Nature

Lessons from Portugal on effects of cutting research funding

Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming

Abstract Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrates, yet their resilience to rising temperatures remains poorly understood1,2. This is primarily because knowledge of thermal tolerance is...

Microbes can capture carbon and degrade plastic — why aren’t we using them more?

Lesotho matters

Climate change will send home insurance spiralling. Here’s how to control costs

Fasting for weight loss is all the rage: what are the health benefits?

Why is my cello howling?

Reviving the biodiversity around an ancient palace

Protein waste turned into antibiotics as a defence strategy of human cells

What CERN does next matters for science and for international cooperation

The expanding Universe — do ongoing tensions leave room for new physics?

Cell-autonomous innate immunity by proteasome-derived defence peptides

RNA function follows form – why is it so hard to predict?

Shaking up earthquake safety in Nepal with a folk song

Glaciers are not just blocks of ice — plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden life

Measuring racial educational disparities over time amongst top achievers

Ship-pollution cuts have an electrifying effect: less lightning at sea

NIH has cut one mRNA-vaccine grant. Will more follow?

A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversion

Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder

A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters

Down-converted photon pairs in a high-Q silicon nitride microresonator

Abstract Entangled photon pairs from spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC)1 are central to many quantum applications2–6. SPDC is typically performed in non-centrosymmetric systems7 w...

Is dark energy getting weaker? Fresh data bolster shock finding

Hyperbolic phonon-polariton electroluminescence in 2D heterostructures

Immune cells ‘bandage’ wounds with bacteria-trapping goo