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Diverging focus Global research output in the Nature Index related to affordable and clean energy has rapidly increased in the past few years, but not in every region. Countries and territories in Asia Pacific, for instance, doubled their Share from…
Got nosebleed seats to the game? Maybe you’re planning on bird watching during a nature hike, or you’d like a better view of your favorite singer at their next show? One gadget can help with all these scenarios—a telescope! This…
A new image of cosmic microwave background radiation (half-sky image at left, closeup at right) adds high definition from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope to an earlier image from the Planck satellite. Orange and blue represent more or less intense radiation,…
A device can supposedly create a tiny current by manipulating Earth’s magnetic field as the planet rotates.Credit: Getty Electricity can be generated from the energy of Earth rotating through its own magnetic field — according to a provocative claim put…
Have you noticed that the internet is less fun lately? You’re not alone. There are all kinds of reasons for this, many of which I can’t begin to unpack here. At least part of the problem, though, is that we…
Island coverage in A-Islands, distinguishing between all islands that have been sampled once (blue; n = 592) and sampled more than once (purple; n = 251). Credit: Journal of Vegetation Science (2025). DOI: 10.1111 More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast…
Fagan, M. E., Reid, J. L., Holland, M. B., Drew, J. G. & Zahawi, R. A. Conserv. Lett. 13, e12700 (2020). Article Google Scholar Augusto, L. et al. Nature (2025). Article Google Scholar Chapin, F. S., Autumn, K. &…
A smartphone the size of a credit card? What will they think of next? If you’re wondering what one might do with NanoPhone, a teeny tiny smartphone, you may be surprised to know there are numerous uses. The Nanophone can…
Photograph of the AMoRE Hall in Yemilab. AMoRE-II is under preparation, as stated above. Credit: Agrawal et al. In recent years, some large physics experiments worldwide have been trying to gather evidence of a nuclear process known as neutrinoless double…
Last year, 21 teams of battery researchers from around the world participated in a benchmarking test. They were each tasked with constructing a solid-state battery using their own equipment and commercially available materials while following a standardized set-up procedure. Despite…
