A massive, decade-long experiment involving millions of Chinese farmers demonstrates an evidence-based approach to sustainability.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02742-3
Ocean researchers are among those inspired by science fiction to tell diverse tales of the future.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02740-5
Nature journals encourage researchers who submit papers that rely on bespoke software to provide the programs for peer review.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02741-4
Lunar researchers want to take advantage of Trump administration’s political interest.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02697-5
Survey of more than 1,500 studies concludes that neonicotinoids harm bees.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02639-1
Physicists make misaligned sheets of the carbon material conduct electricity without resistance.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02773-w
Prototype offers innovative solution to major public health problem.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02704-9
Researchers pleased with unfettered funding for granting councils.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02529-6
Researchers begin to tackle the technical obstacles to incorporate observations from space into weather models.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02630-w
海水準が上昇すれば、異常洪水がたびたび起こるようになるだろう。
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02745-0
NASAの探査機ジュノーによって、木星の重力場が精密に測定された。そのデータから、今回、木星内部の構造とダイナミクスの詳細が明らかになった。
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02612-y
協力の進化は、議論になることの多い主題である。人々が互いを判断するシナリオの評価研究によって、協力の進化を促すには単純な道徳規則で十分であることが、今回分かった。
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02621-x
統合失調症を治療する理想的な薬剤は、D2ドーパミン受容体を最適な結合動態で選択的に阻害すると想定されている。抗精神病薬に結合したD2の構造は、そうした薬剤の設計方法の解明に役立つ。
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02328-z
超伝導体と半導体がシームレスな界面を形成するハイブリッドトランジスターデバイスが作られた。こうした界面の研究によって、エレクトロニクスにおける革新的応用への道が開かれる可能性がある。
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02717-4
今回、世界中の山々における鳥類の多様性と進化の大規模な研究によって、標高、種の豊かさ、新種が生まれる速度の関係が調べられた。
doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-02062-6
Meta-analysis—the quantitative, scientific synthesis of research results—has been both revolutionary and controversial, with rapid advances and broad implementation resulting in substantial scientific advances, but not without pitfalls.
doi: 10.1038/nature25753
Group III/nitride semiconductors have been grown epitaxially on the superconductor niobium nitride, allowing the superconductor’s macroscopic quantum effects to be combined with the semiconductors’ electronic, photonic and piezoelectric properties.
doi: 10.1038/nature25768
Genome-wide data from 400 individuals indicate that the initial spread of the Beaker archaeological complex between Iberia and central Europe was propelled by cultural diffusion, but that its spread into Britain involved a large-scale migration that permanently replaced about ninety per cent of the ancestry in the previously resident population.
doi: 10.1038/nature25738
Genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe between 12000 and 500 ʙᴄ reveals that the region acted as a genetic crossroads before and after the arrival of farming.
doi: 10.1038/nature25778
Thirst is regulated by hierarchical neural circuits in the lamina terminalis, and these integrate the instinctive need for water with consequent drinking behaviour to maintain internal water homeostasis.
doi: 10.1038/nature25488
Statistical analyses of a metagenomics-sequenced human cohort identify a relatively minor role for genetics in determining microbiome composition and show that several human phenotypes are as strongly associated with the gut microbiome as with host genetics.
doi: 10.1038/nature25973
Visible and infrared images obtained from above each pole of Jupiter by the Juno spacecraft reveal polygonal patterns of large cyclones; it is unknown how these cyclones evolved, or how they persist without merging.
doi: 10.1038/nature25491
Precise Doppler tracking of the Juno spacecraft in its polar orbit around Jupiter is used to determine the planet’s gravity harmonics, showing north–south asymmetry caused by atmospheric and interior flows.
doi: 10.1038/nature25776
The determination of Jupiter’s odd gravitational harmonics by the Juno spacecraft reveals that the observed jet streams extend to about three thousand kilometres below the cloud tops.
doi: 10.1038/nature25793
The determination of Jupiter’s even gravitational moments by the Juno spacecraft reveals that more than three thousand kilometres below the cloud tops, differential rotation is suppressed and the gas giant’s interior rotates as a solid body.
doi: 10.1038/nature25775
Superlattices consisting of alternating monolayer atomic crystals and molecular layers allow access to stable phosphorene monolayers with competitive transistor performance and to bulk monolayer materials with tunable optoelectronic properties.
doi: 10.1038/nature25774
The composition of natural calcium silicate perovskite, the fourth most abundant mineral in the Earth, found within a diamond indicates an origin from oceanic crust subducted deeper than 700 kilometres into the Earth’s mantle.
doi: 10.1038/nature25972
In a binary decision game in which players strategically help certain individuals but not others, simple moral principles maximize cooperation, even when including the historical reputations of players.
doi: 10.1038/nature25763
A global study of all bird species in mountainous areas shows that richness decreases predictably with elevation, whereas diversification rates increase.
doi: 10.1038/nature25794
An evolutionarily conserved alveolar epithelial progenitor lineage that derives from alveolar type 2 cells is responsive to Wnt signalling and acts as a major facultative progenitor in regenerating the distal lung.
doi: 10.1038/nature25786
The SMAD2 and SMAD3 protein interactome links TGFβ signalling to diverse effectors including m6A methyltransferase, which has a role in regulating differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells.
doi: 10.1038/nature25784
The biogenesis of piRNAs in the silkworm Bombyx is simpler than in Drosophila, with the exonucleases Trim and Nbr having no major role, and the endonuclease Zuc acting at the 3′ rather than the 5′ end.
doi: 10.1038/nature25788
In vitro experiments, using purified proteins and an assay that detects DNA unwinding, reveal the mechanism of activation of eukaryotic DNA replication.
doi: 10.1038/nature25787
An X-ray structure of the D2 dopamine receptor bound to the atypical antipsychotic drug risperidone reveals an extended binding pocket and indicates structural features that could be used to design drugs that specifically target the D2 receptor.
doi: 10.1038/nature25758
