Stories by Nature magazine

This year’s winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions

Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after this U.S. funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half

A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs

Scientists are exposing the biological information hidden in ancient parchments without leaving a mark

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviors

Superprecise timekeepers based on atomic nuclei could be tested as soon as this year

There’s a glaring hole in the president’s new science and tech council

People are buying helmets, face masks, vests and beds that emit long-wavelength light. Beneath the hype, there is some interesting biology

Scientists have identified the neurons that worsen the condition during stress

Damage to the blood-brain barrier is linked to immune changes and cognitive decline

“Cryosleep” remains the preserve of science fiction, but researchers are getting closer to restoring brain function after deep freezing

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon

Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds

Older people with exceptional memory have a surprisingly high number of young neurons, a study finds

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness

Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere—but especially in poorer countries

Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies represent the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach

More than one third of cancer cases are preventable, a massive study finds