Glowing plasma jets shoot away from a black hole in this artist’s rendering. ESO/WFI (visible); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al. (microwave); NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al. (X-ray)
Astronomy and astrophysics
Research Highlights
Selections from the scientific literature by Nature's news team
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The ancestors of many of today’s primates, such as this pygmy marmoset, were among the first mammals to abandon a nocturnal schedule. Mark Bowler/NPL
Designated best sailors, fishing spiders take advantage of breezes to scud along the surface of ponds. Olaf Craasmann/S. Mammola et al./PeerJ
Grapevines from different vineyards, such as these plants in Australia’s Barossa Valley, bear different patterns of molecules on their DNA. Diana Mayfield/Lonely Planet Images/Getty
Plant sciences
Grapevine DNA changes hold clues to a wine’s source
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which causes pneumonia and sepsis, is adept at fending off antibiotics. E. García-Fernández et al./Cell
Microbiology
Statins disarm antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The hulking boulders, dubbed the Bull and the Cow, would not have needed a mega-storm to catapult them to the cliff tops. Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post/Getty
Climate sciences
Lofty stones reveal ancient storm secrets
Images printed in a lead-based ink become visible when salts are added. C. Zhang et al./Nat. Commun. (CC BY 4.0)
These prehistoric designs in a cave on the Caribbean island of Mona were scooped into the ceiling. Project El Corazon del Caribe
