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This new alloy is up to 10 times stronger than steel and …
Engineers have transformed a notoriously brittle cobalt-aluminum compound into a material that is both extremely strong and capable of bending without breaking. Their nanoscale design …
A strange quantum rule caps electrical resistance
Physicists have uncovered a surprising limit to electrical resistance caused by particles colliding. Using ultracold potassium atoms trapped in a grid of light, researchers created …
Scientists discover how obesity may fuel Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have uncovered a possible biological pathway connecting obesity to Alzheimer’s disease. Obesity appears to raise levels of certain fat molecules that can travel to …
Scientists find a simple routine linked to less pain and depression
Keeping a regular daily schedule may help reduce pain and depression, especially among older adults with insomnia. Researchers found that consistent times for waking, eating, …
Brains of male and female mice recover differently from ketamine
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02356-0Specialized immune cells found in the brain, known as microglia, reach out to neurons in female mice that were …
Daily Briefing: How smallpox reached the Americas
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02432-5Viral sequences from Chilean mummies confirm smallpox was introduced to the Americas from Europe. Plus, the month’s best science …
Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02397-5Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to …
How smallpox reached the Americas: first genomic evidence points to Europeans
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02366-yViral sequences from Chilean mummies confirm the disease was introduced from Europe.
<b>The forensic traces that can help catch poachers — </b> July’s best …
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02274-1The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
Meat allergy is on the rise — what scientists want to know
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02362-2The allergy is caused by ticks, but researchers have much to learn about it.
The power of ignorance and peering into the Milky Way: Books in …
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02371-1Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
The physics of fizz: why some bubbles are louder than others
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02334-6A high-speed camera and underwater microphones help scientists to investigate a puzzle about bubbles.
Briefing Chat: Orcas smashed a sunfish to bits — researchers aren’t sure …
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02419-2Nature staff discuss a massive survey of insects in the Amazon, and unusual orca behaviour caught on video.
Author Correction: Cucurbituril-based anion-conducting membranes with supramolecular nanopores
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10921-wAuthor Correction: Cucurbituril-based anion-conducting membranes with supramolecular nanopores
Smallpox DNA in ancient Inca mummies shows virus came from Europe
The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular evidence that the …
The genome of a long-extinct ancient human is hiding within us
We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we might be …
Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly female
Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally and those associated with …
Origami-inspired sensor could continuously monitor our vital signs
A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise in rats
This 4,000-year-old city defied the rules of history
As Mohenjo-daro prospered, the gap between its richest and poorest households actually shrank. Its shared infrastructure, fair trade systems, and lack of powerful royal elites …
Rice bran compound may help ease irritable bowel symptoms
A compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract. Ferulic acid suppressed …
Scientists found evolution repeating itself in the Galápagos Islands
More than 150 years after Darwin’s finches helped reshape biology, Galápagos plants are exposing another evolutionary surprise. Giant daisies repeatedly developed similar heat-tolerant leaf shapes, …
Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s book
Rebecca Skloot told the story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her permission in a bestselling book, The Immortal Life of …
Is district cooling the solution we need for extreme heat in cities?
Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are expanding into cities as …
Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific tools
Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important the machines could become for …
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