Policy
Discrimination Drives LGBT+ Scientists to Think About Quitting
Despite progress, many physical scientists from sexual and gender minorities experience exclusion or harassment at work, finds UK survey
Stories by Elizabeth Gibney
Space & Physics
China Reveals Scientific Experiments for Next Space Station
Projects will probe topics including DNA mutation, fire behavior and the birth of stars
Space & Physics
China Plans Mission to Earth’s Pet Asteroid
Spacecraft will return samples to Earth and be open to researchers around the world
Space & Physics
First Private Moon Lander Heralds New Lunar Space Race
An Israeli firm is sending a privately built craft to the moon—and leading a fresh era of exploration
Space & Physics
Inside the Plans for Chinese Mega-Collider That Will Dwarf the LHC
Physicist Wang Yifang, the mastermind behind the project, gives Nature an update on the ambitious project
Policy
What the Nobels Are—and Aren’t—Doing to Encourage Diversity
The prize-awarding academies are making changes to their secretive nomination processes to tackle bias, but some say the measures don’t go far enough
Space & Physics
Japanese Mission Becomes First to Land Rovers on Asteroid
Twin probes from Hayabusa2 mission have sent back their first pictures from Ryugu’s surface
Space & Physics
Thousands of Exotic "Topological" Materials Discovered through Sweeping Search
Haul thrills physicists, who previously knew of just a few hundred of these peculiar materials
Space & Physics
Muons: The Little-Known Particles Helping to Probe the Impenetrable
The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste
Space & Physics
Muons: The Little-Known Particles Helping to Probe the Impenetrable
The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste
Space & Physics
Universe’s Coolest Lab Set to Open Quantum World
NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory will allow physicists to play with quantum phenomena like never before
Space & Physics
Universe’s First Moments Mimicked with Ultracool Atoms
Physicists see the hallmarks of cosmic expansion in a ring of cold atoms
Space & Physics
Surprise Graphene Discovery Could Unlock Secrets of Superconductivity
Physicists make misaligned sheets of the carbon material conduct electricity without resistance
Space & Physics
Physicists Plan Antimatter's First Outing--in a Van
Researchers intend to transport the elusive material between labs and use it to study the strange behavior of rare radioactive nuclei
Space & Physics
Scientists Want in on Humanity’s Next Big Space Station
Space agencies are planning a Deep Space Gateway to orbit the Moon
Policy
U.K. Government Appoints Next Chief Scientific Adviser
A former pharmaceutical boss will help navigate the U.K.'s exit from the European Union
Space & Physics
Dark Matter Hunt Fails to Find the Elusive Particles
Physicists begin to embrace alternative explanations for the missing material
Space & Physics
A Quantum Pioneer Unlocks Matter’s Hidden Secrets
Physicist Gil Lonzarich has sparked a revolution in the study of phase transitions driven by quantum fluctuations
Space & Physics
European Detector Spots Its First Gravitational Wave
Black hole merger pinpointed with record accuracy by the LIGO and Virgo observatories
Policy
U.K. Gender-Equality Program Spreads across the World
U.S. plans to try a version covering race and disability; other countries have already embraced the voluntary rating system
