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Materials scientist Shiva Shirani measures how cement hardens at the nanoscale to inform how to develop a more eco-friendly material.

In dynamic environments, animals make behavioral decisions based on the innate valences of sensory cues and information learnt about these cues across multiple timescales1–3. However, it remains unclear how the innate valence of a sensory stimulus affects acquisition of learnt valence information an...

Self-replicating programs can emerge from a random soup of tens of thousands of pieces of computer code. Plus, how astronomers unmask deepfakes and did AlphaFold really solve protein folding?

A sticky layer that bonds implants to tissue prevents formation of a fibrous capsule at the implant–tissue interface.

The US vice-president has stood up for maternal health issues and for improving the diversity of the scientific workforce. Plus, a mysterious source of ‘dark oxygen’ discovered on the sea floor.

Success with a new route to producing superheavy elements paves the way to making the elusive element 120.

In an age of geopolitical tensions, researchers need to be realistic and think beyond fundamental science to chart a safe path for collaboration.

A brain haemorrhage late in pregnancy upended Parisa Hosseinzadeh’s life — and her tenure clock. Thanks to supportive physicians, family and colleagues, she’s restarting her academic career.

The new French government should support education and research by improving budgets.

A long-standing problem that affects publishers and authors alike, journal hijacking can damage reputations and steal article-processing fees.

Models that are more reliable and less energy-intensive could help us to better prepare for extreme weather.

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Carsten Lund Pedersen introduces a tool for improving the success rate of your papers, projects and partnerships.

One of the closest extrasolar planets to our Solar System is the most frigid ever to be directly imaged.

E-mails and instant messaging are core to research — but also a distraction. Researchers should study their impact on science, and how they can claw back time to concentrate.

How healthy cells influence whether cancer spreads at a secondary site.

Generative-AI models collapse when trained recursively.

Structural evidence reveals key steps during spliceosome disassembly.

Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative results into the literature. Nature asks whether they are working.

Methane flux quantified at the woody surfaces of upland trees.

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The complete genome sequences enable inter-species comparisons.

Google AI predicts long-term climate trends and weather — in minutes. Plus, heaviest element yet within reach after major breakthrough and how to bring null results out of hiding.

Virginia Burkett has filed a whistle-blower complaint, asking for an investigation and better policies to protect scientists against political interference.

Researchers gave successive versions of a large language model information produced by previous generations of the AI — and observed rapid collapse.

Meta-analysis of carbon-pricing strategies around the world.

Motor neurons generate movement that depends on the initial head posture, moving the head towards a determined position.

The discovery of a brain circuit involved in the pain-relieving effect of placebos could lead to improved treatments.

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The lysine methyltransferase SMYD5 and its newly identified substrate ribosomal protein L40 are implicated in the progression of gastric adenocarcinoma, and ablation of SMYD5 prevents metastatic disease in mouse models of this cancer.

A study identifies TMEFF1 as a neuron-specific restriction factor essential for prevention of replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 in the central nervous system.

Interactions between plexin B2 on hepatocytes and sempahorins on disseminated tumour cells regulate metastatic seeding in the liver.

A peri-fused polyaromatic core structure is used to produce a relatively chemically inert and structurally rigid molecular contact that improves the efficiency and durability of perovskite solar cells.

Studies of in situ woody surface methane exchange in upland tropical, temperate and boreal forest trees find that methane uptake can result in a net tree methane sink that is globally significant and demonstrates an additional climate benefit provided by trees.

Type 1 regulatory T cells (Tr1) represent a major obstacle that compromises naturally occurring and therapeutically induced tumour-specific immunity.