Editorials in 2020

A new method should be thoroughly tested, applied, described — and peer-reviewed — before biological discoveries generated using the method are published.

This month, we celebrate the beauty and power of microscopy images.

The US elections take place in a little over a month. How its citizens vote will have a major impact on the scientific community and on the integrity of the scientific enterprise in the United States.

We distributed an informal questionnaire to learn from scientists about their professional use of WeChat. We share some of their answers and discuss the multipurpose platform offered by WeChat.

We’ve made some recent updates to our various content type offerings at Nature Methods. Here is a cheat sheet.

Systemic racism has held back under-represented minorities, especially Black people, in scientific research. We’re committed in our roles as journal editors to help correct this inequality.

We conducted an informal survey to learn how scientists are using Twitter. We share some of the responses and discuss why being active on Twitter offers real benefits.

More basic research studies of marine microorganisms — supported by new methods, tools and resources — are needed to help inform policies to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Despite the incredible challenges, the science research community is stepping up to address the coronavirus pandemic in multiple ways.

Discourse is fundamental to science. We now have a dedicated format for constructive comments on Nature Methods papers, called Matters Arising.

This month, we take a look back on the first year of the online Springer Nature Protocols and Methods Community.

Multimodal omics measurement offers opportunities for gaining holistic views of cells one by one.