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Acceleration of 'Oumuamua is due to the release of entrapped molecular hydrogen formed through energetic processing of an H2O-rich icy body, supporting the idea that it originated as a planetesimal relic similar to Solar System comets....

Snapshots of pigment isomerization in the rhodopsin protein....

The thought of time sheets in academia might fill you with horror, but they could help you to prioritize tasks, says Inger Mewburn....

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AI tests self-driving vehicles by collating dangerous scenarios....

Model for the unusual characteristics of an interstellar object....

Genetic sleuthing points to liver disease, viral hepatitis and alcohol consumption as causes of the composer's demise....

How the epithelialmesenchymal transition of cells affects chemotherapy....

Analysis of a supersoft X-ray source shows an accretion disk whose optical spectrum is completely dominated by helium, suggesting that it is a white dwarf binary accreting helium from a hydrogen-free donor star....

Anthropogenic pressures and climate change are altering water flows worldwide. Better understanding, new economic thinking and an international governance framework are needed to stave off catastrophe....

Modular platforms that allow authors to publish pieces of the research process hope to make academic publishing more accessible....

Some scientists say the analysis provides new evidence supporting the hypothesis that the virus that causes COVID-19 spilled over from an animal — but falls short of definitive proof....

Memory of methyl marks enables epigenetic inheritance down generations....

Managing water and climate in tandem would protect water resources, reduce disaster risks, lower greenhouse-gas emissions and assure equitable access....

Targeting the virus that infects the disease-causing bacterium could be a cheap way to prioritize populations for vaccination campaigns....

How many invitees guarantee at least a certain number all know each other? Formula is first major improvement since 1935....

The EPA has proposed a strict PFAS limit, but it will take money and innovative technologies to implement the plan....

Ancient genomes reveal where migrants arrived from and when they adapted to high altitudes....

I've learnt to overcome some aspects of my social anxiety, but I hope sharing my experiences can help others recognize the difficulties faced by scientists like me....

Editors threaten to resign over 'no-reject' model that others see as the future of research journals....

A key aim of Pieter Roelfsema's research is to develop a device to restore rudimentary eyesight to people whose optic nerve has died....

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks....

Technical "tour de force" allows researchers to trace the family tree of crucial brain cells....

Finding could advance our understanding of how human olfactory proteins recognize specific scents, including the pong of ripe cheese....

Bad mentors can go absent, sap your energy or embroil you in their paranoia. Here are five tips for tackling a toxic relationship....

Universities and science employers must adopt practices to diversify their research workforce and move beyond simply hiring members of under-represented groups, finds the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine....

Researchers are excited about the AI — but frustrated about the secrecy over its underlying engineering....

Around 2007, the time taken for ice floes to cross the Arctic basin dropped by 1.6 years....

Discovery highlights need for future missions after NASA puts one on hold....

Atomic-resolution view of receptor activation by the odorant proprionate....

Snippets from Nature's past....

The explosions happened in a dumping ground for chemical warfare, but other contaminants proved most toxic to marine life....

Sexist stereotyping abounds in conservation science, says Robyn James. Here's how to change it....

Developed to detect statistical errors, statcheck reduces mistakes in reported P values by up to 4.5-fold....

Scientists discuss the legacy and future of GCaMP calcium indicators....

Carbon uptake from regrowth does not offset emissions from deforestation....

Using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, one of the first direct observations of topological spin texture is described, in the pseudogap phase of a high-temperature cuprate superconductor based on YBa2Cu3O6+x....

Protocol to generate XX eggs from XY mouse embryonic stem cells....

The agreement is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for researchers and funders to use every idea and instrument available to preserve the health of the seas....

Engineered bacteria offer biocontainment and antiviral properties....

Study what you most affect....

Finding suggests that the sugar substitute sucralose could one day be used to treat autoimmune conditions....

A streamlined genome makes bacteria immune to viral infection, and designing mini-MRI scanners for low- and middle-income countries....

Astronomy, like other scientific fields, continues to benefit from working scientists collaborating with amateur colleagues....

Three charts from the world of research, selected by Nature editors....

Bailouts mean customers' deposits are safe, but the bank's demise has sparked concern about future investment in small tech companies....

The National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference have boosted science and technology in the national agenda....

Fifty years since the basis of magnetic resonance imaging was published, MRI scanners remain expensive — and impractical in many countries. Here's how we are making them smaller and less costly....

A frequency-tunable laser based on a hybrid silicon nitride and lithium niobate integrated photonic platform has a fast tuning rate and could be used for optical ranging applications....

Chirality index for light-selective nanoparticles....