The database of 200 million protein-structure predictions now includes homodimers, adding new biological relevance.

Turing Award winners Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett pioneered ideas that are now foundational to quantum computers and ...

Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...

US biomedical funding behemoth says the approach will boost innovation, but some researchers worry that understudied areas of science will suffer.

One pill for obesity is already on the market, and more are on the way. But the injected drugs have key advantages.

It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...

As artificial intelligence begins to mimic consciousness with uncanny skill, we need design norms and laws that prevent it from being mistaken for sentient beings.

Antibiotic use has been linked to changes in the gut’s bacterial species that can last for four to eight years 1. The gut ...

The new five-year plan calls for more original scientific research to facilitate the country's bid for self-reliance.

Of roughly 1,200 scientists who responded to a Nature poll, 46% said they have or had a side hustle during their PhD.

China has approved a brain implant for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements. The brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first in the world to be available for wider use ...