Droplets of an organic molecule can be used to build a polymer to order. Credit: E. Rieger at al./Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Research Highlights
Selections from the scientific literature by Nature's news team
- Volume 554
- Issue 7691
This 100-million-year-old arachnid in amber had silk-spinning organs but also a long tail. Credit: D. Huang et al./Nature Ecol. Evol.
Evolution
Eight-legged crawlers spin controversy
The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way and is easily seen from the Southern Hemisphere. Credit: NASA/ESA/A. Nota (STScI/ESA)
Astronomy and astrophysics
The galactic smash that birthed a slew of stars
A colon-cancer cell divides into two cells. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL
Microbiology
Tumours grow where two gut bacteria thrive
Norway rats reward helpful companions. Credit: Manon Schweinfurth
Animal behaviour
Fair-minded rats pay helpers with food
Din from boats can interfere with the life lessons of fish living on coral reefs. Credit: Daniela Dirscherl/Getty
Ecology
Shh! Fish are learning
Smoke from wildfires blanketed northern Canada in mid-August 2017. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
Atmospheric science
Catastrophic wildfires mimicked volcanic eruption
A tightrope stroll was too much for the neurons that steady this mouse. Credit: Getty
Neuroscience
The cells that set the body straight
Marshes and farmland border a stretch of the Mississippi River near its headwaters in Minnesota. Credit: Nathan Benn/Corbis/Getty
Environmental sciences
