Giant black-hole pair from the early Universe gives clues to how galaxies form

Nature, Published online: 05 April 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01006-z

Researchers see most distant pair of supermassive black holes yet observed, and assessing an AI's ability to interpret heart images.

How to make driverless cars safer — expose them to lots of dangerous drivers

Nature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00867-8

A method to test and teach autonomous cars how to deal with dangerous situations, and a renewed interest in bats and how they deal with viruses.

How the Australian wildfires devastated the ozone layer

Nature, Published online: 08 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00700-2

Why smoke particles from wildfires lead to ozone depletion, and modelling food systems with ‘digital twins’.

How an increased heart rate could induce anxiety in mice

Nature, Published online: 01 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00612-1

A method to directly stimulate a rodent’s heart shows how bodily states can affect emotions, and assessing the impact of NASA’s mission to move an asteroid.

How ‘metadevices’ could make electronics faster

Nature, Published online: 15 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00467-6

Getting electronics into super-fast terahertz speeds, and how cognitive changes could alter social media’s effects on young people.

This mysterious space rock shouldn’t have a ring — but it does

Nature, Published online: 08 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00376-8

How a ring around a distant solar system object is puzzling researchers, and understanding the hidden dangers of indoor air pollution.

How mummies were prepared: Ancient Egyptian pots spill secrets

Nature, Published online: 01 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00292-x

Analysis of substances uncovered in embalming workshop gives insight into the mummification process, and how CAR T therapies could turbocharge cancer treatments.

Audio long read: The ‘breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers

Nature, Published online: 30 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00266-z

A slew of remarkable trials have raised the profile of a class of weight loss drugs, but there are concerns about cost and weight stigma.

Amino acid slows nerve damage from diabetes, in mouse study

Nature, Published online: 25 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00213-y

Experiments show the role that serine may play in a common diabetes complication.