A China-based conference for the world’s young scientists returns for the fifth time with a packed programme featuring Nobel ...

Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintained in later life ...

Researchers identify GmRVE4d as a gene that delays soybean flowering and maturity by repressing GmPRR5a. This finding highlights GmRVE4d as a potential breeding target for improving soybean adaptation ...

A gene regulatory network is a set of genes, or parts of genes, that interact with each other to control a specific cell function. Gene regulatory networks are important in development, ...

Plant ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology focussed on the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment.

The ink could be useful for medical tattooing, but more tests are needed before it is widely available.

Results could help researchers to develop painkillers that are safer and more effective than existing treatments.

Study of almost 900 dogs from roughly 120 breeds finds that rapid ageing of large canines is linked to changes in the ...

As AI agents’ scientific prowess grows, some scientists worry about getting scooped not just by human rivals, but also by ...

The basis and physiological functions of senescence have been challenging to establish as senescent states encompass varying hallmarks in disease and ageing, and too little is known about which cells ...

Unverified rumours swirl around the death of a Siberian laboratory technician. Nature talks to a biosecurity specialist to ...