Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question — how hard is it to untie a knot? — has a complicated answer.

Sometimes you are given numbers expressed as a product of prime factors. For example, 8 = 2 3 and 90 = 2 × 3 2 × 5. If you want to find the LCM and HCF in an exam, we can use prime factor form to ...

An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. A condition of publication in a Nature Portfolio journal is that authors ...