Physicists know that their elegant theoretical description of forces and particles – the Standard Model – must be incomplete, ...

The European Research Council (ERC) has reversed a policy it introduced to help deal with a deluge of applications to its ...

Species recovery, cancer-preventing vaccines and progress in developing renewable-energy sources are just some of the ...

Cell signalling is the mechanism by which stimuli are transmitted via a signalling cascade to effector molecules that orchestrate the appropriate response. Types of cell signalling pathways include ...

Download the Nature Briefing Podcast 01 May 2026. In this episode: 00:27 How a parasite unveiled a mitochondrial secret.

The European Research Council (ERC) — an important funder that is investing €16 billion (US$18.7 billion) in research between ...

Researchers launch a new advisory panel to aid countries and release a report with recommendations for shifting to clean ...

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20%.

On Tuesday, responding to a question during a testimony to a US Senate committee, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said he ...

Scientists have identified a new type of cellular organelle inside microbes that live in the guts of ruminant animals such as ...

AI-guided redesign of protein alphabet in bacteria could unlock new ways to build synthetic organisms.

The first clinical trial to test the tumour-fighting power of a stem-cell-like class of long-lived immune cells suggests that ...