Cell-based models of the human cortex transplanted into mice produce neurons that are inaccessible in vitro, and could enable scientists to link brain injury to behaviour.

Scientists are using cell-free transcription and translation systems to synthesize proteins, design biology-based sensors and ...

When supply chains fail, it’s often because of energy, computer or data-network failures. Addressing these requires a way to ...

Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on a pioneering high-energy neutrino observatory at the ...

Repetitive sequences make extrachromosomal DNA vulnerable to breaks, which could be exploited for therapy — but might also promote tumour evolution.

International students explain the advantages and challenges that come with pursuing a doctoral degree in China.

Scientific collaboration has long been regarded as one of the few domains capable of transcending geopolitics. However, as global tensions increasingly shape international research, an unintended ...

As AI wearables become discreet, cheap and mainstream, they risk normalizing non-consensual recording in everyday spaces.

The rapid expansion of open science has transformed research dissemination, but it has also exposed a serious vulnerability: the inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data in preprint source files (see ...

AI use should therefore be reported as part of methodological provenance. Furthermore, replication and evidence synthesis should consider whether the tools that shaped different analyses were ...

Zeke Hausfather’s call for governments to prepare for the developing super El Niño should extend to ecosystems that have been weakened by repeated climate extremes (see Nature 657, 858; 2026 ). The ...

Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss in the coming decades (Sala et al. 2000), in addition to the high rates of species ...