Social-media platform Bluesky has more than 27 million users.Credit: Peter Kováč/Alamy Seventy per cent of Nature readers who responded to an online poll are using the social-media platform Bluesky, which works a lot like X (formerly Twitter) and whose popularity has soared in recent months, in particular since the November US election. Although the survey…

If you’ve visited Science North at any point during its more than 40-year history, you’ll probably know about the Nature Exchange program, which allows visitors to bring in items they’ve found in nature and exchange them from items in the collection. Now, that program is going global. The science centre held a press conference Jan.…

If you’ve visited Science North at any point during its more than 40-year history, you’ll probably know about the Nature Exchange program, which allows visitors to bring in items they’ve found in nature and exchange them from items in the collection. Now, that program is going global. The science centre held a press conference Jan.…

As manager of the microscopy service at Uruguay’s Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Marcela Díaz has been able to develop her twin passions for teaching and microscopy.Credit: Sabrina Cittadino Since its establishment in 2021, Latin America Bioimaging (LABI) has significantly advanced the bioimaging community across the region. With 545 members from 31 countries, LABI aims to promote…

Mitochondria (artificially coloured) are swapped between cells, contrary to an earlier dogma that they stayed with their cells of origin.Credit: K.R. Porter/Science Photo Library Cancer cells can poison attacking immune cells by filling them with defective mitochondria ― dampening the body’s defensive forces and helping the tumour to evade eradication1. These findings, published today in…

We highlight the important role of neuromorphic computing in enhancing the power efficiency and performance of AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized a vast range of domains in the past few years. Notably, large language models (LLMs) have led to the development of general human-like conversational agents, such as ChatGPT, as well as expert, domain-specific…

Alexander Fleming famously observed that a stray mould from the genus Penicillium prevented bacteria in a Petri dish from growing.Credit: Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Science is littered with serendipitous findings — such as Alexander Fleming’s chance observation that a mould killed the bacteria he was culturing, which led to the discovery of antibiotics. Now, a study…

Quantum-computing companies have been grabbing headlines since Jensen Huang, chief executive of tech giant Nvidia, reportedly told market analysts on 7 January that he couldn’t see quantum computers becoming “truly useful” for another two decades. The day after, the share prices of firms IonQ, Quantum Computing Inc., Rigetti and D-Wave crashed — although they have…

After his inauguration as US president on 20 January, Donald Trump signed executive orders in the White House.Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Soon after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders that could reshape science at home and abroad. The orders…

2025 Goals: Since 1966, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center has educated and enlightened visitors about the importance of our natural world through spectacular live animal exhibits, natural science education programs, guided Squam Lake Cruises, an informal botanical garden, and Blue Heron School, a nature-based Montessori early learning center. Our 2022-2026 Strategic Plan has four top…