Scientific community articles from across Nature Portfolio

This workshop examined the rapidly evolving role of language-based artificial intelligence in astronomy, discussing retrieval-augmented generation, agent-based systems, and multimodal models, alongside challenges around evaluation, trust, and responsible deployment.

A scientist’s account of switching focus to tackle pressing problems, and researchers consider the best way to preserve eggs, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Recovering plastic packaging from mixed domestic waste, as well as collecting plastic waste already sorted by households, increases recycling volumes but raises contamination and safety risks. Policies that support the sorting of plastics from mixed waste at central facilities should have strict quality standards and investment in advanced purification systems to ensure safe recycling outcomes.

This study uses visual intelligence to uncover a hidden genealogy of Singapore shophouses, showing that vernacular architecture evolved through dynamic cultural interaction rather than through a simple linear history.

This Perspective argues that violence against women remains persistently high, in some of the most socioeconomically advanced and gender-equal countries as well. Progress has stagnated and prevention efforts seem unable to reach younger generations.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Junjie Wu about her project investigating Arctic subglacial carbon reactivity.

Antimicrobial stewardship in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) fails not for lack of policies but for lack of people. Sustainable progress depends on investing in mentored, purpose-driven local stewards who can adapt interventions to real-world constraints. Empowered multidisciplinary teams are a decisive force in slowing antimicrobial resistance where the burden is greatest.

This workshop examined the rapidly evolving role of language-based artificial intelligence in astronomy, discussing retrieval-augmented generation, agent-based systems, and multimodal models, alongside challenges around evaluation, trust, and responsible deployment.

Existing global efforts to reduce harms caused by smoking have targeted tobacco smoking, but vapes containing nicotine are also harmful.