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Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei, China.Credit: Zhang Yazi/China News Service/VCG via Getty Researchers…
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Artificial skin mimics the octopus’s art of disguise
Nature, Published online: 06 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03984-8 A ‘photonic skin’ with controllable colour and texture brings materials science a step…
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Science in 2026: what to expect this year
Nature, Published online: 01 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04114-0 More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact…
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I’ve earned my PhD — what now?
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, In December 2024, I finished my PhD in biomedical chemistry in Italy, and…
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Revised estimates of CO<sub>2</sub> sources and sinks improve global carbon accounting
Nature, Published online: 12 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03981-x Updated estimates of the worldwide sources and sinks of anthropogenic carbon dioxide provide…
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The gift that shaped my career in science
“The most beautiful gift was given to me by my father in the 1970s when, for a small amount of…
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This science sleuth revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities
Achal Agrawal had just finished giving a lecture when an enthusiastic undergraduate student approached him with an idea for a…
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AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?
More than 60% of researchers surveyed about AI say they use it for work.Credit: MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via Getty…
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Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that
The scientific enterprise has long been driven by strong-minded people. Institutions, funding and recognition are still organized around the idea…
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Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before
Researchers have trapped more atoms of antimatter more quickly than ever before — a potentially transformative step in elucidating the…
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