Study of famed meteorite by quantum microscope hints at planet’s prolonged habitability
Transparency in glassfrogs has potential implications for human blood clotting
The business side of drug development comes to the fore in a tale of two blockbuster blood cancer therapeutics
As 2022 enters its final weeks, we look back on the past 12 months through the lens of Nature’s 10 — ten people who helped to shape science during the year. The cover takes its inspiration from the stunning images that have so far emerged from the James Webb Space Telescope. Launched on Christmas Day 2021, the telescope sent its first image back to Earth this summer and has since provided astronomers with views of the Universe in unprecedented detail.
Experiments on mice suggest that gut bacteria contribute to the post-diet rebound of fat tissue.
Chemical analysis of rare gems suggests that seawater played a part in their creation.
It turns out reindeers’ amazing night vision is thanks to a strange ‘mirror’ in their eyes called the tapetum lucidum that is extra sensitive to UV light
The USS Monitor, an iconic piece of military history, sank 160 years ago. Now a marine sanctuary, the wreck has become an unlikely testbed for ocean conservation
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test aimed to change the orbit of the space rock Dimorphos, and it did so perfectly
Scientists refine a technology that peers through bone to image sub-surface body parts.
Two carved panels discovered in what is now Turkey illustrate a tale involving leopards and a bull.
Immune-cell-based therapy quashed tumour growth in some people with treatment-resistant melanoma.
Rapid growth in a city in Central Africa is causing a landslide to speed up.
In “A New Picture of Dinosaur Nesting Ecology” (Perspective), paleontologist Daniel T. Ksepka offers an overview of these sweeping advances in his field, showcasing the spectrum of reproductive traits among the dinosaurs, often with surprising mixes of reptilian and avian traits.
Groundbreaking innovations may appear to be strokes of genius, but they are most often the product of context, consequence, and coincidence.
Originally thought of as simply harmful to native plants, this invasive herb has been spreading for far more complex reasons.
TheScientist Magazine (December 2022):
This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.
A wireless brain implant inhibits tumor growth in rats, overcoming many design flaws of current devices used to treat glioblastoma.
Programmes to avoid deforestation could have unintentional impacts on a variety of ecosystems.
Flying devices weighing only 10 milligrams could be controlled by an unconventional set of instruments.
Game theory helps to identify genetic variants that give plants the ability to thrive in crowded conditions.
A fifth fundamental force predicted by some alternative theories of gravity has not been seen in the solar interior
The magma chamber of an enormous volcano lies closer to Earth’s surface than previously estimated.
Antibody slows cognitive decline, but deaths, brain bleeds, and swelling mar results
Enhanced resolution of SWOT satellite will highlight how small eddies soak up heat and carbon
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s early papers are subject of school and journal investigations
Population chafes at control measures, but lifting them now would carry huge risks
Biden signs bill streamlining pot studies and production
The collection of 1,500 rapidly changing segments is rich in sequences associated with brain development and disease.
Ancient chefs made bitter plants taste better with techniques such as grinding and soaking.
Such interventions could greatly reduce accidental catches of threatened species.
Understanding the weather pattern known as the Indian Ocean Dipole might help to predict lack of rainfall in countries such as Kenya.
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