Symplocarpus renifolius emits sulfur-containing compounds that make it smell of rotting meat.Credit: Kirsanov Valeriy Vladimirovich/ShutterstockWith a nickname like ‘skunk cabbage’, the infamously stinky flowers of Symplocarpus renifolius are unlikely to grace a bridal bouquet. But for the beetles and flies...
Whether it’s developing artificial-intelligence tools, clean technologies or medical treatments, governments around the world are seeking to leverage their research institutions and workforces to compete strategically with other nations.The strategy behind one of the most successful labs in the worldThrough...
Colleagues routinely describe Michael Running Wolf as someone who walks seamlessly between two worlds.As an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher at the software-development company SynthBee in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and as co-founder of the First Languages AI Reality (FLAIR) programme at...
You have full access to this article via your institution. Anne-Claire Amprou, co-chair of the pandemic treaty talks, with WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus at the talks’ conclusion.Credit: Christopher Black/WHO/AFP/Getty“I’m overwhelmed, overjoyed!” These were the words of Precious Matsoso, co-chair...
Sethuraman Panchanathan resigned Thursday as director of the US National Science Foundation.Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa US/AlamyFresh turmoil has hit the US National Science Foundation (NSF): hundreds more of the agency’s research grants were terminated today on top of the hundreds already...
Hughes, D. & Andersson, D. I. Evolutionary trajectories to antibiotic resistance. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 71, 579–596 (2017).Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Murray, C. J. et al. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis. Lancet 399, 629–655...
Researchers used lasers to stimulate individual cone cells in the retina — leading to the perception of a completely new colour.Credit: George Pachantouris/GettyFive people have been able to perceive a colour never before seen by human eyes, after researchers used...
Publishers are being offered hundreds of thousands of euros for journals indexed by scholarly databases.Credit: Dave Whitney/GettyResearch-integrity analysts are warning that ‘journal snatchers’ — companies that acquire scholarly journals from reputable publishers — are turning legitimate titles into predatory, low-quality...
Aleksandra Lazić helped to compile an open-access repository of social-science questionnaires, many of them translated or culturally adapted for use in Serbia.Credit: Matti HeikkurinenI was just beginning my PhD when my supervisor gave me my first assignment. She wanted me...
A combination of oil, water and magnetic particles defies conventional wisdom by consistently taking on the shape of an urn1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 24,99 € / 30 days cancel any...
