Sunlight can break down marine plastic into tens of thousands of chemical compounds, study finds

Limiting fossil fuel extraction to keep global warming below 1.5° C target

Cats less stressed after adoption by families with children with autism, study finds

Megaprojects and the 'need for speed': How political indecision affects timelines of large infrastructure investments

Discovery about cells' 'batteries' boosts the battle against many diseases

Exploring the genetic ma(i)ze: Functional genomics can help molecular breeding of maize

Scientists investigate macrocyclic peptides as new drug templates

Developing digital twins for improved hurricane prediction

Video fake news believed more, shared more than text and audio versions

Scientists see evidence of first-order phase change in nuclear matter

Pollinators contribute to flowering plant diversity

Understanding coronavirus variants

New machine-learning approach is better at spotting enzymatic metals in proteins

New research on electrical signal transduction in tomato plants

Does accountability always work? Workplace bias suppression can be difficult to sustain, study shows

Minorities hit hardest by student loan debt during recession, study finds

Using electricity to give chemistry a boost

Researchers discover how plants can respond to threats

Combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate to make the world's number 2 chemical

Opportunities and limits of AI in climate modeling

Stimulus payments increased spending among low-income populations in the US

Forest edges in the tropics increase carbon emissions

Ancient teeth reveal surprising diversity of Cretaceous reptiles at Argentina fossil site

The Terrible Toll of 76 Autoimmune Diseases

Global conservation congress to vote hot-button issues

NASA's next space telescope to launch in December

Contest Challenges Inventors to Harness Wave Power to Desalinate Seawater

Researchers complete first-ever detailed map of global coral

Study reveals dramatic impact of climate change in the Sierra Nevada

Study of Japanese and U.S. Twitter users sheds light on why emotional posts are more likely to go viral

New embryo identification IVF method set to boost cow milk and meat production

Whiter teeth, without the burn

NASA readies James Webb space telescope for December launch

Two branches of plant immune response closely linked

Want to act on climate change but not sure how? Tweaking these 3 parts of your life will make the biggest difference

Netflix’s SpaceX docuseries misses the mark on Inspiration4

Drought–more than temperature–governs diversity of life on Earth

Natural blue food colouring gets eco-friendly production boost

Using frog foam as an antiseptic delivery system

New aquaculture research highlights areas of consensus, disagreement

Impacts of coastal protection structures take place over decades

Late Neanderthals used complex tool-making techniques

New tool reveals genetic influence of some sex-biased diseases, including lupus

Firefighter exposure to wildfire smoke compounds varies depending on duties

On social media, foster families shared their pandemic worries

Experimentally reconstructing the reorganization of chromosomal DNA during mitosis

Coral cryopreservation for breeding key to survival

Novel AR film developed to maximize the transmission of infrared light

Who observes the observers? Scientists conduct large-scale study of iNaturalist users

Scientists discover how TB controls its growth, revealing new ways to fight the global disease

Ancient New York: Research gives a snapshot of the oldest forest in the world

After 10,000 years of inbreeding, endangered flightless parrots from New Zealand are in surprisingly good genetic health

Scientists create artificial cells that mimic living cells' ability to capture, process, and expel material

Water in bedrock is sustaining trees across country

Gases in Milky Way are not homogeneously mixed, contrary to previous models

Success! Perseverance Mars Rover Finally Collects Its First Rock Core

Lithium-ion batteries just made a big leap in a tiny product

Listen to This: 'Hope Lies in Dreams,' a New Podcast from Nature Biotechnology

Artificial brain networks simulated with new quantum materials

Sunlight can break down marine plastic into tens of thousands of chemical compounds

Autophagy in major human diseases

How climate change is affecting cultural heritage

Quantum chemists conjure recipe to turn gold, silver and copper into vessels of green energy

Natural killer cells coordinate wound healing

Space junk traffic dangers to be tackled by first-of-its-kind research center

Efficiency leap in separating para-xylene using new carbon membranes

How confined protons migrate

Stem cell model for early human embryo development

Double-lined white dwarf binary detected by astronomers

New platform speeds up effort to turn crops into fuel

Biomechanics of the kick-start motion in competitive swimming

Inspired by metamorphosis, researchers create materials for shape-shifting architecture

Understanding aurora formation with ESA's cluster mission

What Structural Engineers Learned from 9/11

In Missouri, a Human 'Bee' Works to Better Understand Climate Change's Effects

Who was king before tyrannosaurus? Uzbek fossil reveals new top dino

Spots, stripes and blotches: Color patterns of cat fur tracked to a key gene

Rocket flight to sharpen NASA's study of the sun

Graphene valleytronics: Paving the way to small-sized room-temperature quantum computers

New laser-based microphone calibration system

Stretching the capacity of flexible energy storage

Next-gen 3D printed catalysts to propel hypersonic flight

Scientists unravel the mysteries of irreversibility in electrochromic thin films

Migrating birds choose routes with the best wind and uplift conditions

Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it

New research reveals animals are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change

High-energy shape memory polymer could someday help robots flex their muscles

Wildfire burn scars can intensify and even trigger thunderstorms, leading to catastrophic flooding

Game changer: The first Olympic games in the cloud

Do couples over-think the decision to have kids?

The world is desperate for new antibiotics: New Zealand's fungi are a source of promising compounds

How gibbon skulls could help us understand the social lives of our ancient ancestors

Insect protein has great potential to reduce the carbon footprint of European consumers

High-energy shape memory polymer could someday help robots flex their muscles

Stretching the capacity of flexible energy storage

Environmental conditions of early humans in Europe

Mass extinction likely caused by lethal temperatures due to volcanic CO2 venting

ALMA: New receivers achieve first light, set record for observational capabilities

Langmuir wave motion observed in the most intense radio sources in the sky

'I tell everyone I love being on my own, but I hate it': Older Australians and loneliness

Hybrid working: How to make it a success

New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for fusion energy

How BASIS grew into the BioWatch system

Crisis communication and the COVID-19 pandemic

Chandra resumes science operations

Remote experiments show the value of global connections during the pandemic

Higher numeracy skills led to better hurricane evacuation decisions by government officials

Mining waste could be used as an ingredient for cheaper hydrogen fuel production

Ancient marsupial 'junk DNA' might be useful after all

IT security starts with knowing your assets: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Misophonia Might Not Be about Hating Sounds After All

On thin ice: Near North Pole, a warning on climate change

Major earthquake shakes Mexico, leaving one dead

Sea of plastic: Med pollution under spotlight at conservation meet

Official: Wildfire near Lake Tahoe largely kept from towns

Missing people fall through the cracks after government cuts

Museum collections predict species abundance in the wild

Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale

How land birds cross the open ocean