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'Extreme' workloads plague scientists at the start of their careers

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-01-22

'Like froth on a cappuccino': spacecraft's chaotic landing reveals comet's softness

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

'Make research fun again': UK's powerful funding chief is on a mission to change scientific culture

scientific article published on 16 August 2020

'More women are being nominated': Nobel academy head discusses diversity

scientific article published on 04 October 2019

'Open-hardware' pioneers push for low-cost lab kit.

scientific article published in March 2016

'Test-tube' evolution wins Chemistry Nobel Prize

scientific article published in Nature

2016 in news: The science events that shaped the year

scientific article published in Nature

2017 in news: The science events that shaped the year

scientific article published in Nature

2017 sneak peek: What the new year holds for science

scientific article

2018 in news: The science events that shaped the year

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

A quantum pioneer unlocks matter's hidden secrets.

scientific article published in September 2017

AI helps unlock ‘dark matter’ of bizarre superconductors

scientific article published in Nature

AI talent grab sparks excitement and concern

scientific article published in April 2016

Age of the neutrino: Plans to decipher mysterious particle take shape

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-08-12

Andre Geim: Graphene’s buzz has spread

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-26

Aniara: an angst-fuelled journey through the void

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Arab world's first Mars probe takes to the skies

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Asteroids wreaked havoc on early Earth

scientific article published in Nature

Astronomers claim first glimpse of primordial stars

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-18

Astronomers claim first glimpse of primordial stars.

scientific article published in June 2015

Astronomers closer to cracking mystery of fast radio bursts

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Astronomers detect light from the Universe’s first stars

scientific article published in Nature

Astronomers grapple with new era of fast radio bursts

scientific article published in February 2017

Batches of ultra-thin transistors made from 2D materials

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-04-29

Belgian priest recognized in Hubble-law name change

scientific article published in Nature

Biggest carbon-nanotube chip yet says 'Hello, World!'

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Biomedical institute opens its doors to physicists

scientific article published in May 2014

Blue LED wins physics Nobel

scientific article published in October 2014

Boon or burden: what has the EU ever done for science?

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Brazil clamps down on illegal fossil trade

scientific article published in Nature

Brazilian science paralysed by economic slump

scientific article published in September 2015

Brexit chancellor's annual address is a science nail-biter

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Brexit is happening: what does it mean for science?

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Brexit vote didn’t spur quick exodus from UK universities

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-01-18

Brexit's back: the five issues that will shape science

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Brexit: what the draft deal means for science

scientific article published in Nature

British Mars lander find is bittersweet victory

scientific article published in Nature

Buckyballs in space solve 100-year-old riddle

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-07-15

Budding UK innovation agency gains cash - and clout

scientific article

CERN makes bold push to build €21-billion super-collider

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

CERN prepares to test revolutionary mini-accelerator

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-10-07

CERN’s next director-general on the LHC and her hopes for international particle physics

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-22

Charity begins at CERN

scientific article published in Nature

China and Europe pore over proposals for joint space mission

scientific article published in Nature

China plans mission to Earth’s pet asteroid

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China plans super collider

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-07-22

China, Japan, CERN: Who will host the next LHC?

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-08-19

China’s dark-matter satellite launches era of space science

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-17

Chinese satellite is one giant step for the quantum internet.

scientific article

Citizen scientists to rescue 150 years of cosmic images

scientific article published in Nature

Comet craft ready to wake

scientific article

Comet crash: a guide to Rosetta’s big finale

scientific article published in Nature

Comet scientists abandon Philae flyby

scientific article published in Nature

Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-10-25

Coronavirus lockdowns have changed the way Earth moves

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Cosmic test backs 'quantum spookiness'

scientific article published in Nature

Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Crowdfunded Moon mission is serious about science

scientific article published in Nature

CubeSats set for deep space — if they can hitch a ride

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-07-06

D-Wave upgrade: How scientists are using the world’s most controversial quantum computer

scientific article published in Nature

Dark-matter hunt fails to find the elusive particles

scientific article published in November 2017

Dead star spotted eating planetary leftovers

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-10-21

DeepMind algorithm beats people at classic video games

scientific article published in February 2015

Destination Uranus! Rare chance to reach ice giants excites scientists

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Diamond device paves way for first practical microwave lasers

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-03-21

Discrimination drives LGBT+ scientists to think about quitting

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Downsized black hole is much brighter than it should be

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-11-27

Duck-shaped comet could make Rosetta landing more difficult

scientific article published in Nature

Earth has water older than the Sun

scientific article published in Nature

Earth's new address: 'Solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea'

scientific article published in Nature

Entangled photons make a picture from a paradox

scientific article published in Nature

Ethics of Internet research trigger scrutiny

scientific article published in October 2017

Europe and Russia prepare for historic landing on Mars

scientific article published in Nature

Europe plans giant billion-euro quantum technologies project.

scientific article

Europe proposes joint Moon trips with Russia

scientific article published in Nature

Europe's controversial plans to expand defence research

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

European detector spots its first gravitational wave

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-09-27

European labs set sights on continent-wide computing cloud

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-07-08

Europe’s billion-euro quantum project takes shape

scientific article published in Nature

Europe’s first Mars rover gets funding — despite crash of test craft

scientific article published in Nature

Europe’s probe feared lost on Mars

scientific article published in Nature

Excluded, intimidated and harassed: LGBT physicists face discrimination

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-03-22

ExoMars scientists narrow down landing sites

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-04-02

Exoplanet is built like Earth but much, much hotter

First Middle Eastern X-ray factory readies for action

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

First private Moon lander heralds new lunar space race

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

First probe on the Moon's far side uncovers hints of lunar interior

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

First space mission dedicated to exoplanet atmospheres gets green light

scientific article published in March 2018

Five factors that will decide if Philae wakes

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-05-07

Five-year delay would spell end of ITER

scientific article published in Nature

Force of nature gave life its asymmetry

scientific article published in Nature

Foreign-researcher figures stress need for immigration reform before Brexit

scientific article published in Nature

Former UK science minister returns as Brexit government assembles

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Freefall space cubes are test for gravitational wave spotter

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-11-17

Fresh blood for UK science as popular minister quits

scientific article published in Nature

Gigantic Chinese telescope opens to astronomers worldwide

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Go players react to computer defeat

scientific article published in Nature

Google AI algorithm masters ancient game of Go.

scientific article published in January 2016

Google reveals secret test of AI bot to beat top Go players

scientific article published in January 2017

Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Google's AI reasons its way around the London Underground

scientific article published in Nature

Graphene conducts electricity ten times better than expected

scientific article published in Nature

Gravitational-wave hunt enters next phase

scientific article published in Nature

Gravity rivals join forces to nail down Big G

scientific article published in Nature

Heavy comet traffic around young star

scientific article published in Nature

Hello quantum world! Google publishes landmark quantum supremacy claim

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

High-energy photon pulses made to order

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-03-16

Hints of new LHC particle get slightly stronger

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-03-17

Historic Rosetta mission to end with crash into comet

scientific article published in November 2015

Hopes for revolutionary new LHC particle dashed

scientific article published in Nature

How 'magic angle' graphene is stirring up physics

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

How Brexit is changing the lives of eight researchers

scientific article published in March 2017

How UK scientists are preparing for a chaotic no-deal Brexit

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

How US-China political tensions are affecting science

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

How a small Arab nation built a Mars mission from scratch in six years

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

How gravity kills Schrödinger's cat

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-17

How nuclear scientists are decoding Russia's mystery explosion

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

How one astronomer hears the Universe

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

How rival bots battled their way to poker supremacy

scientific article

How the rubber-duck comet got its shape

scientific article published in Nature

How to blow up a star

scientific article published in Nature

How to build a Moon base

scientific article published in Nature

How to tackle racism in UK universities

scientific article published in Nature

How to tame the flood of literature

scientific article published in September 2014

Human mind excels at quantum-physics computer game

scientific article published in April 2016

Hunt for Philae hangs in the balance

scientific article published in Nature

Hyper-precise atomic clocks face off to redefine time

scientific article published in Nature

Imprint of primordial monster star found

scientific article published in Nature

India’s long-delayed neutrino project clears environmental hurdle

scientific article published in Nature

Injectable brain implant spies on individual neurons

scientific article published in June 2015

Inside Microsoft’s quest for a topological quantum computer

scientific article published in Nature

Israel-Arab peace accord fuels hope for surge in scientific collaboration

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes into the Moon

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Japanese mission becomes first to land rovers on asteroid

scientific article published in Nature

Jupiter glimpsed as aliens would see it

scientific article published in Nature

Kilogram conflict resolved at last

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

LHC 2.0: A new view of the Universe

scientific article (publication date: 11 March 2015)

LHC expects to restart within days

scientific article published in Nature

LHC for quasiparticles reveals material secrets

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-05-12

LHC plans for open data future

scientific article published on November 2013

Lander to aim for comet’s ‘head’

scientific article published in Nature

Landing on a comet: A guide to Rosetta’s perilous mission

scientific article published in Nature

Landing on a comet: Live from Rosetta mission control

scientific article published in Nature

Large Hadron Collider restarts

scientific article published in Nature

Large Hadron Collider starts doing science again

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-03

Largest overhaul of scientific units since 1875 wins approval

scientific article published in Nature

Last chance for WIMPs: physicists launch all-out hunt for dark-matter candidate

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Leap-second decision delayed by eight years

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-11-20

Listen: Nobel laureate Donna Strickland talks lasers and gender

scientific article published in Nature

Long-sought signal deepens mystery of fast radio bursts

scientific article published in Nature

Magnetic hard drives go atomic

scientific article published in Nature

Major review calls time on 'gaming' in UK research assessment

scientific article published in Nature

Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia.

scientific article

Milky Way's twisted spiral revealed in 3D

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Mission accomplished: Rosetta crashes into comet

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Model Universe recreates evolution of the cosmos

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-05-07

Moon village would host first class research

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-07-22

Moon's largest plain is not an impact crater

scientific article published in Nature

Morphing neutrinos provide clue to antimatter mystery

scientific article published in Nature

Morphing neutrinos win physics Nobel

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-10-06

Muons' big moment could fuel new physics

scientific article

Muons: the little-known particles helping to probe the impenetrable

scientific article published in Nature

Nanoparticles disguised as blood-cell fragments slip past body's immune defence

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-09-16

Nature's 10

2017 scholarly article

Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered in science in 2018

2018 scholarly article

Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered in science in 2019

scientific article published in December 2019

Neutron stars set to open their heavy hearts

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-06-01

New Science Europe head questions centralized approach to research

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-06-06

New definitions of scientific units are on the horizon

scientific article published in October 2017

Nuclear rumours delay India’s bid for neutrino glory

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-01-13

Open journals that piggyback on arXiv gather momentum

scientific article

Optics: Leading lights

scientific article published in Nature

Panel homes in on sites for γ-ray detector

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-04-15

Paul Nurse on Brexit: 'UK is sleepwalking into a disaster'

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Peaceful European Union starts to fund military research

scientific article published in Nature

Philae comet lander goes quiet for good

scientific article published in Nature

Philae comet lander wakes up and phones home

scientific article published in Nature

Philae's 64 hours of comet science yield rich data

scientific article published in November 2014

Photons pair up like superconducting electrons

scientific article published in October 2017

Photos reveal location of lost comet lander Philae

scientific article published in Nature

Physical kilogram is officially dead

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Physicists create Star Wars-style 3D projections — just don’t call them holograms

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-01-24

Physicists plan antimatter's first outing - in a van.

scientific article published in February 2018

Physicists propose football-pitch-sized quantum computer

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists see new difference between matter and antimatter

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Physicists see potential dark matter from the Sun

scientific article published in Nature

Physicists who unravelled mysteries of black holes win Nobel prize

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Physics Nobel goes to exoplanet and cosmology pioneers

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Physics Nobel won by laser wizardry - laureates include first woman in 55 years

scientific article published in Nature

Physics of 2D exotic matter wins Nobel

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Physics: Quantum computer quest

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Plasma-surfing machine brings mini-accelerators closer

scientific article published in Nature

Pressure's 400-year-old measurement techniques get an upgrade

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Privacy hurdles thwart Facebook democracy research

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Q&A: Brenda Keneghan: The polymer conservator

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

Q&A: The nanomaterials designer

scientific article

Quantum cloud simulates magnetic monopole

scientific article published in Nature

Quantum computer race intensifies as alternative technology gains steam

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Quantum gold rush: the private funding pouring into quantum start-ups

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Quantum physics: flawed to perfection

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Quantum supremacy: A three minute guide

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Rescued Japanese spacecraft delivers first results from Venus

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-04-12

Researchers create 3D display you can see, hear and feel

scientific article published on 13 November 2019

Researchers shocked at UK’s plan to exit EU nuclear agency

scientific article published in Nature

Revamped collider hunts for cracks in the fundamental theory of physics

scientific article published in January 2018

Revived Philae poised to do comet science

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-16

Rising star appointed UK science minister

journal article; published in Nature on 2018-01-09

Robo-pups, printed ears and bias - a tour of AI

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Rosetta comet lander gets a touchdown site

scientific article published in Nature

Rosetta craft makes historic comet rendezvous

scientific article published in Nature

Rosetta crashes into comet: Live from the Nature studio

scientific article published in Nature

Rosetta orbiter spies possible lander site

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-12

Rosetta probe makes history by landing on comet

scientific article published in Nature

Science fiction: Crusoe on Mars

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-10-07

Science pours in from Rosetta comet mission

scientific article published in Nature

Scientists react to Scottish vote

scientific article published in Nature

Scientists seek influence on 'Brexit ministry'.

scientific article published on 2 August 2016

Scientists split over Scottish independence vote

scientific article published in Nature

Scientists want in on humanity's next big space station

scientific article published in December 2017

Self-taught AI is best yet at strategy game Go

scientific article published in Nature

Sensor turns faintest radio waves into laser signals

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-03-05

Shade spells trouble for Philae comet lander

scientific article published in Nature

Silicon quantum computers take shape in Australia.

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Software predicts slew of fiendish crystal structures

scientific article published in Nature

Solar eruptions combine to cause super storms

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-03-18

Solar flair: the Sun on show

scientific article published in Nature

Space-weather forecast to improve with European satellite

scientific article published in January 2017

Spaceplane re-entry is a European first

scientific article published in Nature

Spectacular flyover of Mars

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-10-28

Star Wars-style 3D images created from single speck of foam

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Starry visions, lunar dreams: space exploration in pictures

scientific article published in Nature

Successful test drive for space-based gravitational-wave detector

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-02-25

Summer books

scientific article published in Nature

Super-material shrugs off molten metal

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-11-20

Supercharged LHC tackles Universe’s big questions

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-03

Supercomputer redesign of aeroplane wing mirrors bird anatomy

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-10-04

Surprise graphene discovery could unlock secrets of superconductivity

scientific article published in Nature

São Paulo poised to join megatelescope

journal article; published in Nature on 2014-02-25

Teaching load could put female scientists at career disadvantage

scientific article published in Nature

Termite-inspired robots build castles

scientific article published in Nature

The battle for ethical AI at the world's biggest machine-learning conference

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

The ethics of computer science: this researcher has a controversial proposal

scientific article published in Nature

The inside story on wearable electronics

scientific article published in December 2015

The pandemic mixed up what scientists study - and some won't go back

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

The quest to crystallize time

scientific article published in March 2017

The race to reveal antimatter’s secrets

scientific article published in Nature

The science news events that shaped 2019

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The science to look out for in 2016.

scientific article

The scientist who spots fake videos

scientific article published in Nature

The super materials that could trump graphene

scientific article published in Nature

This AI researcher is trying to ward off a reproducibility crisis

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

This photo of the Sun is the closest ever taken

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

This physicist-turned-economist is modelling the pandemic's financial fallout

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Thousands of exotic ‘topological’ materials discovered through sweeping search

scientific article published in Nature

Tricks to mute quantum noise aid hunt for gravitational waves.

scientific article

Tsunami researchers watch for waves from Chile quake

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-09-17

UAE ramps up space ambitions with Arab world's first Moon mission

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

UC Berkeley bans new research funding from Huawei

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

UK bolsters defences against crippling solar storms

journal article; published in Nature on 2013-12-26

UK election: Political parties respond on science

scientific article published in Nature

UK election: Upstart parties set out science plans

scientific article published in Nature

UK gender-equality scheme spreads across the world

scientific article published in September 2017

UK government announces research-spending hike ahead of budget

journal article; published in Nature on 2017-11-20

UK government appoints next chief scientific adviser

scientific article published in November 2017

UK government proposes scrapping major universities funder

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-11-06

UK hatches plan to build world's first fusion power plant

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

UK pledges to bankroll nuclear-fusion lab threatened by Brexit

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

UK releases world's largest university assessment

scientific article published in Nature

UK researchers fret about downgrading of science minister role

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-05-12

UK scientists brace for disruption from huge academic strike

scientific article published in March 2018

UK scientists celebrate slight rise in research budget

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-11-25

UK scientists excited by surprise £2-billion government windfall

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-11-23

UK scientists hope for softened Brexit after shock election result

scientific article published in June 2017

UK shifts its space-science strategy

scientific article published in July 2015

UK slack on misconduct reports

scientific article

US and China eye up European gravitational-wave mission

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-05-04

Ultraviolet close-up reveals comet surprise

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-06-05

Uncertainty for UK science ahead of giant spending review

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-11-11

United Kingdom relies on science to revive flagging economy

scientific article published in November 2017

Universe’s coolest lab set to open up quantum world

scientific article published in Nature

Universities highlight gender-equality policies after sexism row

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-07-10

Wanted: UK science czar. Generous compensation. Not for the faint-hearted

scientific article published in Nature

Wayward satellites repurposed to test general relativity

scientific article published on 01 November 2015

What Google's winning Go algorithm will do next

scientific article published in March 2016

What kind of bomb did North Korea detonate?

scientific article published in Nature

What the Nobels are - and aren't - doing to encourage diversity

scientific article published in Nature

What the Nobels are — and aren’t — doing to encourage diversity

scientific article published in Nature

What the UK election results mean for science

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-05-08

What to expect in 2015.

scientific article published in January 2015

What to expect in 2018: science in the new year

scientific article published in January 2018

What to expect in 2019: science in the new year

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Whose coronavirus strategy worked best? Scientists hunt most effective policies

scientific article published on 27 April 2020

Why Finland now leads the world in nuclear waste storage

journal article; published in Nature on 2015-12-02

Why ultra-powerful radio bursts are the most perplexing mystery in astronomy.

scientific article published in June 2016

Women under-represented in world’s science academies

journal article; published in Nature on 2016-02-29

X-rays top space agenda

scientific article published in November 2013

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scientific article published in Nature