Photon avalanching is a nonlinear optical effect in which a material emits a disproportionately large number—an ‘avalanche’—of photons when illuminated above a threshold intensity. Until ...

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Time to act Climate change is arguably the scientific and societal issue of our age. Unless drastic action is taken, Earth is likely to exceed 3 °C of warming by the end of the century, bringing ...

Browse the archive of articles on NatureResearchers have shown how Stone Age people might have canoed from Taiwan to Japan more than 30,000 years ago by doing it themselves. Plus, cancer cells can ...

The cover captures a close-up of a flower on the dog rose Rosa canina. There is something odd about the way the various species of dog rose reproduce — ...

The scale of funding cuts in the United States means that countless scientists will lose their jobs. It would be naive not to start thinking about alternative career paths.

The odd flower The cover captures a close-up of a flower on the dog rose Rosa canina. There is something odd about the way the various species of dog rose reproduce — they flout the standard ...

Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.

The cover shows a composite near-infrared image of Herbig-Haro 211, a striking interstellar jet emanating from a young star in the Perseus Molecular Cloud.

Browse the archive of articles on NatureTechnologies that can interpret imagery have many potential applications. An innovative study of papers and patents in the field suggests one use case that ...

As was realized after the Second World War, peace and prosperity stem from partnership and sustained investment in human development ...

Many potential applications for artificial intelligence require making real-time decisions. Car racing, in which drivers must undertake complex tactical ...