David Hertzog and Katherine High were among the winners of this year’s Breakthrough prize.Credit: Dennis R. Wise & Colin LentonResearchers dedicated to a decades-long quest to measure the magnetic properties of the subatomic muon particle have won one of this...
In laboratories and hospitals around the world, a new generation of cancer researchers is working on the treatments and technologies of tomorrow. Some have turned their focus to improving imaging techniques for diagnostics; others are developing minimally invasive tests for...
After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a mid-career researcher.Credit: Benjamin SmithOne afternoon in November last year, two e-mails landed in my inbox minutes apart. The first was...
Research misconduct can include a variety of infractions, including data fraud and manipulation.Credit: Tom Werner/GettyFor decades, academic institutions have struggled with how to prevent researchers who have committed misconduct from securing jobs at new universities while hiding the bad behaviour....
View of the Moon (and a sliver of Earth) from the Orion capsule just before the crew went into a communications blackout.Credit: NASAUpdated 6 April 2026, 7:15 p.m. CDT (Houston time)The Artemis astronauts are about to experience a solar eclipse.This...
The 2027 budget proposed by the administration of President Trump would make deep cuts to many science agencies, such as the National Science Foundation.Credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg/GettyFor the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts...
The astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission will see more of the Moon’s far side by eye than any human has before.Credit: NASA/JPLIf all goes to plan, as soon as tomorrow, NASA will launch four people on a journey around...
After having their first child, women are 29% less likely to be employed at a university.Credit: miljko/GettyBecoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s, lowering their chances of getting university jobs, tenure...
Embon, L. et al. Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices. Nat. Commun. 8, 85 (2017).Article ADS CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Sachkou, Y. P. et al. Coherent vortex dynamics in a strongly interacting superfluid on...
Ando Rabearisoa worked with local fishers to establish locally managed marine conservation areas that protect fisheries and local incomes in Madagascar. Credit: Johnson RakotoniainaThree years into an ecological economics PhD in France, Ando Rabearisoa made a decision that would change...
