Nature speaks to linguist Sheri Wells-Jensen about a workshop on alien languages. | Continue reading
Adoptive T cell therapy induced complete and durable remission in a patient with refractory metastatic breast cancer, providing proof of principle for this approach in breast cancer therapy. | Continue reading
Antisense oligonucleotides are providing researchers and patients with fresh hope of targeting the condition’s genetic cause. | Continue reading
Computing approaches in the optical domain would allow for ultra-fast signaling and ultra-high bandwidth capabilities. Here, Feldmann et al. demonstrate a photonic abacus, which provides multistate compute-and store operation by integrating phase-change materials with nanophotoni … | Continue reading
Several projects are testing the idea of doling out funds that people can use however they want. | Continue reading
Start-up firm NET Power is developing a new approach to capturing and storing carbon. | Continue reading
An optimal computationally efficient solution to the problem of finding the minimum taxi fleet size using a vehicle-sharing network is presented. | Continue reading
Artificial intelligence outperforms traditional statistical models at predicting a range of clinical outcomes from a patient’s entire raw electronic health record (EHR). A team led by Alvin Rajkomar and Eyal Oren from Google in Mountain View, California, USA, developed a data pro … | Continue reading
Attempts to exempt speculative theories of the Universe from experimental verification undermine science, argue George Ellis and Joe Silk. | Continue reading
The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste. | Continue reading
Seventy-six pairs of transcription factors can induce mouse connective-tissue cells to adopt a neuron-like identity in vitro. This discovery provides insights into both neuronal development and cell reprogramming. | Continue reading
Commonly prescribed drugs called fluoroquinolones cause rare, disabling side effects. Researchers are struggling to work out why. | Continue reading
The intestinal microbiome seems to influence how well some cancer drugs work. But is the science ripe for clinical trials? | Continue reading
The Queqiao probe will act a data-relay station for the country’s future Chang'e-4 lander. | Continue reading
Animals equipped with special sensors collect data that could be used to sharpen climate models' projections of rising seas. | Continue reading
Electric cars are gaining ground fast but face fossil-fuel favouritism in the showroom. | Continue reading
Sweden is latest country to hold out on journal subscriptions, while negotiators share tactics to broker new deals with publishers. | Continue reading
Scientists scramble to analyze data from Kilauea, which shot ash 9 kilometres into the atmosphere. | Continue reading
International health organizations are in discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo about how and whether to deploy treatments in addition to a vaccine. | Continue reading
Images from Landsat satellites and agricultural-survey programme are freely available to scientists — but for how long? | Continue reading
Encouraging trial results spur interest from researchers and drug giants. | Continue reading
High-energy experiments reveal the balanced pressure distribution behind the particle's stability. | Continue reading
Measurements of the quark pressure distribution in the proton reveal a strong repulsive pressure near the proton’s centre (stronger than the pressure in neutron stars) and a binding pressure at greater distances. | Continue reading
Previous studies suggest that individual differences in intelligence correlate with circuit complexity and dendritic arborization in the brain. Here the authors use NODDI, a diffusion MRI technique, to confirm that neurite density and arborization are inversely related to measure … | Continue reading
A designer compound stops rhinoviruses in their tracks. | Continue reading
Materials whose optical properties can be reconfigured are crucial for photonic applications such as optical memories. Phase-change materials offer such utility and here recent progress is reviewed. | Continue reading
As the United Nations prepares a historic treaty to protect the oceans, scientists highlight what’s needed for success. | Continue reading