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Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Oceanographer Andrea Kealoha studies how the devastating Lahaina wildfire of 2023 affected the coral systems of Maui.

Children and teenagers bring unique value to research as advisers and participants — raising ethical and practical issues about how best to compensate them.

Device that links neural signals to fine movements provides unprecedented control over speed and direction in a video-game obstacle course.

A statistician offers a masterful guide to embracing the unknown.

The Nobel prizewinner used quantum and molecular mechanics to model the dynamics of complex chemical systems.

Sustainability and artificial intelligence dominate our seventh annual round-up of exciting innovations.

Ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, displaced academics describe their experiences settling into UK universities.

Survey of more than 1,600 biomedical researchers also flagged small sample sizes and cherry-picking of data as leading causes of reproducibility problems.

Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

‘Lab vans’ and other facilities can bring researchers closer to what they study.

Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.

Mice injected with a microRNA molecule lived longer and had fewer markers of ageing, but it’s not yet known if the treatment would work in people.

Research also suggests how to make homes more resilient in the aftermath of deadly blazes in Los Angeles.

The president-elect quickly nominated confidantes with a focus on AI, but their recommendations for the rest of science remain unclear.

Two researchers, one with bipolar disorder and ADHD, the other with autism, discuss supportive workplaces, building networks, and how and when to disclose diagnoses.

The science behind urban firestorms, and how to fight them. Plus, how public-health researchers are targeted for focusing on tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods.

A mutation in neurons grows for decades before it reaches a deadly limit.