The world needs a better way to share genetic information
Biology is in the middle of a transformation. Over the past five years new sequencing techniques have made…
[Research Press Release] Ecology: How some stony corals could survive climate change
[Research Press Release] Ecology: How some stony corals could survive climate change | Nature Portfolio Home Press Releases…
Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say
NASA’s Phoenix mission in 2008 was the first to excavate down and capture photos of ice, pictured here,…
A rare variety of wheat with three ovaries—gene discovery could triple production
A representative MOV-wheat spikelet (a) and spike (b) showing the effect of the Mov-1 locus on grain number.…
Record-breaking gamma ray burst seems to be caused by a black hole engulfed by a bloated star
The combined, background-subtracted gamma-ray lightcurve of GRBÂ 250702B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.22792 On July 2, 2025, NASA’s Fermi…
Human exceptionalism is at the root of the ecological crisis, claims evolutionary biologist
Credit: Harvard Gazette In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But…
Mechanical method uses collisions to break down plastic for sustainable recycling
Graphical abstract. Credit: Chem (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102754 While plastics help enable modern standards of living, their accumulation in…
Carbon offsets have failed for 25 years, and most should be phased out
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Academics at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the…
Can we hear gravitational-wave ‘beats’ in the rhythm of pulsars?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen…
Mount Everest visible from Bihar: Astronaut shows how Himalayas look from space
A breathtaking image of Mount Everest, as seen from the International Space Station, has gone viral online after…
Nobel Prize for quantum breakthroughs energises India’s leap into the future
Imagine a machine so clever it could solve in minutes what would take today’s most powerful supercomputers millions…
First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches
Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…