Photon avalanching is a nonlinear optical effect in which a material emits a disproportionately large number—an ‘avalanche’—of ...

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The ability to track neural activity as the brain develops in embryos is key to understanding how neurons self-assemble to form the vertebrate brain. In this ...

As was realized after the Second World War, peace and prosperity stem from partnership and sustained investment in human development ...

Browse the archive of articles on Nature. Improving children’s health is central to the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement championed by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The cover shows a satellite image of circular patches of irrigated land in the Western Desert in Egypt. Such land reclamation is one of many strategies that ...

Experiments in which systems of interacting electrons are split apart reveal the signatures of a liquid-like state — even for as few as three electrons. Technologies that can interpret imagery ...

To tackle the challenges facing society energy, water, climate, food, health scientists and social scientists must work together. Yet ...

Two papers published in this issue report on the third and final phase of The 1000 Genomes Project. Begun in 2008, the project has developed an open resource ...

In this week’s issue, John Martinis and his colleagues describe a significant step in the development of quantum computing. For the first time, the ...

Many potential applications for artificial intelligence require making real-time decisions. Car racing, in which drivers must undertake complex tactical ...

Root-associated microbial symbionts have a strong influence over the way forest ecosystems function. The identity of the symbionts can help determine how ...