- November 14, 2025
Could China’s cautious new research strategy stifle its science-leadership ambitions?
China has seen increasing international enrolments as its universities grow in stature, but this has also brought challenges.Credit: Yang Bo/China News Service/VCG via Getty In
Africa finally has its own drug-regulation agency — and it could transform the continent’s health
After more than a decade of planning, the launch of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) is being celebrated in Mombasa, Kenya, this week at the
DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy
Watson shared in the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in elucidating the structure of DNA. Credit: AP James Dewey Watson
Climate change is devastating mining of minerals needed to fight it
To produce enough ‘critical metals’ such as copper, lithium and nickel to support the green-energy transition, the mining industry needs to boost operations two-to-fivefold worldwide
By the time you hear these bats, it’s too late
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 01 November 2025 The fringe-lipped bat ambushes its prey, helping to make it an exceptionally efficient hunter. Source link
Electromagnetic interference shielding using metal and MXene thin films
Joo, K. et al. High performance package-level EMI shielding of Ag epoxy composites with spray method for high frequency FCBGA package application. In Proc. 2018
How Napoleon’s army met its doom: DNA reveals surprise illnesses had a role
Nature, Published online: 24 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03487-6 Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from Moscow reveal two bacterial diseases
These iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?
Elkhorn coral off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Credit: Sam Hodge/Alamy Two years after a record-setting heatwave, scientists have confirmed that two iconic corals
do we even need a replacement?
The statue of Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, UK.Credit: Steve Meddle/Shutterstock Today’s best artificial intelligence (AI) models sail through the Turing test, a famous thought
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds
