Stories by Nature magazine

The construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the world’s largest nuclear fusion experiment, is now 60 percent complete

The startling discovery could open up avenues for treating some aggressive tumors

A U.K. study provides the best evidence yet that the way infants are born can alter their microbiome—but the health effects are unclear

The research could eventually lead to new sources of organs for transplant, but ethical and technical hurdles need to be overcome

Researchers around the country are scrambling to understand these outbreaks, but lack solid data on case numbers

Critics say the shift away from using animals in safety tests will hamper chemical research and regulations

First major result from South Africa’s pioneering MeerKAT radio telescope reveals remnants of energetic explosions at the galaxy’s center

The prizes honored the discoverers of B and T cells, the inventors of a breast cancer treatment, and a vaccination NGO

The Event Horizon Telescope team is one of six winners of the Breakthrough Prize, which covers physics, the life sciences and mathematics

How do racial biases play into deadly encounters with the police? Researchers wrestle with incomplete data to reach answers

An ancient cranium discovered in Ethiopia suggests the early hominin evolutionary tree is messier than we thought

The nation wants to make its AI industry dominant by 2030

The CRISPR technique can trigger the new material to release drugs or pick up biological signals

The region produces most of the world’s banana exports—and the fungus affects the most popular commercial variety

Swabbing infants with mothers’ vaginal bacteria could affect the children’s health, but critics warn of sparse data and high risk

The three-drug regimen cures 90 percent of people who have the deadliest form of the disease

Canadian telescope finds eight more repeating blasts—energetic events from deep in the cosmos

Some star psychologists don’t disclose in research papers the large sums they earn for talking about their work. Is that a concern?

People who receive either therapy soon after infection have a 90 percent survival rate, a clinical trial finds

Electrical stimulation has promised huge gains for people with paralysis. Now comes the hard part—getting beyond those first steps

Anaesthetist John Carlisle has spotted problems in hundreds of research papers—and spurred a leading medical journal to change its practice

Tensions are rising as Jair Bolsonaro’s administration questions the work of government scientists and institutes debilitating cuts to research funding

The drug-resistant form of the virus has been detected at unacceptable levels across Africa, Asia and the Americas

Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials and forced scientists to change how they immunize people