This PrimeView highlights the different type of data collected from microporous adsorbents throughout the process from laboratory development to industrial application.

This Primer highlights micropore design principles governed by distinct separation mechanisms to resolve key performance trade-offs in industrial gas separations. It outlines the experimental workflow...

This PrimeView highlights the key features of the most prominent species of polyoxometalates.

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are anionic molecular metal oxide clusters composed of high-valent early transition metals. In this Primer, Anjass et al. describe how redox-active POMs are selected, synt...

This PrimeView highlights the experimental set-up for optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy, which can be used in transmission or reflection configuration and probe both IR- and Raman-active mode...

Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy is capable of submicrometre infrared analysis with minimal water interference and scattering artefacts. This indirect, non-contact pump–probe method circumve...

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This Collection features Primers, PrimeViews, Comments, and a Q&A on spectroscopy and microscopy methods.

This PrimeView highlights the use of long-read sequencing for examining previously overlooked sources of genetic and regulatory variation.

Long-read sequencing facilitates observation of contiguous DNA molecules, providing access to variants previously ignored. In this Primer, Zheng et al. discuss the computational foundations of long-re...

This PrimeView highlights the workflow for generating highly multiplexed tissue images using imaging mass cytometry.

Imaging mass cytometry is a highly multiplexed tissue-imaging technique that allows the simultaneous in situ detection of up to 45 markers with subcellular-level resolution. In this Primer, Meyer et a...

This PrimeView highlights the ways in which high-temperature electrochemical cells can be interrogated using X-ray techniques.

High-temperature electrochemical devices operate at gas–solid interfaces in highly redox-active environments. In situ and operando characterization techniques are crucial for monitoring the structural...

Advances in electron microscopy instrumentation and methods continue to drive progress in the physical and life sciences. The 4th edition of this conference will bring together researchers from physic...

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This PrimeView highlights the use of positrons, typically generated from radioisotopes, to detect crystalline imperfections, such as vacancies or void spaces, in positron annihilation spectroscopy.

This Primer provides an introduction to positron annihilation spectroscopy and its uses in studying atomic-scale structures in solids.

Nature Reviews Methods Primers - This PrimeView highlights the application of astronomical radio interferometry for the sensitive study of celestial objects.

Arrays of element antennas in radio interferometry enable the study of celestial objects with angular resolutions comparable with, or surpassing, optical imaging at wavelengths thousands of times shor...

Nature Reviews Methods Primers - This PrimeView on adaptive optics highlights the general experimental setup of this technique that corrects image imperfections in astronomy, vision science and...

This Primer provides an overview of the general principles of adaptive optics and explores the different ways in which adaptive optics can correct optical aberrations for high-resolution imaging in th...

Nature Reviews Methods Primers - This PrimeView highlights different applications of muographic imaging, cryptography, positioning, navigation and timing.

Muography takes advantage of the high penetrating power and relativistic nature of cosmic-ray muons for imagery; positioning, navigation, timing; and secured communications. This Primer provides an ov...

Optimizing Raman spectrometer designs for use in extreme environments can enable acquisition of critical information that may not be accessible in situ by humans. Technology advancements currently bei...

This PrimeView highlights the landscape of noise equivalent pressures (NEPs) for different detectors used in photoacoustic tomography.

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a biomedical imaging technique based on the use of optically excited ultrasound waves. In this Primer, Guggenheim et al. describe the noise-equivalent pressures repor...

This PrimeView highlights the instrumentation for neutron spin echo spectroscopy, which measures neutron velocity changes in a magnetic field using spin precession angle measurements.

Neutron spin echo spectroscopy investigates internal dynamics and diffusion in materials, using advanced instruments and data collection techniques. In this Primer, Faraone et al. discuss how neutron ...

This PrimeView highlights the workflow for GPCR peptide discovery from biodiversity-derived sequences, structural data and peptide libraries.

Peptides have become an increasingly important and versatile ligand type for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). In this Primer, Hermes et al. discuss the experimental and computational workflow...

This PrimeView discusses the range of data to which distributional regression can be applied to understand deviations from the response norm and their real-world impact.

Distributional regression models entire conditional response distributions. In this Primer, Merder et al. discuss how distributional regression is used to predict uncertainty and extreme conditions in...

This PrimeView highlights common conductive polymers, their electronic properties, and applications in flexible electronics and biocompatible devices.

Conductive polymers (CPs) are π-conjugated organic semiconductors that exhibit electrical conductivities similar to insulators and metals while maintaining the flexibility of plastics. This Primer pro...

This PrimeView highlights the standardized reporting procedures required when publishing results of laser cooling experiments.

Solid-state laser cooling is a technique used to lower the temperature of a condensed-phase system through its interaction with light. In this Primer, Ding et al. discuss the fundamental principles of...

This PrimeView highlights the use of MALDI IMS in the untargeted mapping of various biomolecules to link their distribution to various cellular contexts.

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI IMS) is a label-free molecular imaging approach mapping diverse biomolecules at cellular resolution. In this Primer, Spragg...

This PrimeView highlights the different applications afforded to cucurbituril macrocycles due to their molecular-scale recognition and binding selectivity.

Cucurbit[n]urils are macrocyclic host molecules that form strong complexes with hydrophobic and cationic guests in water, where n is the number of glycoluril units. Cucurbit[n]urils complexed with gue...

This PrimeView highlights the importance of correct data analysis for data generated using enzyme-tethering approaches for in situ epigenomics

Enzyme-tethering epigenomic methods modify DNA while cells and nuclei remain intact, making them particularly suitable for single-cell and spatial applications. In this Primer, Kami Ahmad et al. discu...