Nature News
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Slick idea proposed to stretch water supplies
In drought-ridden US, water managers consider using a coating one molecule thick to reduce evaporation from reservoirs.
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Physicists make ‘weather forecasts’ for economies
The development of some countries is as predictable as steady winds, but for others it is more chaotic, physicists find.
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Star buzzed Solar System during human prehistory
Faint star with even fainter companion came close enough to perturb comets in the distant Oort cloud some 70,000 years ago.
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Jupiter glimpsed as aliens would see it
Astronomers have observed Jupiter for centuries. But a study that looks at the gas giant as if it were an exoplanet could help to make more reliable interpretations of the atmospheres of bodies orbiting stars hundreds of light years away. The results largely confirm the conventional picture of Jupiter, but also reveal some surprises —…
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European languages linked to migration from the east
Large ancient-DNA study uncovers population that moved westwards 4,500 years ago.
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Tapeworms battle it out to control shared host
When two parasites want different things, only one can triumph.
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Blended structure makes steel light yet sturdy
Material bests titanium alloy for strength and ductility.
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Gravitational waves discovery now officially dead
A team of astronomers that last year reported evidence for gravitational waves from the early Universe has now withdrawn the claim. A joint analysis of data recorded by the team’s South Pole telescope and by the European spacecraft Planck has revealed that the signal can be entirely attributed to dust in the Milky Way rather…
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Mystery childhood paralysis stumps researchers
Pathogen related to polio and common cold could be the cause — but little is known for sure.