High-tide flooding (HTF) is more likely with sea-level rise. Projections along the United States coastline, considering likely sea-level rise and tidal amplitude cycles, suggest increased HTF event clustering in time and rapid increases in annual HTF frequency as early as the mid … | Continue reading
An immune-signalling axis in the brain helps to reduce protein plaques. | Continue reading
An newly identified immune molecule raises hopes for a vaccine against a range of viruses related to SARS-CoV-2. | Continue reading
The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune diseases are beginning to come into focus. | Continue reading
Pioneer of molecular evolution who campaigned against biological racism. | Continue reading
A layer of carbon atoms preserves a painting’s vibrant hues — and can be applied and removed without damage. | Continue reading
The systems of science must reward honesty about mistakes to speed progress. | Continue reading
Using only one-quarter of the usual amount of Moderna’s vaccine in each of two jabs triggers lasting production of antibodies and T cells. | Continue reading
The valence of information about food sources can be conflicting. Here, the authors show that activity in a small population of neurons projecting to the fan-shaped body of Drosophila represents food choice during sensory conflict. | Continue reading
A programmable quantum simulator with 256 qubits is created using neutral atoms in two-dimensional optical tweezer arrays, demonstrating a quantum phase transition and revealing new quantum phases of matter. | Continue reading
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. | Continue reading
What is the origin of the methane detected in Enceladus’s plumes? A Bayesian approach to the problem shows that abiotic serpentinization of rocks cannot explain the methane abundance by itself, and biotic methane production gets the highest likelihood—provided the probability of … | Continue reading
Science agencies such as ARPA-Health hope to replicate the success of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, but researchers question whether they will thrive. | Continue reading
This Perspective discusses the challenges for social science practices imposed by the ubiquity of algorithms and large-scale measurement and what should—and should not—be measured in societies pervaded by algorithms. | Continue reading
Growing evidence suggests that the coronavirus causes ‘brain fog’ and other neurological symptoms through multiple mechanisms. | Continue reading
The authors report an incised giant deer phalanx (toe bone), directly radiocarbon dated to at least 51,000 years old. The age and context of the object suggests that it was engraved by Neanderthals. | Continue reading
Russia's vaccine is in use in nearly 70 nations, but its adoption has been slowed by controversies and questions over rare side effects, and it has yet to garner World Health Organization approval. | Continue reading
In many machine learning applications, one uses pre-trained neural networks, having limited access to training and test data. Martin et al. show how to predict trends in the quality of such neural networks without access to this information, relevant for reproducibility, diagnost … | Continue reading
Knowing which signatures in the blood predict protection against COVID-19 could speed the development of new vaccines. | Continue reading
Despite its biocidal properties, the use of hydrogen peroxide is still limited in the context of water disinfection. Here an approach is disclosed based on the generation of H2O2 in situ by means of an AuPd catalyst, which can compete with chlorination methods by generating a hig … | Continue reading
A platform for open microfluidics. | Continue reading
The development of Li metal batteries requires understanding of cell-level electrochemical processes. Here the authors investigate the interplay between electrode thickness, electrolyte depletion and solid–electrolyte interphase in practical pouch cells and demonstrate the constr … | Continue reading
Images from the orbiter are the most detailed yet of the planet's discrete auroras, ultraviolet emissions that follow the patterns of a decaying magnetic field. | Continue reading
Tiny 3D printed structures let water flow through them despite being open to the air | Continue reading
Strategy uses a combination of parasites and medicines to generate immunity while avoiding symptoms. | Continue reading
Experiments on the Shakti geometry of artificial spin ice show that its low-energy excitations are topologically protected, and that an emergent classical topological order influences the ergodicity and equilibration of this nanomagnetic system. | Continue reading
Administering gene-editing treatment directly into the body could be a safe and effective way to treat a rare, life-threatening condition. | Continue reading
Faculty and staff members at Utrecht University will be evaluated by their commitment to open science. | Continue reading
Dinosaurs are thought to have been driven extinct by an asteroid impact 66 million years ago. Here, Condamine et al. show that six major dinosaur families were already in decline in the preceding 10 million years, possibly due to global cooling and competition among herbivores. | Continue reading
The angular dependence is a well-known issue in metasurface engineering. Here the authors introduce a supercell metasurface able to implement multiple independent functions under large deflection angles with high efficiency, leading to a wavelength tunable laser with arbitrary wa … | Continue reading
Countries must learn how to capitalize on their citizens' cognitive resources if they are to prosper, both economically and socially. Early interventions will be key. | Continue reading
Research shows that a previous coronavirus infection plus one dose of vaccine provides powerful protection — but concerns linger. | Continue reading
A class of quantum neural networks is presented that outperforms comparable classical feedforward networks. They achieve a higher capacity in terms of effective dimension and at the same time train faster, suggesting a quantum advantage. | Continue reading
The urgency of the developing COVID-19 epidemic has led to a large number of novel diagnostic approaches, many of which use machine learning. DeGrave and colleagues use explainable AI techniques to analyse a selection of these approaches and find that the methods frequently learn … | Continue reading
The tragic incident has exposed frustrations among academics who are under great pressure to publish papers, but face uncertain futures. | Continue reading
Concentration of ions in active particles tracked in real time. | Continue reading
Partial SARS-CoV-2 sequences from early outbreaks in Wuhan were removed from a US government database by the scientists who deposited them. | Continue reading
The Gaia database is used to identify stars from which astronomers on orbiting planets could see Earth transiting the Sun in the past, present and future. | Continue reading
Scientists searching for extraterrestrial life should narrow their hunt to stars and planetary systems that have an occasional view of the Earth as it passes in front of the Sun. | Continue reading
Israel is in the middle of a building boom to house its rapidly growing population, but some researchers fear the country isn’t doing enough to conserve its wealth of archaeological sites. | Continue reading
Analysis of a prospectively enrolled cohort of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections in Bergen, Norway, reveals a high proportion of patients who experienced long COVID symptoms at 6 months, despite being relatively young and having only mild to moderate acute COVID-19 symptoms. | Continue reading