We cannot stand by and let science be undermined. Joe Biden’s trust in truth, evidence, science and democracy make him the only choice in the US election. | Continue reading
Synthetic biology is among the most hyped research topics this century, and in 2010 it entered its teenage years. But rather than these being a problematic time, we’ve seen synthetic biology blossom and deliver many new technologies and landmark achievements. | Continue reading
Publishers agree to make journal summaries open and searchable in single repository. | Continue reading
In this Review, Shi and colleagues summarize the exceptional amount of research that has characterized acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since this virus has swept around the globe. They discuss what we know so far about … | Continue reading
Risk of severe COVID-19 is conferred by a genomic segment that is inherited from Neanderthals and is carried by around 50% and 16% of people in south Asia and Europe, respectively. | Continue reading
Nuclear and renewable energy are considered two of the most important technologies towards decarbonization though it is not clear how their adoption relates to national emission reductions. Sovacool et al. look at data from 123 countries to examine emission reductions associated … | Continue reading
Neuroscientists are getting excited about non-invasive procedures to tune the brain’s natural oscillations. | Continue reading
Authentic self-expression on social media is linked to enhanced mood. | Continue reading
The US president’s actions have exacerbated the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States, rolled back environmental and public-health regulations and undermined science and scientific institutions. Some of the harm could be permanent. | Continue reading
An inductance mechanism suitable for miniaturized electronic devices. | Continue reading
Several startups are now pursuing the potential of enzymatic synthesis as a faster and more efficient route for synthesizing longer DNA sequences than is possible with traditional chemical means. | Continue reading
The science supports that face coverings save lives, and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough? | Continue reading
Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice share the award for research on a disease that causes hundreds of thousands of deaths a year. | Continue reading
A role for microglia in adenosine-mediated neuronal inhibition. | Continue reading
Ice-mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet over 12,000 years. | Continue reading
Over a billion people around the world lack access to safe drinking water and over two billion have little or no sanitation. Do we have the resources — and the will — to provide the water to support a booming population? This issue of Nature (see introduction, p. 269 and Editoria … | Continue reading
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the second major US funder to mandate that the research it pays for must be free to read on publication. | Continue reading
Researchers will also recommend an open-access policy that promotes research being shared in online repositories. | Continue reading
Researchers are exploring ways to use people’s voices to diagnose coronavirus infections, dementia, depression and much more. | Continue reading
Five international students and postdocs reflect on a turbulent year triggered by the Trump administration’s visa restrictions. | Continue reading
Registration forms, grant applications and publishing all create hurdles for single-name researchers. A culturally sensitive approach is needed. | Continue reading
Mathematician whose invention connected knots to quantum physics. | Continue reading
Researchers say they have detected a group of lakes hidden under the red planet’s icy surface. | Continue reading
Converting paper records to digital formats provides secure back-ups that researchers can access from anywhere. | Continue reading
Rob Salguero-Gómez shares how he made the most of lockdown by moving a planned laboratory retreat online. | Continue reading
China’s powerhouse holds firm as the number one city in the Nature Index. | Continue reading
Modelling shows that the Antarctic Ice Sheet exhibits multiple temperature thresholds beyond which ice loss would become irreversible, and once melted, the ice sheet can regain its previous mass only if the climate cools well below pre-industrial temperatures. | Continue reading
Pictures created from old observations show the void’s stormy evolution over the past decade. | Continue reading
Metabolites made by bacteria signal to the developing mouse brain. | Continue reading
Survey finds that many researchers are banned from speaking about their work or have had their research altered to downplay risks. | Continue reading
Pandemic policy must include defining and measuring what we mean by mild infection. | Continue reading
Mechanisms of antibody-dependent enhancement of disease and mitigation strategies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and therapies are discussed. | Continue reading
Advisory groups around the world release guidance to prioritize healthcare workers and others. | Continue reading
Researchers have identified dozens of open-access journals that went offline between 2000 and 2019, and hundreds more that could be at risk. | Continue reading
The challenge of practically integrating an ethical and social approach in the development and implementation of AI needs to be urgently addressed, to help restore public trust in technology. | Continue reading