First truly single aperiodic tile discovered that can cover an infinite surface without repeating itself.

Close-in giant exoplanets with temperatures greater than 2,000 K (“ultra-hot Jupiters”) have been the subject of extensive efforts to determine their atmospheric properties using thermal emission measurements from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes1–3. However, previous studies have yielded inconsistent results because the small sizes of the spectral features and the limited information content

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A physically principled framework shows that the brain’s geometry has a greater influence on neural activity patterns than the complex interconnectivity between brain regions.

Text- and image-generating tools present a new hurdle for efforts to tackle the growing number of fake papers making their way into the academic literature.

Risk of death among women and young children was markedly reduced by the poverty-reduction efforts.

JWST observations rule out atmosphere for TRAPPIST-1b.

Safe and just boundaries for Earth.

Structures and metal-binding modes of lanmodulin proteins.

A model of the brain’s geometry better explains neuronal activity than a model based on the ‘connectome’.

Analysis of single-cell RNA-sequencing studies across various cancers.

An atomic model of the axoneme core of the hair-like cilia on some cells reveals how they move.

Pretraining on a large data set gives model insight into how genes interact.

Earth-system boundaries define a safe operating space for humanity. Accounting for the planet’s most vulnerable people provides a stark warning of the work still to be done.'

Strong and ductile titanium–oxygen–iron alloys made using a laser-directed additive-manufacturing process.

A robot equipped with soft humanoid arms helps to reconstruct Pompeii’s shattered frescoes. Plus, anonymous peer review equalizes the publishing playing field and why California condors will be vaccinated against avian flu.

Restored mangroves and seagrass meadows could suck more carbon from the atmosphere.

It does the thinking, so you don’t have to.

The London museum is a treasure chest of medical specimens both fascinating and ghoulish — now with a renewed focus on questions about how its collections came to be.

An explosion of skeletal editing methods to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in molecular backbones could accelerate drug discovery.

Nature has learnt that the periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s as they start the new school year.

A ‘meta-lens’ and corrective algorithms allow a tiny device to produce high-resolution images.

Brain cues produced by chronic stress lead to a cascade of events that eventually triggers immune cells in the gut. Plus, a key database that will guide deep-sea mining might be flawed and ‘tree islands’ can blunt the harm of oil-palm plantations.

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Cultural and heritage researcher Arianna Traviglia uses robotic technology to painstakingly reconstruct 2,000-year-old mural paintings in Pompeii.

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Snippets from Nature’s past.

An algorithm optimizes mRNA for stability and protein production.

India’s curriculum body needs to explain why it has removed foundational topics from school textbooks.

Collaboration and openness are essential to minimize the risks of future pandemics, says the World Health Organization’s scientific advisory group, SAGO.

Our voices were crucial in persuading UN states to back legal obligations to act on climate change. Here’s how we did it.

Researchers expect the administration to further restrict autonomy and free speech. Some say they will migrate or retire.

INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE Treatment results of anorexia nervosa (AN) are modest, with fear of weight gain being a strong predictor of treatment outcome and relapse. Here, we present a virtual reality (VR) setup for exposure to healthy weight and evaluate its potential as an adjunct treatment for AN. METHODS In two studies, we investigate VR experience and clinical effects of VR exposure to higher weight

Collective nostalgia is a form of nostalgia that is contingent upon thinking of oneself in terms of a particular social identity. Research has focused in particular on collective nostalgia for a nation’s past. Here, I propose that conservatives and others on the right side of the political spectrum experience stronger collective nostalgia for their nation’s past than liberals and those on the left

Hoping to improve public debate and policymaking, multiple efforts have been launched to gather researchers' consensus views.

Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works.

The country plans to vaccinate endangered condors in an effort to curb unprecedented H5N1 outbreaks.