Most summers since 1893, young developmental and evolutionary biologists have flocked to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to master the tricks of their trade.Nature From ACM News | August 17, 2016
Large genomic databases are indispensable for scientists looking for genetic variations associated with diseases. But they come with privacy risks for people who...Nature From ACM News | August 16, 2016
Black holes are not actually black. Instead, these gravitational sinks are thought to emit radiation that causes them to shrink and eventually disappear.Nature From ACM News | August 15, 2016
On 19 June, several hundred thousand US fans of the television drama Game of Thrones went online to watch an eagerly awaited episode—and triggered a partial failure...Nature From ACM News | August 11, 2016
Knowledge from millions of biological studies encoded into one network—that is Daniel Himmelstein's alluring description of Hetionet, a free online resource that...Nature From ACM News | August 5, 2016
Vance Bergeron was once an amateur cyclist who rode 7,000 kilometres per year—much of it on steep climbs in the Alps.Nature From ACM News | August 4, 2016
China is poised to launch the world's first satellite designed to do quantum experiments. A fleet of quantum-enabled craft is likely to follow.Nature From ACM News | July 27, 2016
Chinese scientists are on the verge of being first in the world to inject people with cells modified using the CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing technique.Nature From ACM News | July 22, 2016
Think of a spinning globe and the patchwork of countries it depicts: such maps help us to understand where we are, and that nations differ from one another.Nature From ACM News | July 20, 2016
Engineers can only stuff so much computing power into devices like smartphones and tablets before they run up against physical barriers.Nature From ACM News | July 18, 2016
Inspired by the large-scale sky surveys with which astronomers explore the cosmos, neuroscientists in Seattle, Washington, have spent four years systematically...Nature From ACM News | July 13, 2016