The cover image shows organoids grown from a mouse adult intestinal stem cell stained for differentiated and proliferating cells. Such organoids are increasingly being used to study organ development ...

Our perceptions of the world are increasingly influenced by online media, which can perpetuate social stereotypes and bias our views. The rise of artificial intelligence — especially large language ...

Soft materials filled with microbubbles flex when exposed to ultrasound — forming the basis of wireless devices that can be made to pass through organs such as the intestine.

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 ...

Although the soma ages during life, the germ line of multicellular organisms does not. Here it is shown that Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with increased longevity turn on gene expression programs in ...

Soft materials filled with microbubbles flex when exposed to ultrasound — forming the basis of wireless devices that can be made to pass through organs such as the intestine.

A cold-activated protein protects the bowhead whale’s DNA from dangerous mutations. Plus, an elephant-inspired bioprinter and a new way to test the progress of artificial intelligence.

The cover shows an artist’s impression of SARS-CoV-2 in the bloodstream based on the latest cryo-EM images of the virus, with neutralizing antibodies (yellow) attaching to the spike protein on the ...

The burgeoning commercial sector that is based on genome information poses a challenge to the norms of scientific publication. But it remains to be established that the conditions of access to ...

The gap between average life expectancy and the number of years people are healthy and on the job is widening, with potentially grave consequences for pensioners.

Inscriptions provide an invaluable insight into the ancient world. But over the centuries, many inscriptions have been damaged and exist in fragmented or semi-legible forms, making the job of reading ...