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Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00746-4Investment in renewables is hitting new heights, but uneven funding and geopolitical uncertainty are clouding the boom.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08739-zA quantum microsatellite, with a payload weighing only 23 kilograms, in combination with portable ground stations that weigh merely 100 kilograms, is capable of performing…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00816-7A network of quantum satellites that communicate with ground stations could offer a solution to enable a global quantum network. A quantum microsatellite that has been developed and…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00802-zIn forest experiments, tree species capable of high rates of photosynthesis grow more slowly than species with lower maximum rates of photosynthesis — with implications for tree-planting…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00747-3A ‘datacentric’ approach will allow consumers and producers to make informed decisions that aid the transition to clean power.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00806-9The AMPA group of brain receptors have mostly been assumed to be calcium impermeable and so were not thought to contribute to the calcium-dependent mechanisms underlying learning and…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08678-9Mandimycin, a polyene macrolide, exhibits strong antifungal activity and possesses a mode of action that is distinct from other compounds of this class.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00581-7A Chinese team has transmitted quantum-encrypted images a record 12,900 kilometres.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08777-7Genomic evolutionary rates are decomposed to identify the dominant lineages and genes driving rate variation across the phylogeny of birds.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08692-xUnder field conditions, acquisitive tree species generally grow slowly, whereas conservative species show generally higher realized growth, owing to their ability to tolerate unfavourable…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08725-5Itinerant magnetism in rhombohedral multilayer graphene shows a large excess entropy from magnetic fluctuations above its critical temperature—typically only associated with local…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08685-wA process based on perovskite semiconductors is described to downscale micro-LEDs and nano-LEDs to below the conventional size limits, demonstrating average external quantum efficiencies…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00813-wSee images of another tiny display with pixels the size of a human hair.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08661-4Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be optimized using TextGrad, a framework that performs optimization by backpropagating large-language-model-generated feedback; TextGrad…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08732-6VDAC2 deficiency elicits uncontrolled IFNγ-induced BAK activation and mitochondrial damage for improved cancer therapy.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00800-1An analysis of peat from ancient wetlands provides a reconstruction of how sea level increased millennia ago — and how it might rise again with global warming.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08728-2Germinal centre B cells modify their mutation rate to preserve high-affinity receptors, thereby safeguarding high-affinity B cell lineages and enhancing the outcomes of antibody…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00846-1The specialized cells that let lymph leak (and why that's a good thing)

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08662-3Spontaneous parametric down-conversion was used to generate narrowband photon pairs with a high spectral brightness in a high-Q silicon nitride microresonator.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00742-8Clean-energy research might be booming in Asia, but the energy transition has an uncertain future.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08695-8Using advanced brain-recording techniques, parrots were found to have a brain organization for vocal control similar to humans, making them an important model for studying speech and for…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00847-0Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08730-8In mice, learning and performance on an auditory task is driven by higher-order signals in the auditory cortex that are no longer required when the mouse has achieved expert-level…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00397-5The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments available to astronomers.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08738-0High spatiotemporal precision tracking using 3D MINFLUX shows that nuclear import and export occur in overlapping regions of the central pore, providing insight into transport across the…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00628-9An antisocial network.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08766-wCryo-electron microscopy structures of DNA helicases in various conformations provide insight into an ATP-hydrolysis-dependent ‘entropy switch’ that drives unwinding of DNA for…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08687-8B cell germinal centres achieve a balance between clonal expansion and sequence diversification by suppressing somatic hypermutation during proliferative clonal bursts.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08702-yRaman spectroscopy measurements of water at the interface with oil droplets show a perturbed hydrogen-bond network and evidence for a strong interfacial electric field.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08741-5A population of neutrophils in the skin produces extracellular matrix, providing a defence strategy by reinforcing the barrier properties of the skin and helping to block the entry of…