ad 2090When your last ship left, we were at a loss. Millions of our drones fluttered about, delivering packages through the smog to empty homes. Self-driving cars drove around, following traffic signals flawlessly, recharging at intervals in perfect rhythm, with...
HIV particles (red dots) enter cells using proteins that bind to the cell membrane.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryTwo vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV, according to an early-stage clinical trial1. The trial is only...
Angela Steiner uses an artificial-intelligence tool as a sounding board for research ideas.Credit: 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0I’m sitting in my office, coffee in hand, talking to ChatGPT. I’ve carved out a rare hour to think through a new...
Deborah Daley 00:06Hello, and welcome to Changemakers, a podcast series brought to you by Nature, where we shine a light on fascinating and extraordinary scientists.I’m Deborah Daley, global chair of Springer Nature’s Black Employee Network, and I’m very proud to...
The cuts to science under the Trump administration have sparked protests and will threaten the positions of many international early-career researchers.Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via GettyA stem-cell biologist who has spent the past 14 years in the United States is...
Gavi chief executive Sania Nishtar (pictured here in Ghana) is urging donors not to put children in harm’s way.Credit: Nipsh Dennis/GaviThis year was never going to be easy for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global-health organization that has vaccinated more...
Carys Herbert inspects a telescope used in citizen-science projects at the University of Kent’s Beacon Observatory in Canterbury, UK — while she also scans the horizon for a permanent position after her PhD. Credit: University of KentThe global PhD class...
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 16 July 2025 A planet that orbits closely to its young host star has been observed to induce large magnetic eruptions on the star. These flares might rapidly blow away the planet’s atmosphere, leaving behind a dense core...
In some cases, scientists use AI models to evaluate manuscripts or help draft peer-review reports.Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick artificial intelligence (AI) tools into giving them...
The AI tools Gemini and DeepSeek came behind o3 in a league table of responses to scientific questions.Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Gettyo3, an artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by the creators of ChatGPT, has been ranked the best AI tool...
