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Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02676-1The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.
Smaller reactors bring nuclear power closer to fulfilling its promise
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02506-4Shadowed by past disasters, nuclear engineers are developing different types of reactor, fuel, coolant and material that could help …
A practical recycling strategy for making thiophosphate molecules with enzymes
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02482-9An enzymatic platform for constructing the thiophosphate molecular motif without relying on large amounts of expensive reagents has been …
Can nuclear reactors hit the road?
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02510-8Fission facilities that fit in a truck could provide portable power where it’s needed — but some people question …
Plasma-jet movie is astronomy’s summer blockbuster
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02522-4Just 116 images exist of the active galaxy 3C 345 — but an AI-driven algorithm has created a highly …
Spontaneously charged water drops induce corrosion
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10941-6Experiments have shown that spontaneously charged water drops can damage coatings on metal surfaces, leading to corrosion of the …
Infrared absorption spectroscopy of a single polyatomic molecular ion
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10915-8Non-destructive single-molecule absorption spectroscopy is achieved by detecting photon recoil from a trapped molecular ion, enabling single-photon-sensitive measurements of …
Long-read sequencing reveals pre-meiotic gene conversion in sperm
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10901-0Single-molecule long-read sequencing of human sperm reveals variation in recombination across donors and that a substantial fraction of non-crossover …
Granule cells reorient cortical trajectories to separate contexts
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10946-1Simultaneous imaging of premotor cortex and cerebellar granule cells in mice learning two skills in parallel shows that trajectories …
Primate-specific regulation of the human glycosphingolipid gatekeeper UGCG
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10927-4Cryogenic electron microscopy structures of full-length human UGCG, the gatekeeper that dictates the scale and composition of glycosphingolipid diversity, …
Endocannabinoids facilitate reward engagement through retrograde gain control
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10967-wA key role for retrograde neuromodulatory signalling in motivated behaviour is shown through dynamic endocannabinoid release within a thalamostriatal …
Video reconstruction of variable VLBI observations with neural fields
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10988-5The kine neural reconstruction algorithm produces high-resolution, time-continuous very long baseline interferometry videos, enabling direct measurement of instantaneous plasma …
Aberrant excitatory neuronal ERBB4 promotes Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10964-zNeuroinflammation alone may be dispensable for early synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
Critical zone processes limit alkalinity export from natural basaltic systems
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10936-3Observations from natural volcanic watersheds demonstrate attenuation of alkalinity fluxes along the complete reactive pathways from soil to river …
A binding-to-release strategy for targeted anticancer drug delivery
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10971-0A binding-to-release drug conjugate strategy enables targeted payload release without cellular internalization, improving tumour specificity, efficacy and expanding therapeutic …
Synergistic degradation of fucoidans in the ocean
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10980-zEfficient degradation of fucoidans depends on complementary bacterial guilds that cooperatively break backbone and side-chain sugars, revealing a conserved, …
Tidal tomography reveals a thermal anomaly beneath Mars’s crustal dichotomy
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10893-xAnalysis of tracking data from Mars orbiters reveals time-variable gravity field behaviour reflecting the structure underlying the Martian crustal …
3D bulk-resolved <i>g</i>-wave altermagnetic order parameter in CrSb
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10902-zQuantum oscillation measurements map the g-wave altermagnetic order parameter in CrSb, establishing it as a prototypical unconventional magnet with …
Amphibious stem-insect sheds light on colonization of land
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10961-2Restudy of a challenging fossil using cross-polarized light imaging and phylogenetic reconstruction identifies Chosha praecursor, a probable early-diverging insect, …
Cell-type-specific eQTLs underlie the genetic architecture of complex traits
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10577-6Single-cell RNA-sequencing shows that cell-type-specific expression quantitative trait loci drive much of complex trait heritability, highlighting cell-type-specific gene regulation …
Ultrafast and reference-free sequence discovery in single-cell data
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10975-wMalva enables ultrafast, reference-free searching of raw single-cell sequences across millions of cells, transforming static transcriptomic atlases into dynamic …
Systems vaccinology and the architecture of human immunity
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10753-8A review of the current state of the field of systems vaccinology discusses the challenges in translating insights into …
Insights into longevity and virus-driven adaptation from <i>Myotis</i> bat genomes
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10932-7Comparative and functional analyses of Myotis bats uncover unique patterns of adaptation in virus-interacting proteins and longevity-associated pathways, linking …
Automated prototyping of genetic codes
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10949-yA robotic, cell–free platform rapidly prototypes redesigned genetic codes, enabling the translation of proteins with reassigned codons and non-standard …
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