School of Physics

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02022-3The field is taking a leap forward thanks to innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence. Researchers must improve consent procedures and public involve…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02019-yTextile keeps its cool even when surrounded by urban surfaces that absorb and release heat.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07574-yA screen of a human gut microbiome metagenomic library reveals a cluster of enzymes with an unconventional mechanism and an extremely broad substrate scope.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07522-wEvidence from neuroscience and related fields suggests that language and thought processes operate in distinct networks in the human brain and that language is optim…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07421-0Hallucinations (confabulations) in large language model systems can be tackled by measuring uncertainty about the meanings of generated responses rather than the tex…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07564-0Solvating polar polymers with ionic liquids at appropriate concentrations can produce a unique class of materials called glassy gels with desirable properties of bot…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01641-0The number of errors produced by an LLM can be reduced by grouping its outputs into semantically similar clusters. Remarkably, this task can be performed by a second…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07576-wAntisense RNAs boost gene expression by accelerating the export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm through the Dbp2-mediated formation of double-stranded RNAs…

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02012-5Many of the large language models that power chatbots claim to be open, but restrict access to code and training data.