1. Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition

2. How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure

3. Take Nature’s poll: How will Trump’s policies affect US science?

4. Journal targeted by paper mill still grappling with the aftermath years later

5. Solar cells made of Moon dust could power up a lunar base

6. Hidden states and dynamics of fractional fillings in twisted MoTe2 bilayers

7. Strategic atom replacement enables regiocontrol in pyrazole alkylation

8. Intriguing features of the interface between water and oil droplets uncovered

9. From bench to bread: how science can enhance your hobbies

10. Could the shingles vaccine help to prevent dementia?

11. Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past

12. The neurons that mediate a psychedelic’s long-term antidepressive effects

13. AI masters Minecraft: DeepMind program finds diamonds without being taught

14. Light wins uphill battle to solve enduring problem in organic synthesis

15. Sunflower ‘virgin births’ enable accelerated crop breeding

16. Revealed: first DNA profiles of ancient people who roamed a lush Sahara

17. Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage

18. Acoustic modes in M67 cluster stars trace deepening convective envelopes

19. The RAD52 double-ring remodels replication forks restricting fork reversal

20. Haploid facultative parthenogenesis in sunflower sexual reproduction

21. Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity

22. A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback

23. Clinically relevant clot resolution via a thromboinflammation-on-a-chip

24. Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors

25. A RISC-V 32-bit microprocessor based on two-dimensional semiconductors

26. Millimetre-scale bioresorbable optoelectronic systems for electrotherapy

27. Metal–support frontier orbital interactions in single-atom catalysis

28. Formation and composition of Earth’s Hadean protocrust

29. Near-field photon entanglement in total angular momentum

30. Bifidobacteria support optimal infant vaccine responses

31. Mastering diverse control tasks through world models

32. A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia

33. Photoinduced copper-catalysed deracemization of alkyl halides

34. World’s tiniest pacemaker could revolutionize heart surgery

35. Unicorn slippers in space

36. A toolkit for seeing how the fly brain’s visual system works

37. Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?

38. Are screens harming teens? What scientists can do to find answers

39. What if human blood were toxic to mosquitoes? A drug can make it so

40. El Niños that linger are becoming less of a rarity

41. ‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs

42. CERN releases detailed plans for supercollider — but no hints about funding

43. Author Correction: Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon’s upper troposphere

44. How Europe aims to woo US scientists and protect academic freedom

45. Deadly Myanmar earthquake was likely a rare rupture, scientists say

46. A brain drain would impoverish the United States and diminish world science

47. Author Correction: Controlled patterning of crystalline domains by frontal polymerization

48. How seahorses and pipefish inspired the design of a boat propeller

49. Daily briefing: What happens when you pay peer reviewers?

50. Daily briefing: Women’s work is missing from the scientific literature

51. Superpowers want to control critical mineral supplies — local communities need a stronger say

52. How to get rid of toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution

53. Action needed to mitigate effects of slashing USAID

54. The global scientific community must keep studying LGBT health

55. China has already taken steps to reduce retractions of papers from its hospitals

56. Minerals will shape future geopolitical order

57. Big cuts to US AIDS prevention feared as NIH axes HIV research grants

58. Incredible close-up of colourful crab spiders — March’s best science images

59. Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant

60. 23andMe plans to sell its huge genetic database: could science benefit?

61. Deep dive: How I use robots to survey coral reefs

62. Style over substance? What birds’ mating behaviours reveal about sexual selection

63. Six roadblocks to net zero — and how to get around them

64. These US labs risk imminent closure after Trump cuts

65. The best foods for healthy ageing ― and the worst

66. Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?

67. Audio long read: How quickly are you ageing? What molecular ‘clocks’ can tell you about your health

68. Daily briefing: Pregnancy’s true toll on the body

69. Daily briefing: Why RNA hasn’t yet had its ‘AlphaFold’ moment

70. Can trauma from violence be genetically inherited? Scientists debate Syria refugee study

71. Showing ‘ability’ in ‘disability’ — how I mastered interviews while using a wheelchair

72. Trump’s bid for Greenland threatens to destabilize Arctic research

73. How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science

74. ‘Open source’ AI isn’t truly open — here’s how researchers can reclaim the term

75. 75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

76. AlphaFold is running out of data — so drug firms are building their own version

77. Synaptic and neural behaviours in a standard silicon transistor

78. Gigantic birth study paints most detailed picture of pregnancy’s toll on body

79. A superbug rose to the top after gaining a chemical weapon

80. Lasso-shaped molecule is a new type of broad-spectrum antibiotic

81. Recovery of fluoride from ‘forever chemicals’ could lead to circular economy for fluorine

82. A lighthouse galaxy shines unexpectedly through the fog of the cosmic dawn

83. Track gender ratios in research to keep countries, institutions and publishers accountable

84. A map of mitochondrial biology reveals the energy landscape of the human brain

85. Crucial meeting: molecule helps vaccine to interact with killer T cells

86. Neuronal receptors at body temperature reveal their gating mechanics

87. New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden

88. First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement

89. Global marine heatwave of 2023–24 was viewed as unlikely but not impossible given current warming

90. Gender gap in research publishing is improving — slowly

91. Certified randomness using a trapped-ion quantum processor

92. The other climate crisis

93. STING agonist-based ER-targeting molecules boost antigen cross-presentation

94. Witnessing the onset of reionization through Lyman-α emission at redshift 13

95. Multimodal generative AI for medical image interpretation

96. Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system

97. A small-molecule SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor targeting the membrane protein

98. A prospective code for value in the serotonin system

99. Changes in neurotensin signalling drive hedonic devaluation in obesity

100. Genome-wide CRISPR screen in human T cells reveals regulators of FOXP3

101. A human brain map of mitochondrial respiratory capacity and diversity

102. The global human impact on biodiversity

103. The P-loop NTPase RUVBL2 is a conserved clock component across eukaryotes

104. Macrophages harness hepatocyte glutamate to boost liver regeneration

105. A coronavirus assembly inhibitor that targets the viral membrane protein

106. Plasticity of the mammalian integrated stress response

107. Catalytic allylation of native hexoses and pentoses in water with indium

108. A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome

109. irCLIP-RNP and Re-CLIP reveal patterns of dynamic protein assemblies on RNA

110. Deconstruction of rubber via C–H amination and aza-Cope rearrangement

111. Gene-modified pig-to-human liver xenotransplantation

112. The contribution of de novo coding mutations to meningomyelocele

113. Oxidation of retromer complex controls mitochondrial translation

114. Glutamate gating of AMPA-subtype iGluRs at physiological temperatures

115. BRCA2 prevents PARPi-mediated PARP1 retention to protect RAD51 filaments

116. Solidification of Earth’s mantle led inevitably to a basal magma ocean

117. Phosphate-enabled mechanochemical PFAS destruction for fluoride reuse

118. New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria

119. Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track

120. The full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid

121. Some assembly required

122. Why is there more matter than antimatter? CERN result offers tantalizing new clue

123. Mathematician who reshaped theory of symmetry wins Abel Prize

124. Daily briefing: Why women are far more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than men

125. Empower families to lead the design of their ageing loved ones’ health care

126. AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried

127. Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal

128. Trump administration sued over huge funding cuts at Columbia University

129. Life-giving oxygen is wafting out of lakes worldwide

130. How a scientist–pop industry partnership slashed a live gig’s carbon emissions by 98%

131. Ancient shackles testify to brutality of Egypt’s gold mines

132. Meet ‘qudits’: more complex cousins of qubits boost quantum computing

133. MFSD6 is an entry receptor for enterovirus D68

134. Why is my cello howling?

135. Climate change will send home insurance spiralling. Here’s how to control costs

136. How the Atlantic jet stream has changed in 600 years — and what it means for weather

137. Fasting for weight loss is all the rage: what are the health benefits?

138. Daily briefing: Babies make memories — so why don’t we recall them?

139. Microbes can capture carbon and degrade plastic — why aren’t we using them more?

140. How to get more women into mining

141. Lesotho matters

142. Give grants to female scientists in war zones

143. Lessons from Portugal on effects of cutting research funding

144. ‘Anxiety is palpable’: detention of researchers at US border spurs travel worries

145. Live-cell super-resolution microscopy reveals how molecules enter and exit the nucleus

146. Does sharing first authorship on a paper carry a penalty? What the research says

147. What CERN does next matters for science and for international cooperation

148. Marathon runners tap brain-cell insulation for racetime fuel

149. Generalizing arene CH alkylations by radicalradical cross-coupling

150. Reviving the biodiversity around an ancient palace

151. Shaking up earthquake safety in Nepal with a folk song

152. Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells

153. RNA function follows form – why is it so hard to predict?

154. The expanding Universe — do ongoing tensions leave room for new physics?

155. Winds on an ultrahot planet challenge climate models

156. Glaciers are not just blocks of ice — plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden life

157. How to know whether a conference is right for you

158. Why Africans should be telling the story of human origins

159. Publisher Correction: A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversion

160. NIH has cut one mRNA-vaccine grant. Will more follow?

161. ‘Boggles the mind’: US defence department slashes research on emerging threats

162. Author Correction: AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data

163. Author Correction: Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine?

164. Daily briefing: The mysterious force pushing galaxies apart might be getting weaker

165. ‘All this is in crisis’: US universities curtail staff, spending as Trump cuts take hold

166. Ship-pollution cuts have an electrifying effect: less lightning at sea

167. Trump team ‘survey’ sent to overseas researchers prompts foreign interference fears

168. Author Correction: Spatially resolved multiomics of human cardiac niches

169. Babies do make memories — so why can’t we recall our earliest years?

170. End-to-end data-driven weather prediction

171. Bulk superconductivity near 40 K in hole-doped SmNiO2 at ambient pressure

172. Daily briefing: About 1% of children have genetic paternity other than that recorded by history

173. How ‘animal methods bias’ is affecting research careers

174. Author Correction: Observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino with KM3NeT

175. Is dark energy getting weaker? Fresh data bolster shock finding

176. Can Earth’s rotation generate power? Physicists divided over controversial claim

177. Could libraries band together to ensure open access for all?

178. Tiny satellite sets new record for secure quantum communication

179. What is the best type of tree to use for forest restoration?

180. A practical leap towards secure quantum communication over long distances

181. A textbook assumption about the brain’s most abundant receptors needs to be rewritten

182. New antifungal breaks the mould

183. Mutations that accrue through life set the stage for stomach cancer

184. Immune cells ‘bandage’ wounds with bacteria-trapping goo

185. Mini-satellite paves the way for quantum messaging anywhere on Earth

186. Bird brains help scientists to unveil the secrets of speech

187. Ancient peat reveals that sea level surged rapidly twice at the end of the last ice age

188. Optimizing generative AI by backpropagating language model feedback

189. Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin

190. Microsatellite-based real-time quantum key distribution

191. Transient silencing of hypermutation preserves B cell affinity during clonal bursting

192. Sleep pressure accumulates in a voltage-gated lipid peroxidation memory

193. Histological signatures map anti-fibrotic factors in mouse and human lungs

194. The somatic mutation landscape of normal gastric epithelium

195. Cooper-pair density modulation state in an iron-based superconductor

196. Long-term studies provide unique insights into evolution

197. Dynamic cytoskeletal regulation of cell shape supports resilience of lymphatic endothelium

198. Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats

199. GluA2-containing AMPA receptors form a continuum of Ca2-permeable channels

200. Oncolytic virus VG161 in refractory hepatocellular carcinoma

201. Spatially resolved mapping of cells associated with human complex traits

202. Hyperbolic phonon-polariton electroluminescence in 2D heterostructures

203. Electroluminescence and energy transfer mediated by hyperbolic polaritons

204. Water structure and electric fields at the interface of oil droplets

205. Structural dynamics of DNA unwinding by a replicative helicase

206. Overlapping nuclear import and export paths unveiled by two-colour MINFLUX

207. Rapid emergence of latent knowledge in the sensory cortex drives learning

208. Convergent vocal representations in parrot and human forebrain motor networks

209. Down-converted photon pairs in a high-Q silicon nitride microresonator

210. Regulated somatic hypermutation enhances antibody affinity maturation

211. VDAC2 loss elicits tumour destruction and inflammation for cancer therapy

212. A polyene macrolide targeting phospholipids in the fungal cell membrane

213. Widespread slow growth of acquisitive tree species

214. Drivers of avian genomic change revealed by evolutionary rate decomposition

215. Fluctuating magnetism and Pomeranchuk effect in multilayer graphene

216. Downscaling micro- and nano-perovskite LEDs

217. World’s tiniest LED display has pixels smaller than a virus

218. Why humans have puzzle-shaped cells

219. Measles is surging in the US: how bad could it get?

220. What is stopping a complete switch to clean energy?

221. How the US tech industry is shaping the transition to green energy

222. A guide to the Nature Index

223. Battery researchers strive for standardization

224. Trump’s return puts renewables at a crossroads

225. Meeting the energy challenge posed by data centres is central to a green future

226. AI could soon tackle projects that take humans weeks

227. Asia leads rise in clean-energy research

228. Disconnections

229. Daily briefing: Iguanas from the Americas might have rafted to Fiji

230. The biggest machine in science: inside the fight to build the next giant particle collider

231. Light pollution threatens fleet of world-class telescopes in Atacama Desert

232. Microsoft quantum computing claim still lacks evidence: physicists are dubious

233. Iguanas reached Fiji by floating 8,000 kilometres across the sea

234. Food-industry waste finds a second life as bioplastic

235. Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them

236. Structures and mechanism of human mitochondrial pyruvate carrier

237. Daily briefing: Jurassic mammals had dark fur

238. An experiment in mass education using satellite TV

239. Catchy, clear, concise: Three-part phrases boost research paper citations

240. Cleaning up space: how satellites and telescopes can live together

241. Governments must stop hoarding climate data

242. Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back

243. Space debris is falling from the skies. We need to tackle this growing danger

244. Japan needs a fresh approach to innovation

245. AI demands a different approach to education

246. Global cooperation is crucial for DeepSeek and broader AI research

247. US disruptions to science could transform global research landscape

248. Author Correction: Endocytosis in the axon initial segment maintains neuronal polarity

249. What’s in store for US science as funding bill averts government shutdown

250. Errors in the Huntington’s disease gene accumulate slowly and then all at once

251. The early origins of bone-tool manufacturing traditions by hominins 1.5 million years ago

252. Fossilized dinosaur cells that defied the ravages of time — 20 years since a key discovery

253. Strong, flexible ‘nylon’ made by engineered bacteria for the first time

254. How I connect Colombia’s remote communities to safer water

255. How a PhD travel fellowship enriched an international cell-biology meeting

256. ‘Science is happening’: Israeli and Palestinian scientists continue collaborations amid conflict

257. The untamed river and the Moog: Books in brief

258. Author Correction: B-cell-specific checkpoint molecules that regulate anti-tumour immunity

259. How researchers can work fairly with Indigenous and local knowledge

260. A radical manifesto for truth

261. Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power

262. I spent two years organizing an international conference. How do I get compensated for my work?

263. Stay safe from online hate with these five tips

264. ‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts

265. How extreme lethargy can promote healthy ageing

266. A century of quantum physics

267. Your lab pollutes: here’s how to stop it

268. Daily briefing: Should the Stanford Prison Experiment be retracted more than fifty years on?

269. Saturn has a whopping 274 moons ― scientists want to know why

270. Why it makes sense for wealthier nations to help others decarbonize

271. Will RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda make American contagious again?

272. Mega-storm dumps 11 billion tonnes of snow ― and builds up a melting ice sheet

273. Man survives with titanium heart for 100 days – a world first

274. These frustrated scientists want to leave the United States – do you? Take Nature’s poll

275. Daily briefing: Saturn has 128 new moons

276. Did Mars harbour life? One of the strongest signs yet is spotted in a peculiar rock

277. How fast your brain ages is affected by these 64 genes

278. Fresh ‘quantum advantage’ claim made by computing firm D-Wave

279. Metals squeezed to thickness of just two atoms

280. Biodiversity declines across fragmented forests

281. Ancient DNA shows Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa

282. An operating system for networked quantum computers is a huge practical step forward

283. The brain’s building blocks for understanding social interactions

284. Immune molecule links COVID‑19 with severe inflammatory disorder in children

285. Move over graphene! Scientists forge bismuthene and host of atoms-thick metals

286. An archaic European face more than one million years old

287. Liver cancer recurrence predicted by immune-cell location and gene expression

288. An ultra-broadband photonic-chip-based parametric amplifier

289. Dual neuromodulatory dynamics underlie birdsong learning

290. Sliding and healing of frictional interfaces that appear stationary

291. High continuity of forager ancestry in the Neolithic period of the eastern Maghreb

292. Unconventional magnons in collinear magnets dictated by spin space groups

293. Increasing hourly heavy rainfall in Austria reflected in flood changes

294. Spatial immune scoring system predicts hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence

295. Structure and mechanism of the plastid/parasite ATP/ADP translocator

296. Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex

297. Hepatic stellate cells control liver zonation, size and functions via R-spondin 3

298. Magnetically and optically active edges in phosphorene nanoribbons

299. Large recoverable elastic energy in chiral metamaterials via twist buckling

300. Natural behaviour is learned through dopamine-mediated reinforcement