Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to restore communication to people who have lost the ability to move or speak. To date, the focus has largely been on motor skills such as reaching ...

Heterobilayer excitonic devices consisting of two different van der Waals materials, in which excitons are shared between the layers, exhibit electrically controlled switching actions at room ...

From tree branches to blood vessels, physical networks are often thought of as one-dimensional wires connecting points. In this view, the need to keep the overall ‘wire length’ to a minimum is thought ...

Measurements of the masses of exoplanets orbiting a young star have identified a system of low-density ‘super-puff’ planets.

The cover captures a hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) in South Africa. Although maintaining biodiversity is core to sustainable development, policymakers frequently lack context-specific information ...

Lithium-metal batteries promise to charge rapidly and to hold more energy than batteries based on lithium ions. Recharging these batteries requires lithium metal to be reformed at the anode, but this ...

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The cover shows an artist’s impression of SARS-CoV-2 in the bloodstream based on the latest cryo-EM images of the virus, with neutralizing antibodies (yellow) attaching to the spike protein on the ...

The burgeoning commercial sector that is based on genome information poses a challenge to the norms of scientific publication. But it remains to be established that the conditions of access to ...