Seismic shivers documented in the Golden State after record-breaking snows in 2016 and 2017.

Cooling and trapping atomic gases to form a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) allows quantum behaviour to be examined at a macroscopic scale. But it is hard to exert precise control over these exotic ...

Heterobilayer excitonic devices consisting of two different van der Waals materials, in which excitons are shared between the layers, exhibit electrically controlled switching actions at room ...

Cancer cells have an unfortunate ability to evade therapies by adapting to hostile environments that threaten their survival. In this week’s issue, Gustavo França and Itai Yanai examine the molecular ...

Nature Research journals recognize the importance of post-publication commentary on published research as necessary to advancing scientific discourse. Formal post-publication commentary on published ...

The contrail clouds formed by jet engines contribute to global warming. In-flight measurements of the particles emitted and contrails produced by a passenger jet show that contrails are formed through ...

News/News Features: Jenna Ahart, Mohana Basu, Celeste Biever, Ewen Callaway, Davide Castelvecchi, Catriona Clarke, Anne Marie Conlon, Rachel Fieldhouse, Nisha Gaind ...

PhD students reflect on how their supervisors made a meaningful difference — from quiet acts of kindness to career-shaping guidance.

A platform for tracking the changes in gene expression and chromatin accessibility that follow interference with specific genes has been developed. The platform, called PerturbFate, was applied to ...

In 2016, the first direct observation of gravitational waves was reported. The measurements by the LIGO detectors gave astronomers a new way to observe the Universe.

Browse the archive of articles on Nature Will the universities' own electronic repositories affect traditional publishing?

The cover shows a red-footed booby (Sula sula), one of several species of seabird that make their home on the islands in the Central Indian Ocean’s Chagos Archipelago. In this week’s issue, Nicholas ...