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A rapidly evolving toolbox is helping researchers to get a handle on the biological and functional diversity of these ubiquitous — but still somewhat enigmatic — cell-secreted nanoparticles

Patch-seq delivers morphology, electrophysiology and transcriptomic data to those with skill, patience and persistence.

Researchers roll up their sleeves for the work ahead in the noncoding RNA field.

The research community focused on noncoding RNAs keeps growing. Skepticism about the field has some history.

As new technology enables researchers to find and characterize less-common post-translational modifications that drive gene expression and cellular metabolism, the movement to catalog the entire human proteome gains momentum

Expeditions are delivering data wealth about our planet’s oceans, including its microbes. Some labs are now diving deep into the ocean virome.

Even without a stint on an ocean-faring vessel, scientists can trawl through data to explore marine viruses and address new puzzles and cultural shifts.

Cameras are a crucial part of microscopes and are also built into many kinds of instruments. To make their output comparable takes standards.

Imaging and microscopy technology advances in leaps and bounds. To address accumulated pain points, academics and companies are making headway on standards.

Widespread adoption of new embryo models hinges on how faithfully they mirror real embryos.

Securing biodiversity takes many measures, including the involvement of Indigenous peoples.

Against the backdrop of its many battles with infectious disease, the Global South applies networking and creative grit to face COVID-19.

Labs are stacking techniques to disentangle the chemical influences of microbiomes.

Labs reaping information from single cells balance desirables with headaches such as data sparsity, cost and protocol surprises.

Nature Methods has named protein structure prediction the Method of the Year 2021.