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Prefrontal to ventral tegmental area dynamics drive contingency degradation
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10443-5This work provides a mechanistic understanding of how certain prefrontal circuits in the rodent brain permit flexibility to selectively …
Tree community resource economics control soil food web multifunctionality
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10455-1Plant community properties affect ecosystem functioning via energy fluxes in food webs, with the leaf and root resource economics …
Genome-wide sweeps create ecological units in the human gut microbiome
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10476-wGenome-wide selective sweeps commonly occur in the human gut microbiome and can spread across the world within decades to …
Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10448-0In the hippocampus, complex processing of sensory stimuli occurs even in the unconscious state.
Non-invasive profiling of the tumour microenvironment with spatial ecotypes
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10452-4Multimodal machine learning reveals that tumour microenvironments can be decomposed into spatially organized multicellular ecosystems, termed spatial ecotypes, that …
Foreshock-induced slip transients set mainshock nucleation timing
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10497-5Analysis of laboratory experiments using a rate-and-state-based Griffith-like rupture framework shows that foreshocks can regulate mainshock nucleation timing, with …
Electrocaloric effects across room temperature in multilayer capacitors
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10492-wMultilayer capacitors comprising a solid solution of two electrocaloric materials PbSc0.5Ta0.5O3 and PbMg0.5W0.5O3 are shown to maintain high B-site …
Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10421-xQuantification of links among insect pollinators, crop plants, nutrient intake and income of smallholder communities in Nepal show that …
RNA-triggered cell killing with CRISPR–Cas12a2
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10466-yCas12a2 enables RNA-triggered, sequence-specific killing of eukaryotic cells via widespread DNA shredding, allowing selective elimination of cells on the …
Expanding the human proteome with microproteins and peptideins
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10459-xA large-scale proteomics analysis of the dark proteome by the TransCODE Consortium reveals many translated non-canonical open reading frames …
Two-qubit logic and teleportation with mobile spin qubits in silicon
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10423-9A device architecture comprising silicon-based mobile qubits and the shuttling of two electron spins together demonstrates two-qubit gate fidelity …
Anaesthetized brains can still process podcasts
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01480-1Neuronal recordings taken during surgery reveal that the brain can learn even when unconscious — plus, the electrical test …
Author Correction: Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10201-7Author Correction: Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction
I’m burnt out and leaving academia. How do I finish my PhD?
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00797-1Burnout is a systemic problem, but individuals can take steps to cope with it and pave a path forward.
J. Craig Venter obituary: maverick biotechnologist who sequenced the human genome
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01433-8The entrepreneur was also a pioneer of synthetic biology.
25 years of chemistry that simply clicks
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01155-xWhen the concept of ‘click’ chemistry — highly effective and specific reactions — was first reported, some dismissed it …
Origin story
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01077-8Plans for expansion.
Author Correction: Multidimensional profiling of heterogeneity in supratentorial ependymomas
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10602-8Author Correction: Multidimensional profiling of heterogeneity in supratentorial ependymomas
Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01407-wDigital distractions are vying for people’s focus, but our underlying capacity to pay attention seems to be undiminished.
NIH grant cuts disproportionately hit minority and female scientists
Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01426-7A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year’s spree of grant cancellations by the …
Quantum ‘thermometer’ takes temperatures inside living cancer cells
Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01444-5Nanosensors showed that different parts of the cell varied by as much as 1 ºC.
To move beyond GDP, don’t ignore ecological economics
Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01299-wSustainable development will only be achieved when governments base decisions on human skills and natural resources, not just gross …
Tumbleweed-style robot can roll across the prairie — no wind needed
Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01445-4Woven from light-responsive strips, a tiny sphere trundles across a variety of surfaces when illuminated.
Editorial Expression of Concern: Nociceptive neurons promote gastric tumour progression via a …
Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10594-5Editorial Expression of Concern: Nociceptive neurons promote gastric tumour progression via a CGRP–RAMP1 axis
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