- April 9, 2025
Asilomar conference took courage and foresight — today, inclusivity would also be crucial
You have full access to this article via your institution. The name Asilomar has become a metaphor for problem-solving in science and society.Credit: Stephen B.
Obesity-drug pioneers and 13,508 physicists win US$3-million Breakthrough Prizes
The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit: The Breakthrough Prizes Five scientists
Haploid facultative parthenogenesis in sunflower sexual reproduction
Jacquier, N. M. A. et al. Puzzling out plant reproduction by haploid induction for innovations in plant breeding. Nat. Plants 6, 610–619 (2020). PubMed MATH
Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed up the process. Credit: Catherine
Trump’s bid for Greenland threatens to destabilize Arctic research
Boulder, Colorado A major Arctic-science conference got caught up this week in the fight between US President Donald Trump, who says the United States should
How to know whether a conference is right for you
Illustration: Sébastien Thibault After coming across a UK conference that sounded interesting, Carme Arnan Ros, a laboratory manager and research technician at the -Centre for
US universities curtail staff, spending as Trump cuts take hold
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge has frozen hiring for non-faculty positions.Credit: Mel Musto/Bloomberg/Getty The onslaught of US spending cuts is prompting drastic action
Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
In the next few months, from its perch atop a mountain in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin surveying the cosmos with the
Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
With papers to write, grants to apply for and students to teach, cybersecurity can be a low priority for scientists. Until, that is, it all
Unconventional magnons in collinear magnets dictated by spin space groups
Band representation theory for SSGs Band representations are constructed from the atomic limit as introduced by Zak52. Building on Zak’s theory, the theory of topological
