Editing Nature (journal) (section)

===Landmark papers===
Many of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in modern history have been first published in ''Nature''. The following is a selection of scientific breakthroughs published in ''Nature'', all of which had far-reaching consequences, and the citation for the article in which they were published.

* '''[[Wave nature]] of particles''' ([[Davisson–Germer experiment]]) — <small>{{Cite journal | author=[[C. Davisson]] and [[L. H. Germer]] | s2cid=4104602 | title=The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel | journal=Nature | year=1927 | volume=119 | pages=558–560 | doi=10.1038/119558a0|bibcode = 1927Natur.119..558D | issue=2998|ref=none | url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Scattering_of_Electrons_by_a_Single_Crystal_of_Nickel.pdf}}</small>
* '''The [[neutron]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author=J. Chadwick | s2cid=4076465 | title=Possible existence of a neutron | journal=Nature | year=1932 | volume=129 | page=312 | doi=10.1038/129312a0|bibcode = 1932Natur.129Q.312C | issue=3252 | author-link= J. Chadwick| doi-access=free |ref=none |url=}}</small>
* '''[[Nuclear fission]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author=[[L. Meitner]] and [[O. R. Frisch]] | s2cid=4113262 | title=Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction | journal=Nature | year=1939 | volume=143 | pages=239–240 | doi=10.1038/143239a0|bibcode = 1939Natur.143..239M | issue=3615|ref=none}}</small>
* '''The structure of [[DNA]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author=[[J. D. Watson]] and [[F. H. C. Crick]] | s2cid=4253007 | title=Molecular structure of Nucleic Acids: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid | journal=Nature | year=1953 | volume=171 | pages=737–738 | doi=10.1038/171737a0 | pmid=13054692 | issue=4356|bibcode = 1953Natur.171..737W | title-link=Molecular structure of Nucleic Acids |ref=none}}</small>
* '''First molecular [[protein]] structure''' ([[myoglobin]]) — <small>{{Cite journal |author1=J. C. Kendrew |author2=G. Bodo |author3=H. M. Dintzis |author4=R. G. Parrish |author5=H. Wyckoff |author6=D. C. Phillips |s2cid=4162786 | title=A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis | journal=Nature | year=1958 | volume=181 | pages=662–666 | doi = 10.1038/181662a0 | pmid= 13517261 | issue= 4610|bibcode = 1958Natur.181..662K |ref=none }}</small>
* '''[[Plate tectonics]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author=J. Tuzo Wilson| s2cid=4226266 | title=Did the Atlantic close and then re-open? | journal=Nature | year=1966 | volume=211 | pages=676–681| doi=10.1038/211676a0|bibcode = 1966Natur.211..676W | issue=5050 | author-link= J. Tuzo Wilson| doi-access=free |ref=none}}</small>
* '''[[Pulsars]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author-link=Antony Hewish|first1=A. |last1=Hewish|author-link2=Jocelyn Bell Burnell|first2=S. J. |last2=Bell|first3=J. D. H. |last3=Pilkington|first4=P. F. |last4=Scott|first5=R. A. |last5=Collins| s2cid=4277613 | title=Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source | journal=Nature | year=1968 | volume=217 | pages=709–713| doi=10.1038/217709a0 | bibcode=1968Natur.217..709H | issue=5130|ref=none}}</small>
* '''The [[ozone hole]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author=[[Joe Farman|J. C. Farman]], [[Brian G. Gardiner (meteorologist)|B. G. Gardiner]] and [[Jon Shanklin|J. D. Shanklin]] | s2cid=4346468 | title=Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction | journal=Nature | year=1985 | volume=315 | pages=207–210 | doi=10.1038/315207a0 | issue=6016|bibcode = 1985Natur.315..207F|ref=none }}</small>
* '''First [[cloning]] of a [[mammal]]''' ([[Dolly the sheep]]) — <small>{{Cite journal |author-link1=Ian Wilmut|first1=I.|last1=Wilmut|first2=A. E. |last2=Schnieke|first3=J. |last3=McWhir|first4=A. J. |last4=Kind |author-link5=Keith Campbell (biologist)|first5=K. H. S. |last5=Campbell | s2cid=4260518 | title=Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells | journal=Nature | year=1997 | volume=385 | pages=810–813 | doi=10.1038/385810a0 | issue=6619 | pmid=9039911|bibcode = 1997Natur.385..810W |ref=none}}</small>
* '''The [[human genome]]''' — <small>{{Cite journal | author=International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium | title=Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome | journal=Nature | year=2001 | volume=409 | issue=6822 | pages=860–921 | doi=10.1038/35057062 | pmid=11237011| bibcode=2001Natur.409..860L |hdl=2027.42/62798 | doi-access=free|ref=none | hdl-access=free }}</small>