selective and temporally controlled stimulation of the spinal cord, together with rehabilitation, results in substantial restoration of locomotor function in humans with spinal cord injury. | Continue reading
Sequence-defined macromolecules consist of a defined chain length and topology and can be used in applications such as antibiotics and data storage. Here the authors developed two algorithms to encode text fragments and QR codes as a collection of oligomers and to reconstruct the … | Continue reading
Physicists make misaligned sheets of the carbon material conduct electricity without resistance. | Continue reading
Changes in the water cycle arising from a strategic geoengineering approach alter the ocean circulation and structure, according to an ensemble of simulations with an Earth System Model. | Continue reading
Cross-disciplinary thinking was key to realizing the potential of an existing technique to resolving structure of tiny organic molecules. | Continue reading
One of the most ambitious EU ‘Flagship’ schemes yet has picked 20 projects, aiming to turn weird physics into useful products. | Continue reading
Nature’s survey offers a snapshot of salaries and career paths in the scientific sector. | Continue reading
Survey maps global variations in ethics for programming autonomous vehicles. | Continue reading
An analysis of more than 10,000 metagenomes from the TEDDY study provides a detailed functional profile of the gut microbiome in relation to islet autoimmunity, and supports the protective effects of short-chain fatty acids in early-onset type 1 diabetes. | Continue reading
Little-studied ethnic groups on the continent are helping researchers to understand the movements of people who lived there tens of thousands of years ago. | Continue reading
Nature explores the most-cited research of all time. | Continue reading
Survey maps global variations in ethics for programming autonomous vehicles. | Continue reading
Responses from more than two million people to an internet-based survey of attitudes towards moral dilemmas that might be faced by autonomous vehicles shed light on similarities and variations in ethical preferences among different populations. | Continue reading
Logging hypotheses and protocols before performing research seems to work as intended: to reduce publication bias for positive results. | Continue reading
Researchers are ramping up plans for living on the Moon. | Continue reading
This Review considers recent findings — from genome-wide association studies, structural variant studies and exome sequencing — about the genetics of nine psychiatric disorders. The authors evaluate the implications of our current picture of the genetic architectures of these con … | Continue reading
Projects that recruit the public are getting more ambitious and diverse, but the field faces some growing pains. | Continue reading
Marc Freeman lauds the transgender neurobiologist's posthumously published memoir. | Continue reading
Despite little O2 in the Martian atmosphere, concentrations of dissolved O2 in near-surface brines on Mars may be sufficient to support aerobic life, according to solubility calculations. | Continue reading
A Bose–Einstein condensate is created in space that has sufficient stability to enable its characteristic dynamics to be studied. | Continue reading
Meg Olmert weighs up a tale of artificial selection, class, entertainment and more than 200 breeds. | Continue reading
The vulnerability of barley production and beer supply to future weather extremes remains unknown. A study using modelling finds that weather extremes associated with climate change would threaten the availability and economic accessibility of beer. | Continue reading
The seeds contain a lot of open space, which seems to be the key to sustaining flight. | Continue reading
While the number of tornadoes has remained fairly static in the United States over the past 40 years, strong geographic contrasts are apparent. Tornadoes have the potential to cause severe damage, yet understanding their changes in time—particularly the impact of anthropogenic wa … | Continue reading
The impact of gravitational-microlensing observations from 1993. | Continue reading
Opportunities abound to improve the cultivation of a once-forbidden plant. | Continue reading
Sarah Robey examines two books that together trace the birth and evolution of the nuclear age. | Continue reading
Felicity Lawrence extols two chronicles on the ongoing battle to regulate the US food industry. | Continue reading
Contrary to current expectation, eavesdropping on terahertz wireless data links is shown to be easier than expected, by placing an object in the path of the signal that scatters part of it to a receiver located elsewhere. | Continue reading
Electron acceleration to very high energies is achieved in a single step by injecting electrons into a ‘wake’ of charge created in a 10-metre-long plasma by speeding long proton bunches. | Continue reading
Using artificial intelligence to predict outbursts of violence and probe their causes could save lives, argue Weisi Guo, Kristian Gleditsch and Alan Wilson. | Continue reading
Take-down notices “imminent” as lawsuit is filed alleging widespread copyright infringement. | Continue reading
Improvements in a photography technique allows seeing instantaneous light patterns in real time. While standard optical instruments focus on a spatial point, temporal microscopes confine photons along a narrow plane that can penetrate samples and excite multiple components simult … | Continue reading