The polyoxoanion [P2W18O62]6− has been shown to reversibly accept up to 18 electrons upon reduction in aqueous solution. The resulting highly reduced solution can then be used either for the on-demand generation of hydrogen over a catalyst bed, or as a high-energy-density electro … | Continue reading
Analysis from global fisheries and the Brazilian Amazon elaborates the links between financial flows through tax havens and environmental degradation. | Continue reading
Long-term selective breeding has produced strains of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with different behaviours. Here, the authors sequence the genomes of tame and aggressive strains to uncover the genetic regions that have responded to selection for behaviour. | Continue reading
The isolated nation publishes less than 100 scholarly articles a year — but as political tensions ease, researchers hope for greater collaboration. | Continue reading
Holonomic quantum gates represent a promising route to noise-tolerant quantum operations. Here, the authors use polarised microwaves to implement nonadiabatic holonomic quantum gates at room temperature and zero magnetic field on NV centers, both on single-qubit and between elect … | Continue reading
Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are connected to unsolvable calculations in quantum physics. | Continue reading
The synthetic biology era has seen a rapidly growing number of engineered DNA sequences. Here, the authors develop a deep learning method to predict the lab-of-origin of a DNA sequence based on hidden design signatures. | Continue reading
A target of this review is soft 2D nanoarchitectonics because scientific views on soft 2D nanomaterials are not fully established as compared with rigid 2D materials. The presented examples are selected according to the following three categories on the basis of 2D spatial densit … | Continue reading
Multiple nanotechnologies are integrated on a single chip to realize a three-dimensional integrated circuit architecture that combines computing and data storage—a potentially transformative advance in computing. | Continue reading
Genome-editing technique enables researchers to trace lineage of cells in developing mice. | Continue reading
A universal vaccine might be some way off, but research into how the immune system responds to the virus will be crucial to achieving that goal. | Continue reading
Researchers provide more evidence for their landmark claim that gene editing rid embryos of a disease mutation — but scientists are still arguing over the results. | Continue reading
Economy-wide GHG emissions reductions may negatively affect food security. Stringent mitigation policies, modelled as carbon prices, are shown to lead to an increase in production costs, food prices and the population’s risk of hunger. | Continue reading
Ilya Kuzovkin et al. compare intracranial depth recordings from human subjects taken during a visual recognition task to activations of deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs). They find that signals in gamma frequency bands in the recordings are aligned with the hierarchical … | Continue reading
Richard Holmes celebrates Mitchell’s pedagogic fire and salty opinions on the bicentenary of her birth. | Continue reading
Evidence-Based Dentistry delivers the best available evidence on the latest developments in oral health. We evaluate the evidence and provide guidance concerning the value of the author's conclusions. We keep dentistry up to date with new approaches, exploring a wide range of the … | Continue reading
Here’s how PhD students can prepare for different careers, and how lab heads can help. | Continue reading
Cell arrangement in the plane of epithelia is well studied, but its three-dimensional packing is largely unknown. Here the authors model curved epithelia and predict that cells adopt a geometrical shape they call “scutoid”, resulting in different apical and basal neighbours, and … | Continue reading
Irrigation increases the intensity of heatwaves over the North China Plain but how this will be exacerbated by climate change has not been quantified. Here the authors show that irrigation enhances magnitude of extreme wet-bulb temperature and intensity of heatwaves in this regio … | Continue reading
Long-awaited EPA proposal would also remove California's ability to set its own tough carbon targets. | Continue reading
Successive fusion of yeast chromosomes is used to produce a single-chromosome strain that is viable, albeit with slightly reduced fitness. | Continue reading
Research has finally generated the tools to attribute heatwaves and downpours to global warming. | Continue reading
The application and development of machine-learning methods used in experiments at the frontiers of particle physics (such as the Large Hadron Collider) are reviewed, including recent advances based on deep learning. | Continue reading
A memristor-based hardware and software system that uses a tantalum oxide memristor crossbar can be used to solve static and time-evolving partial differential equations at high precision, and to simulate an argon plasma reactor. | Continue reading
John Archibald praises a compelling guide to the past 3 billion years — and its molecular historians. | Continue reading
Track vehicles to link tolls with demand and cut congestion, urge Peter Cramton, R. Richard Geddes and Axel Ockenfels. | Continue reading
This Review Article examines the development of in-memory computing using resistive switching devices. | Continue reading
A special-purpose holography computing board, which uses eight large-scale field-programmable gate arrays, can be used to generate 108-pixel holograms that can be updated at a video frame rate. | Continue reading
Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal revisit the extraordinary history of cultural responses to automata. | Continue reading
Algorithms that pit fraudster against detective find a home in quantum computers. | Continue reading
Scientists are racing to stamp out the disease in southeast Asia before unstoppable strains spread. | Continue reading
Cell arrangement in the plane of epithelia is well studied, but its three-dimensional packing is largely unknown. Here the authors model curved epithelia and predict that cells adopt a geometrical shape they call “scutoid”, resulting in different apical and basal neighbours, and … | Continue reading
Atoms can exhibit wave-like behaviour to form matter waves. Such waves have been used to model the basic processes that underpin how light interacts with matter, providing an experimental platform for future research. | Continue reading
Gene discovery and polygenic predictions from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals. | Continue reading
Nature talks to Brent Hecht, who says peer reviewers must ensure that researchers consider negative societal consequences of their work. | Continue reading
Some biotech companies now eschew traditional publication in peer-reviewed journals. Does it matter? | Continue reading
A widely-assumed principle of chemical reactivity is that, for elementary reactions, higher activation barriers lead to slower reactions. Here, the authors show that some intramolecular electron transfer processes become faster as their apparent activation energies increase, cont … | Continue reading
As the development of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease continues to stumble, is it time for researchers to broaden their list of the condition’s potential causes? | Continue reading