A systemic failure of oversight allowed the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to curry favour with academia. Stronger governance is urgently needed.

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon.

Finding out how microbes make compounds containing the diazo chemical group could help researchers to synthesize useful ...

Injectable fluid safely fills area in which blood clots can form, in animal trials — plus, strong evidence that an elusive ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

Study of 600,000 US military veterans shows that those who took anti-obesity medications were less likely to develop some complications of substance-use disorders.

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write genomes that will work inside living cells.

Their makers claim they can detect dozens of cancer types — but some scientists say they could be missing many cancers or delivering the wrong diagnosis.

The Indus Waters Treaty withstood several armed conflicts and a huge loss of glaciers. It should serve as a blueprint for ...

The United States has slammed the brakes on legal routes to limit greenhouse gases. But cities, states and businesses can ...

Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...

At the start of the year, Nature Index reported on a survey that asked thousands of authors of world-leading research for their thoughts on the current funding landscape. Some 53% of respondents said ...