Clean-room workers prepare a satellite for a joint mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization.Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Achyuta Adhvaryu, an economics and public-policy researcher, moved across the United States from Michigan to San Diego this year, to launch the 21st Century India Center at the University of California (UC), San Diego. The centre…

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Among the fastest-rising researchers in the Nature Index, these four scientists are ones to watch. From investigating strategies for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to understanding the nuances of the human immune system, they are tackling some of the most pressing challenges in global science. Illustration: Paddy Mills DANIELA WEISKOPF: Virus sleuth Daniela Weiskopf wants to understand…

Credit: Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images China’s meteoric rise to become the most prolific nation for natural-science publications in the Nature Index is illustrated by its dominance in this supplement’s tables. Of the top 100 fastest-rising institutions between 2017 and 2022, just one — the Technical University of Munich — is outside China. Nature Index…

The Nature Index is a database of author affiliations and institutional relationships. The index tracks contributions to research articles published in high-quality natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute and fractional counts of article publication at the institutional and national level and, as…

Changes in the make-up of microorganisms in the gut have been linked to disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL For decades, scientists thought of the brain as the body’s most valuable — and consequently most closely guarded — asset. Locked safely behind a biological barrier, away from the hurly-burly of the rest of the…

The European space telescope Euclid has released its first images, offering a glimpse of distant galaxies and stars. The telescope was launched on 1 July, with the aim of mapping billions of galaxies and exploring the distribution of dark matter and dark energy. The images include a detailed view of the spiral galaxy IC 342,…

The scientific journal Nature has retracted a second paper led by University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias. The retraction of an article published by the journal last March comes several years after Dias, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and UR Laboratory of Laser Energetics researcher, drew laudatory worldwide attention for his claim to have…

A stunning claim of a room-temperature superconductor that grabbed headlines has fizzled. The paper was retracted November 7 from the journal Nature, making for a trio of high-profile retractions for physicist Ranga Dias of the University of Rochester. The retraction is no surprise to the scientific community, many of whom had expressed hefty skepticism about Dias’ work, following…

It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted. Nature, one of the most prestigious journals in scientific publishing, on Tuesday retracted a high-profile paper it had published in March that claimed the discovery of a superconductor that worked at everyday…