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Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier receive award for ultra-short pulses of light, which have enabled the close study of electrons.

The female perspective is often missed in evolutionary tales, but it is at the centre of what makes us human.

Compared with adults, babies have a weaker antibody response but better protection in their noses.

Marine biologist Long Ying studies how warmer, more-acidic oceans are affecting these ‘trees of the seas’.

Astronomers have obtained spectacular images of an interstellar jet launched from a newly forming star. Careful comparison with archival data offers a fresh take on the chemistry of the environment that surrounds it.

Being open to the limitations of their knowledge can help researchers to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations.

At times, the enormous telecommunications spacecraft is brighter than some of the most iconic stars visible from Earth.

A plethora of standards mean shareable and verifiable microscopy data often get lost in translation. Biologists are working on a solution.

Scientists should carefully consider whether embryo models based on human stem cells are essential to their work because of the associated practical and ethical challenges.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman laid the groundwork for immunizations that were rolled out during the pandemic at record-breaking speed.

Researchers are testing a controversial strategy to relocate threatened animals whose habitats might not survive climate change.

People with a specific variant had more active thymus glands, which produce immune cells that fight off infection.

Biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman have won the Nobel Prize for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA COVID vaccines. Plus, the break-up of a supercontinent churned up rare pink diamonds and how a heart starts to beat.

More than half of respondents to our poll say the Nobels need to change. Plus, a US government shutdown would disrupt science and how researchers are tackling deepfakes.

Support staff should speak up more about how their skills drive scientific discovery, says glassblower Terri Adams.