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Humans can distinguish between sequences of odours that are presented only 60 milliseconds apart.

The resistive magnet required a significant amount of energy to produce a field of 42.02 tesla.

Finding ways to connect with the public — as part of my work to get people to take action on climate change — took me to an interesting place, says Jessica Eise.

Extensive scans reveal rhythmic changes in the brain throughout the menstrual cycle and while on the pill.

Pioneering crystallographer Helen Berman helped to set up the massive collection of protein structures that underpins the Nobel-prize-winning tool’s success.

Tent made from the smart material can maintain a comfortable interior for external temperatures of 14–33 °C.

A large language model can help groups to reach a consensus by producing statements that are clearer and fairer than those written by humans.

Hardware that consumes less power will reduce artificial intelligence's appetite for energy. But transparency about its carbon footprint is still needed.

Three sperm proteins work together as matchmakers to enable fertilization in vertebrates.

Antibody insights could lead to longer-lasting vaccines. Plus, scientists have made a new type of insulin.

How a chance encounter with film director Richard Curtis, director of the hit comedy romance and many others, led to Jakob Trollbäck designing the 17 SDG icons.

An analysis of tens of millions of papers shows which fields have embraced AI tools with enthusiasm — and which have been slower.

Researchers are often asked to write references or recommendation letters. Nature asked three senior scientists what they do when they can’t endorse someone.

Stop using ‘summer’, ‘winter’ and the rest when inviting researchers to events — it’s a small step, but it’s necessary and inclusive.

High-altitude planting could buffer the trees, and the migratory butterflies that roost in them, against the effects of climate change.

The antiphage defence protein CapRel^SJ46 in Escherichia coli can directly bind and sense two completely unrelated and structurally different proteins using the same sensory domain, with overlapping but distinct interfaces.

By not treating plasticity as a mode of failure and instead using it in balance with buckling instability, mechanical metamaterials can be designed that buckle sequentially and show superior shock-absorption performance.

‘Hardy’ Helicobacter pylori ecospecies shares the ancestry of ‘Ubiquitous’ H. pylori from the same region in most of the genome but has nearly fixed single-nucleotide polymorphism differences in 100 genes.

Three relatively recent break-up events relating to young asteroid families are probably the dominant sources of the current influx of meteoritic material to the Earth.