NATURE

Deepest-ever samples of rock from Earth’s mantle unveiled

A sample of mantle rock viewed under a microscope.Credit: Johan Lissenberg A record-breaking expedition to drill into rocks at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean

NATURE

‘Fire clouds’ from super-hot wildfires are on the rise as Earth warms

A suspected arson on 24 July ignited the Park Fire in California, which had exploded to more than 140,000 hectares less than three days later.Credit:

NATURE

biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination

Credit: National Institutes of Health The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made discoveries about the role of enzymes in assembling genetic material. Work in the

NATURE

Rhapsodies in green: the poetry of plant biology

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02442-1 Poems that bring plant biology to life, and remembering the achievements of the physicist Patrick Blackett, in our

NATURE

Meet the retired scientists who collaborate with younger colleagues

Julie Gould 00:09 Hello and welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould. This is the sixth and final episode of the

NATURE

Carbon pricing reduces emissions

Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02293-w A meta-analysis of 21 carbon-pricing schemes suggests that the strategy reduces greenhouse-gas emissions. Deciding how high to set

NATURE

the hidden link between star-forming molecular clouds

The discovery that three star-forming clouds in our cosmic neighbourhood form a single C-shaped structure offers insights into how such clouds develop1. Access options Access

NATURE

Long COVID lung damage linked to immune system response

A cell (red) infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (blue).Credit: NIAID/National Institutes of Health/Science Photo Library A signalling molecule that helps to kick-start inflammation in the

NATURE

Three-year delay for Indian census frustrates researchers

A census worker records details from women and children in Hyderabad, India during the last census in 2011.Credit: Mahesh Kumar A./AP via Alamy Today, Hauz

NATURE

What is it like to attend a predatory conference?

By the time she arrived in the United Kingdom from Chile in March 2024, Pía Loren had already been to conferences in Latin America and