CubeSats Set for Deep Space--If They Can Hitch a Ride
Shoebox-size craft face a wait to be propelled beyond Earth’s orbit
Stories by Elizabeth Gibney
U.S. and China Eye Gravitational Wave Mission
A space-based detector draws interest, but regulatory hurdles might complicate a partnership
Europe Plans Giant Billion-Euro Quantum Technologies Project
Third European Union flagship will be similar in size and ambition to graphene and human brain initiatives
LGBT Physicists Face Discrimination, Exclusion, Intimidation
Transgender people are the most affected, according to survey by the American Physical Society
Hints of New LHC Particle Get Slightly Stronger
One fresh analysis keeps alive physicists' hope for a breakthrough, but another is disappointing
Test Marks Milestone for Deep-Space Gravitational Wave Observatory
The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft successfully fields technology for future one-billion-euro mission
Go Players React to Computer Defeat
Experts think that world champion Lee Sedol may still beat the AI software in a March contest
CERN's Next Director-General on the LHC and Her Hopes for International Particle Physics
Fabiola Gianotti talks to Nature ahead of taking the helm at Europe's particle-physics laboratory on January 1
The Science to Look Out for in 2016
Mars missions, carbon capture and gravitational waves are set to shape the year
China's Dark-Matter Satellite Launches Era of Space Science
"Monkey King" is first in a line of Chinese space missions focused on scientific discovery
The Inside Story on Wearable Electronics
Researchers want to wire the human body with sensors that could harvest reams of data—and transform health care
Wayward Satellites Repurposed to Test General Relativity
Scientists will use wonky orbit to test Einstein’s theories
Historic Rosetta Mission to End with Crash into Comet
There were other options, but super close-up shots on descent will provide science bonanza
CERN Prepares to Test Revolutionary Mini Accelerator
Machines that "surf" particles on electric fields could reach high energies at a lower price
Disguised Nanoparticles Slip Past Body's Immune Defense
Drug-delivery systems coated in platelets repair damaged blood vessels
Buckyballs in Space Solve 100-Year-Old Riddle
The spheres of carbon60 have been found to be responsible for mysterious cosmic-light features
Astronomers Claim to Take First Glimpse of Primordial Stars
A bright galaxy may hold starts from a generation that seeded the rest of the universe
Gravity Kills Schrödinger's Cat
Theorists argue that warped spacetime prevents quantum superpositions of large-scale objects
Comet-Lander Philae Wakes Up and Phones Home
The historic space probe has sent signals to Earth, ending seven months of silence
Injectable Brain Implant Spies on Individual Neurons
Electronic mesh has potential to unravel workings of mammalian brain
