Probing and disentangling the dynamics of many interacting quantum elements, such as those in complex molecules, poses a formidable challenge. In such strongly interacting systems, information ...

A search for the genes responsible for the high incidence of heart defects in children with Down’s syndrome casts a light on potentially affected developmental processes.

Springer Nature is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). Because small numbers of highly cited articles can have outsized influence on certain citation measures ...

This document provides instructions on our online service for presubmission enquiries. Presubmission enquiries are provided purely as a service to authors (for example, to see if a manuscript is ...

Efforts to conserve Florida corals must now shift towards trying to develop heat-resistant strains, scientists say. Plus, what gives civet coffee its flavour and what we can learn from Brazil about ...

Cells use lipid molecules for a wide range of purposes, from forming cell membranes to storing energy, but these molecules can be frustratingly hard to study because it is difficult to trace their ...

Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.

Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more efficient and paint a more honest picture of life ...

In the United States, more Black women die of cancer than white women. This study aims to understand that disparity.

Delegating tasks to artificial intelligence (AI) systems can save time, improve productivity and aid decision-making — but it comes with ethical risks. In this week’s issue, Nils Köbis, Zoe Rahwan and ...