Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The shadow of the Blue Ghost lander on the lunar surface.Credit: Firefly Aerospace Private spacecraft makes it to the Moon A four-legged robot touched down on the Moon yesterday, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to ace…

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Abstract Heritage Science has a lot to gain from the Open Science movement but faces major challenges due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field, as a vast array of technological and scientific methods can be applied to any imaginable material. Historical and cultural contexts are as significant as the methods and material properties, which…

Abstract Humans reason implicitly and explicitly about the physical world, which enables them to successfully interact with and manipulate objects in their environment. This reasoning is studied under different names across three main literatures: education, developmental psychology and cognitive science. At a high level, education researchers examine the acquisition of formal scientific knowledge, developmental psychologists…

The administration of US President Donald Trump has already laid off thousands of government workers.Credit: Tierney L. Cross/Getty Agencies across the US government have been ordered to initiate another punishing round of layoffs at the same time Congress is moving forward with a plan to slash their budgets — a potential blow to science. Trump’s…

Ukrainian researchers hope that research-funding reforms will revitalize the innovation sector.Credit: Ukrinform/Shutterstock Undaunted by the turmoil of the Russian invasion, the European Union has scaled up its presence in the Ukrainian research sector, establishing funding channels and offices in Kyiv. Scientists hope that these moves will drive reforms in Ukraine’s research-funding system and breathe new…

Burien’s Environmental Science Center will host its annual “Heroes for Nature” Gala from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. this Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, at the Brockey Center at South Seattle College. The event, dedicated to celebrating the beauty of nature and the power of education, science, and community, will feature an elegant evening of fundraising, networking, and environmental advocacy. The gala kicks…

Some universities across the United States are reducing or halting their PhD admissions because of federal-funding uncertainties stemming from actions taken by the administration of US President Donald Trump. Few universities have released public statements about their strategies, so prospective graduate students have remained largely in the dark about which institutions are cutting back. Nature…

Abstract Optical sorting combines optical tweezers with diverse techniques, including optical spectrum, artificial intelligence (AI) and immunoassay, to endow unprecedented capabilities in particle sorting. In comparison to other methods such as microfluidics, acoustics and electrophoresis, optical sorting offers appreciable advantages in nanoscale precision, high resolution, non-invasiveness, and is becoming increasingly indispensable in fields of biophysics,…

Abstract Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is an evolving field aimed at discerning crystal structures with minimal prior information. Despite the success of various CSP algorithms, their practical applicability remains circumscribed, particularly for large and complex systems. Here, to address this challenge, we show an evolutionary structure generator within the MAGUS (Machine Learning and Graph Theory…