- — Universal vaccine for pneumococcal disease moves closer to reality
- Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02462-zTargeting shared proteins could help to control bacterial subtypes that current vaccines do not protect against.
- — Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole rats offer tantalizing hints
- Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02488-3Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.
- — Heatwaves have killed millions. Here’s how scientists tally lives lost
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02430-7Two very different methods are used to estimate the human toll of heatwaves such as those now hitting parts of Asia and Europe.
- — Heat waves have killed millions. Here’s how scientists tally lives lost
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02430-7Two very different methods are used to estimate the human toll of heatwaves such as those now hitting parts of Asia and Europe.
- — Levitating sensor for magnetic fields could detect ultrafaint brain activity
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02458-9The device’s simple design could rival much more complex alternatives in biophysics research — and could even be used to search for dark matter.
- — Scientists up in arms about cuts to UK physics and astronomy
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02460-1Funding is being terminated for projects including a future CERN experiment and the iconic Lovell Telescope.
- — Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting with AI
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting with AI
- — How a steady drip-drip can erode the hardest stone
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02360-4Measuring the deformation of a surface hit by a falling droplet offers insights into water’s erosive power.
- — AI agents are checking the scientific literature — and spotting decades-old errors
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02235-8The technology is proving adept at finding faults in decades-old papers and reference databases.
- — Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels
- Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02429-0Vehicles are less likely to smash into deer on the road where the big cats are on patrol.
- — Publisher Correction: Progressive plasticity during colorectal cancer metastasis
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10963-0Publisher Correction: Progressive plasticity during colorectal cancer metastasis
- — Thermally evaporated perovskite/silicon tandems via formamidinium eutectic
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10970-1Thermally evaporated perovskite/silicon tandems via formamidinium eutectic
- — Editorial Expression of Concern: Tumour exosome integrins determine organotropic metastasis
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10977-8Editorial Expression of Concern: Tumour exosome integrins determine organotropic metastasis
- — Junk plastic turns into high-value commodity with chemistry trick
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02445-0Researchers untangle the chemistry behind turning PVC into high-grade motor lubricant — plus, how engineered yeast can help make a cancer drug.
- — An expanded codebook of human transcription factor DNA-binding specificity
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10798-9Results from a panel of assays that analyse different aspects of DNA sequence specificity reveal more than 100 new motifs to aid the characterization of putative human transcription factors.
- — Ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities driving plasma mixing on the Sun
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10871-3High-spatial-resolution observations of the solar photosphere reveal a far more complex and dynamic solar scene than previously observed and show that ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities drive plasma mixing on the Sun.
- — ZFP36L2 orchestrates stress-adaptive plasticity in regeneration and cancer
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10890-0The RNA-binding protein ZFP36L2 mediates stress-adaptive plasticity in intestinal regeneration and colorectal cancer metastasis.
- — In situ particle-to-fibre transformation of hydrogels for 3D printing
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10883-zA three-dimensional printing method transforms hydrogel particles into aligned microfibres during extrusion, creating structural anisotropy to accelerate muscle tissue regeneration.
- — Amygdala astrocyte primary cilium mechanisms contribute to stress behaviours
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10874-0Amygdala astrocyte primary cilia are disrupted during stress, and their restoration leads to improvements in stress-related behaviour in mice.
- — A dependency map enhanced with next-generation 3D cancer models
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10843-7Integration of genome-scale CRISPR screening data from traditional cell lines and next-generation cancer models expands the representation of tumour subtypes and genomic alterations in The Cancer Dependency Map.
- — Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants
- Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10867-zA mild chemical process upcycles polyvinyl chloride waste into polyalphaolefin lubricants with tunable properties, offering an economical route to plastic recycling and improved carbon circularity.
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