Human bodies are not quite as dark as they look. A growing body of research suggests that living tissue constantly releases an ultraweak glow, a stream of photons that appears to switch off when life ...

Fresh snow can look like a blank sheet of paper, so bright it almost hurts to stare at in midday sun. Yet at the microscopic ...

A new type of polymer material that can be patterned using gentle visible light, creating stable hidden images visible only ...

Seven different vials are shown against a black background, each glowing a different color. From left to right, the vials are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and magenta. Quantum dots are ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...