News & Comment

Nature Metabolism is launching a joint collection of articles focusing on dietary interventions to improve cardiometabolic health, together with Nature Communications, npj Metabolic Health and Disease and Scientific Reports.

Here we reflect on touching points between basic science and clinical research, while highlighting key points to consider when submitting clinical work to our journal.

Subcellular quantitative analysis has been a long-standing goal of mass spectrometry imaging, but was originally thought to be unattainable. However, recent advances have made organelle-level absolute quantification through mass spectrometry imaging a reality, thanks to the development of nano secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Spatial metabolomics has matured and is driving innovation in mass spectrometry, metabolomics and spatial omics. With exciting discoveries, complementary capabilities and increasing accessibility, it has secured its place in the spatial biology toolbox, showing promise in biology, medicine and pharmacology.

Metabolic networks in microbial organisms are highly diverse. Unravelling this metabolic flexibility not only reveals fundamental metabolic insights but also can yield benefits for society at large

Reproducibility and replication are cornerstones of scientific research and depend on detailed reporting of experimental conditions. Here, we discuss key points and editorial policies that authors need to be aware of when submitting an article to Nature Metabolism.

Growing evidence demonstrates the metabolic benefits of repeated cold exposure in humans. Here, we argue that skeletal muscle thermogenesis, rather than the stimulation of thermogenic adipose tissue, is required to elicit these benefits in humans.

Lab websites are an important resource for making yourself known to the research community. Here we explain why having an informative, up-to-date website can be a great tool for keeping the research community informed about your current projects.

The metabolomics literature suffers from ambiguity in the nomenclature for individual metabolites, which introduces a disconnect between publications and leads to misinterpretations. This Comment proposes recommendations for metabolite annotations to engage the scientific community and publishers to adopt a more consistent approach to metabolite nomenclature.

Scientific meetings are the perfect venue for staying on top of the field and building new relationships with researchers from all career stages, as well as solidifying bonds with current authors. Here we explain why editors of Nature Metabolism attend conferences and what we do when we get there.

The environment experienced by an individual early in life has long-term health consequences. Here we summarize key factors that should be considered when designing studies in rodents that aim to address the developmental programming of metabolic disease.