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In the final instalment of a three-part series on science start-ups, Nature Careers introduces investor relations: how to find investors, wow them and work with them.

Scientists who step back from full-time work can find plenty of ways to remain active in their research field.

Giving media interviews can raise scientists’ profiles if they prepare well and manage expectations.

Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

Patrick Soon-Shiong has only one mode of thinking: big. The South Africa-born surgeon-scientist has founded two multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical firms and is now setting his sights on transforming the entire US biomedical system with a modern, high-speed data network. Amber Dance sat down with Soon-Shiong to talk about how uniting physicians and scientists will surmount the most pressing challenges in biomedicine and cancer research.

Planetary researchers bake cakes and shine shoes to raise awareness of declining budget.

Getting results from experiments can be difficult, especially if the materials you work with decide to fight back. Amber Dance investigates some of the unappreciated risks of being at the bench.

NASA's Themis mission finds the trigger for polar light show.

The term irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is relatively modern, but people have had similar symptoms for millennia. Initially thought to exist only in the mind, the disorder has gained legitimacy through the identification of causes and improved diagnosis. By Amber Dance.

Science of case will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals.

Edmund Blades manages an atmospheric observatory at Ragged Point, Barbados.

Molecular biologist Desireé Leach studies the mechanisms of heart disease, the leading cause of death among Black people in the United States.

Fabio Deelan Cunden draws inspiration for his studies of randomness from ancient books and artefacts in a mathematics museum.

Researchers are probing the subtle physical forces that sculpt cells and bodies.

Museum entomologist Erica McAlister finds joy in the huge and growing diversity of her collections while extracting DNA from century-old specimens.

Martyn Poliakoff’s toys, puzzles and periodic-table-themed curios help him to lighten up and boost his creative thinking.

Immunologist Federica Benvenuti investigates the guard dogs of the immune system while training young scientists from developing nations.

Geraldine Cox mixes the palettes of art and physics by illustrating phenomena such as light-interference patterns.

More creatures live in soil than any other environment on Earth. But what are they all doing there? Amber Dance reports on the world's widest biodiversity.

Prominent scientist explains a move from Germany

As the international effort reaches a ‘critical mass’ of achievements, Nature highlights seven tools that are poised to enable the next set of discoveries.

Joel Berger braves freezing temperatures and charging musk oxen to learn how melting sea ice is affecting mammalian encounters.

Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?

Geologist Nicole Khan examines coastal sediment samples to find out how sea levels have changed over the past 1,000 years.

NASA engineer Marleen Martinez Sundgaard tests landers and rovers before they launch for the red planet.

Working on a research vessel means John Fulmer is one of the first to see intriguing discoveries.

Flow-cytometry manager Armando Pacheco describes how he helps researchers to plan experiments that involve categorizing and counting individual cells.

The grandeur of the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office building reminds Carole Mundell of scientists’ role in tackling transnational challenges.

After decades of assuming that pain processing is equivalent in all sexes, scientists are finding that different biological pathways can produce an ‘ouch!’.

Engineer and roboticist Zach Ousnamer is helping to prepare NASA’s Perseverance rover for its launch to the red planet.

Powering through floods, exhaustion and tick bites is all in a day’s work for Jodi Rowley.

As the technology to create genetically modified babies moves closer to practice, what questions should we ask before such procedures are contemplated? Amber Dance investigates.

Protein-based therapies promise to treat everything from cancer to arthritis, but the bacteria and mammalian cells that usually produce proteins leave much to be desired. New research shows that green algae—and genetically tweaked yeast—can churn out proteins that are cheaper and better tailored for human use than those made by traditional systems. Amber Dance reports on these new recruits in the pharma factory.

An analysis of 24,202 critical cases of COVID-19 identifies potentially druggable targets in inflammatory signalling (JAK1), monocyte–macrophage activation and endothelial permeability (PDE4A), immunometabolism (SLC2A5 and AK5), and host factors required for viral entry and replication (TMPRSS2 and RAB2A).

Nature Research and the Estée Lauder Companies announce winners of inaugural STEM awards.

The 2019 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science honour two scientists from India who prioritize people over competition and publications.

Experimental physicist Sheila Rowan works with laser beams and suspended mirrors to sharpen detection of collapsing stars and other celestial events.

Andrew Digby works to protect the kakapo, a critically endangered and charismatic New Zealand species of parrot.

Peter Tsai, inventor of the electrostatically charged filter used in face masks, emerges from retirement to help boost filter production and reuse.

So far, microorganisms have been research subjects or contaminants on space stations, but could they assist longer missions?

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But scientists have only begun to unlock the secrets of this ancient arms race.

Nature and Sense About Science recognize an ecologist who fights fires with witness testimony and a pharmacist who promotes truth in health-care information.

Tom Baden has bagged the inaugural Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, a joint venture between Nature Research and Chinese technology company Tencent.

Nature talks to Mirjana Povic, winner of Nature Research’s Inspiring Science Award, about her work fuelling opportunities for women in Africa’s space industry and other fields.

A global network of researchers was formed to investigate the role of human genetics in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity; this paper reports 13 genome-wide significant loci and potentially actionable mechanisms in response to infection.

Circular RNAs are prevalent, mysterious and fascinating, but their study requires great care.

Humans are locked in an arms race with microbes, but scientists are pursuing diverse approaches to keep one step ahead or slow down the competition.