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What China’s mission to collect rocks from the far side could reveal about the Moon
The Chang’e-6 mission aims to land in the Moon’s oldest and largest crater, collect rocks, and bring them back to Earth.
- Ling Xin
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Superconductivity hunt gets boost from China's $220 million physics 'playground'
From extreme cold to strong magnets and high pressures, the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF) provides conditions for researching these potential wonder materials.
- Gemma Conroy
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Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist’s lawsuit against university
Ranga Dias sued his university, in part, for allegedly conducting a biased investigation, which found he had committed extensive scientific misconduct.
- Dan Garisto
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Essay |
‘Shut up and calculate’: how Einstein lost the battle to explain quantum reality
By suppressing questions they considered too ‘philosophical’, post-war physicists created an unquestioning orthodoxy that influences science to this day.
- Jim Baggott
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China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries.
- Ling Xin
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Nature Podcast |
How gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’
Researchers find the genetic mutations that allow some marsupials to soar, and an ultra-accurate clock is put through its paces on the high seas.
- Benjamin Thompson
- & Elizabeth Gibney
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Editorial |
Retractions are part of science, but misconduct isn’t — lessons from a superconductivity lab
Journals, funders and institutions that employ researchers all want to produce or disseminate rigorous scientific knowledge — and all can learn lessons from misconduct cases.
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News & Views |
Robust optical clocks promise stable timing in a portable package
A highly precise timekeeping instrument has been adapted for the real world. The compact and robust device is smaller than its commercial counterparts and performs comparably in the laboratory and aboard a naval ship.
- Bonnie L. S. Marlow
- & Jonathan Hirschauer
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Atomic clock keeps ultra-precise time aboard a rocking naval ship
The best timepieces tend to be fragile, but a device based on iodine threads the needle between precision and practicality.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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News & Views |
Galaxy found napping in the primordial Universe
Observations have revealed a galaxy that stopped forming stars earlier than expected. This discovery offers clues about when the first galaxies emerged and sheds light on how stars formed when the Universe was in its infancy.
- Jacqueline Antwi-Danso
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Article
| Open AccessMulti-project wafers for flexible thin-film electronics by independent foundries
The iconic 6502 microprocessor designed in two key thin-film transistor technologies by independent foundries is used to demonstrate and expand the multi-project wafer approach for flexible electronics.
- Hikmet Çeliker
- , Wim Dehaene
- & Kris Myny
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Growth of diamond in liquid metal at 1 atm pressure
Diamond crystals and polycrystalline diamond films can be grown using liquid metal at standard pressure and high temperature instead of conventional high pressure and high temperature.
- Yan Gong
- , Da Luo
- & Rodney S. Ruoff
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A magnetar giant flare in the nearby starburst galaxy M82
We report observations of GRB 231115A, positionally coincident with the starburst galaxy M82, that unambiguously qualify this burst as a giant flare from a magnetar, which is a rare explosive event releasing gamma rays.
- Sandro Mereghetti
- , Michela Rigoselli
- & Pietro Ubertini
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Valleytronics in bulk MoS2 with a topologic optical field
We develop an optical method that can set and read the state of electrons in the valley polarization of bulk transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, with potential utility as digital storage at quantum coherent timescales and application in quantum computing.
- Igor Tyulnev
- , Álvaro Jiménez-Galán
- & Jens Biegert
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Article |
High-performance fibre battery with polymer gel electrolyte
A fibre lithium-ion battery that can potentially be woven into textiles shows enhanced battery performance and safety compared with liquid electrolytes.
- Chenhao Lu
- , Haibo Jiang
- & Huisheng Peng
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Article
| Open AccessA high-density and high-confinement tokamak plasma regime for fusion energy
A stable tokamak plasma has been demonstrated with a high plasma density and a high energy confinement quality, both of which are simultaneously important for fusion reactors.
- S. Ding
- , A. M. Garofalo
- & J. M. Hanson
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Article
| Open AccessHigh carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes
A study introduces a novel method to grow single-crystal Cu2O thin films with selected crystal orientations, highlighting enhanced bulk carrier mobility and carrier diffusion length along the [111] direction that yields Cu2O photocathodes with improved performance.
- Linfeng Pan
- , Linjie Dai
- & Samuel D. Stranks
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| Open AccessProbing entanglement in a 2D hard-core Bose–Hubbard lattice
By emulating a 2D hard-core Bose–Hubbard lattice using a controllable 4 × 4 array of superconducting qubits, volume-law entanglement scaling as well as area-law scaling at different locations in the energy spectrum are observed.
- Amir H. Karamlou
- , Ilan T. Rosen
- & William D. Oliver
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One-dimensional proximity superconductivity in the quantum Hall regime
We show that domain walls in minimally twisted bilayer graphene support exceptionally robust proximity superconductivity in the quantum Hall regime.
- Julien Barrier
- , Minsoo Kim
- & A. K. Geim
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Regioselective hydroformylation of propene catalysed by rhodium-zeolite
Rhodium catalysts confined in zeolite pores exhibit high regioselectivity in the hydroformylation process of propene to high-value n-butanal, surpassing the performance of all heterogeneous and most homogeneous catalysts developed so far.
- Xiangjie Zhang
- , Tao Yan
- & Zhi Cao
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| Open AccessOptical clocks at sea
Sea-based optical clocks combining a molecular iodine spectrometer, fibre frequency comb and electronics for monitoring and control demonstrate high precision in a smaller volume than active hydrogen masers.
- Jonathan D. Roslund
- , Arman Cingöz
- & Martin M. Boyd
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Star Formation Shut Down by Multiphase Gas Outflow in a Galaxy at a Redshift of 2.45
- Sirio Belli
- , Minjung Park
- & Rainer Weinberger
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Nature Podcast |
Living on Mars would probably suck — here's why
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith join us to discuss their book A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
- Benjamin Thompson
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Research Highlight |
Detectors deep in South Pole ice pin down elusive tau neutrino
Antarctic observatory gathers the first clear evidence of mysterious subatomic particles from space.
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Meet ‘goldene’: this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick
Sheets of gold might find use as catalysts, or in light-sensing devices.
- Mark Peplow
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Outlook |
AI’s keen diagnostic eye
Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial intelligence systems could replace agents such as chemicals currently used to augment medical scans.
- Neil Savage
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Violent volcanoes have wracked Jupiter’s moon Io for billions of years
Understanding the volcanic moon’s history could offer fresh insights into conditions on early Earth.
- Sarah Wild
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News & Views |
Nanoparticle fix opens up tricky technique to forensic applications
A technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy can detect tiny quantities of compounds in solution, but has been difficult to use for quantitative analysis. A digital approach involving nanoparticles suggests a way forward.
- Peter J. Vikesland
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Editorial |
UN plastics treaty: don’t let lobbyists drown out researchers
Tackling plastic pollution needs scientists to be in the negotiating room at upcoming talks.
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World View |
We must protect the global plastics treaty from corporate interference
A United Nations-backed agreement to end plastic pollution is within reach — but only if scientists, civil society and businesses unite against powerful vested interests.
- Martin Wagner
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Spotlight |
CERN’s impact goes way beyond tiny particles
A global effort to uncover the nature of the Universe has had resounding effects on scientists and society.
- Nikki Forrester
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Article |
Corner- and edge-mode enhancement of near-field radiative heat transfer
Near-field radiative heat transfer between two coplanar silicon carbide membranes in close proximity is enhanced by the electromagnetic corner and edge modes.
- Lei Tang
- , Lívia M. Corrêa
- & Chris Dames
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Stripped-envelope supernova light curves argue for central engine activity
Analysis of the energy budget of a sample of 54 well-observed stripped-envelope supernovae of all sub-types shows statistically significant, largely model-independent, observational evidence for a non-radioactive power source in most of them.
- Ósmar Rodríguez
- , Ehud Nakar
- & Dan Maoz
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Digital colloid-enhanced Raman spectroscopy by single-molecule counting
Research published in Nature shows that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy carried out with colloids can quantify a range of molecules down to concentrations at the femtomolar level.
- Xinyuan Bi
- , Daniel M. Czajkowsky
- & Jian Ye
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| Open AccessMethane emission from a cool brown dwarf
Methane emission from a very cool brown dwarf, perhaps arising from an aurora, has been detected in James Webb Space Telescope observations.
- Jacqueline K. Faherty
- , Ben Burningham
- & Niall Whiteford
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Laser spectroscopy of triply charged 229Th isomer for a nuclear clock
The trapping of triply charged 229mTh3+ is described and its nuclear decay half-life determined, showing useful properties for the development of a nuclear clock and applications in the search for new physics.
- Atsushi Yamaguchi
- , Yudai Shigekawa
- & Hidetoshi Katori
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Nature Podcast |
Keys, wallet, phone: the neuroscience behind working memory
Brain areas work in tandem to temporarily store important information, and an aurora on a cool brown dwarf.
- Benjamin Thompson
- & Noah Baker
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Correspondence |
Use game theory for climate models that really help reach net zero goals
- Kathleen B. Aviso
- , Raymond R. Tan
- & Maria Victoria Migo-Sumagang
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Correspondence |
It’s time to talk about the hidden human cost of the green transition
- Manuel Prieto
- & Nicolás C. Zanetta-Colombo
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News & Views |
A step along the path towards AlphaFold — 50 years ago
Paring down the astronomical complexity of the protein-folding problem, plus Isaac Newton’s ambiguous use of the word ‘axiom’, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
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Nature Careers Podcast |
How a young physicist’s job move helped Argentina join the ATLAS collaboration
A stint at CERN exposed María Teresa Dova to longstanding collaborators and mentors, culminating in a successful bid to join a landmark project.
- Julie Gould
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| Open AccessLight-wave-controlled Haldane model in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride
We introduce strong tailored light-wave-driven time-reversal symmetry breaking in monolayer hexagonal boron nitride, realizing a sub-laser-cycle controllable analogue of the topological model of Haldane and inducing non-resonant valley polarization.
- Sambit Mitra
- , Álvaro Jiménez-Galán
- & Shubhadeep Biswas
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Career Column |
‘Shrugging off failure is hard’: the $400-million grant setback that shaped the Smithsonian lead scientist’s career
Planetary scientist Ellen Stofan thought about leaving research after a funding bid was rejected. But new opportunities emerged.
- Anne Gulland
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Could JWST solve cosmology’s big mystery? Physicists debate Universe-expansion data
Results from the telescope could help to end a long-standing disagreement over the rate of cosmic expansion. But scientists say more measurements are needed.
- Davide Castelvecchi
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AI now beats humans at basic tasks — new benchmarks are needed, says major report
Stanford University’s 2024 AI Index charts the meteoric rise of artificial-intelligence tools.
- Nicola Jones
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NASA admits plan to bring Mars rocks to Earth won’t work — and seeks fresh ideas
The agency’s head calls the current plan for delivering samples collected by the Perseverance rover ‘too expensive’ and its schedule ‘unacceptable’.
- Sumeet Kulkarni
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Obituary |
Peter Higgs obituary: physicist who predicted boson that explains why particles have mass
Theoretical physicist saw his eponymous particle discovered after 48 years.
- Christine Sutton
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Research Highlight |
An exoplanet is wrapped in glory
Astronomers spot the first planet outside the Solar System to boast a phenomenon reminiscent of a rainbow.
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Selenium alloyed tellurium oxide for amorphous p-channel transistors
- Ao Liu
- , Yong-Sung Kim
- & Yong-Young Noh