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Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.]]> Max KozlovDan GaristoEdward Chen doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01105-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01105-7 2026-04-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01105-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01000-1 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01000-1

Study of more than 11,000 women found that only a few hours of moderate-to-vigorous activity per week had a strong effect.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01000-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01000-1 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01000-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01000-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01060-3 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01060-3

We take a look at the mission’s aims and the science that’ll be happening along the way.]]> Benjamin ThompsonAlexandra Witze doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01060-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01060-3 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01060-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01060-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01051-4 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01051-4

As humanity blasts off into a new space race, we need a model of exploration that emphasizes stewardship of other worlds, not exploitation.]]> Moriba Jah doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01051-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01051-4 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01051-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01051-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01011-y Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01011-y

Two research teams mined genomic data from bacteria to create databases containing thousands of antiviral defence proteins that could inspire powerful biotechnologies.]]> Miryam Naddaf doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01011-y Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01011-y 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01011-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01011-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00551-7 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00551-7

Putting off an important task in a long to-do list might be because you fear failure. Or maybe it is success that scares you?]]> Holly Newson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00551-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00551-7 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00551-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00551-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01054-1 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01054-1

Two analyses suggest that quantum computers could crack ubiquitous security keys and cryptocurrencies before the decade is over.]]> Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01054-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01054-1 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01054-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01054-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01059-w Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01059-w

China wants to send several astronauts to the lunar surface by 2030 and build a permanent base there.]]> Jonathan O’Callaghan doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01059-w Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01059-w 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01059-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01059-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00809-0 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00809-0

Chemistry that forms an omnipresent type of carbon–carbon bond enables the modular synthesis of 3D organic molecules — a boon for drug discovery and materials design.]]> Huyen N. NguyenDaniel J. Blair doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00809-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00809-0 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00809-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00809-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01050-5 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01050-5

Innovative tool for producing computer chips uses giant, nearly perfect mirrors to make tiny transistors and circuits.]]> Katherine Bourzac doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01050-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01050-5 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01050-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01050-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01015-8 Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01015-8

Mitochondria are key to powering the immune defenders called dendritic cells.]]> Edward Chen doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01015-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-02; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01015-8 2026-04-02 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01015-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01015-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10446-2 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10446-2

Structural modifications in strain-engineered bilayer nickelate thin films]]> Lopa BhattEdgar Abarca MoralesAbigail Y. JiangEun Kyo KoYi-Feng ZhaoNoah SchnitzerGrace A. PanDan Ferenc SegedinYidi LiuYijun YuCharles M. BrooksAntia S. BotanaHarold Y. HwangJulia A. MundyDavid A. MullerBerit H. Goodge doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10446-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10446-2 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10446-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10446-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01052-3 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01052-3

In-flight experiment suggests lowering soot emissions might not reduce contrail formation — plus, what can be learnt from fakery in science.]]> Benjamin ThompsonShamini Bundell doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01052-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01052-3 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01052-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01052-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01001-0 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01001-0

Lead recycled from centuries-old ammunition provides raw materials for perovskite solar cells.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01001-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01001-0 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01001-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01001-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10310-3 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10310-3

DNA damage burden and inadequate repair in CUX2+ cortical layer 2/3 excitatory neurons contributes to selective vulnerability in neuroinflammatory injury.]]> Laura MorcomWenlong XiaZhaoyang XuYashika AwasthiCeline GeywitzMatthew O. EllisTomas NoliAmel ZuljiDaniel YamamotoGemma C. GirdlerLi KaiKeying ZhuMingming WeiXiao-Yan TangKimberly K. HoiJulio Gonzalez-MayaGreg J. DuncanAdrien M. VaquieDiana Gold DiazRiki KawaguchiErdong LiuYu SunDenny YangGregory D. JordanI-Ling LuStaffan HolmqvistTheresa BartelsKatherine RidleyJennifer Ja-Yoon ChoiSantos J. FrancoEric J. HuangBen EmeryDaniel GeschwindLucas SchirmerGabriel BalmusBrian PopkoStephen P. J. FancyDavid H. Rowitch doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10310-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10310-3 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10310-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10310-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10230-2 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10230-2

Dissociative ionization of H2 molecules by the combination of a phase-locked attosecond laser pair and a few-cycle NIR laser shows that ion–photoelectron entanglement influences electronic coherence in H2+, allowing control over the degree of entanglement by varying the delay between the pulses.]]> L.-M. KollA. J. Suñer-RubioT. WittingR. Y. BelloA. PalaciosF. MartínM. J. J. Vrakking doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10230-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10230-2 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10230-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10230-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10315-y Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10315-y

Development of the pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) workflow enabled the generation of 1,116 diploid genome assemblies (55 de novo and 1,061 pangenome-informed), representing an extensive resource of medically relevant genic variations.]]> Yifei WangZhongqu DuanDan ChenDandan ShiYi DingZhibin WangBaoqing LiZhiyi WangMinmin GuoWen YangJunren HouWenhao ChenYazhou GuoWenjie WeiYujie CaoXiwei SunWeiyang BaiMingdong LuTing QiXian ShenJian Yang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10315-y Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10315-y 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10315-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10315-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10322-z Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10322-z

Combining single-cell parallel profiling of genome conformation, histone modifications, chromatin accessibility and gene expression reveals dynamics and intranuclear spatial clustering of epigenome profiles, enabling sophisticated analysis of the regulatory landscape across cell types and tissues.]]> Yujie ChenZhiyuan LiuHeming XuJiayu LiuMengxuan WangYi ChiBoyuan LiangMenghan LiuYongli PengHao GeDong Xing doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10322-z Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10322-z 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10322-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10322-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10313-0 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10313-0

Findings suggest that neural crest fate bias predominantly emerges within the neural tube, and that only a minor subset of delaminated progenitors retain multipotency to generate both sensory and sympathetic derivatives.]]> Keng Ioi VongYanina D. AlvarezQingquan ZhangJiaming WengGeoffroy NoelScott T. BartonChanguk ChungRobyn HowarthNaomi MeaveFiza JiwaniSai B. PatarlapalliFenyong YaoFugui ZhuChelsea BarrowsArzoo PatelJian Xiong WangNeil C. ChiStephen F. KingsmoreMelanie D. WhiteXiaoxu YangJoseph G. Gleeson doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10313-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10313-0 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10313-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10313-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10301-4 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10301-4

Longitudinal tracking of mice reveals that stable, specialized social roles emerge spontaneously within groups during a foraging task, with dopaminergic activity in the ventral tegmental area driving sex-divergent patterns of specialization.]]> C. SoliéA. NicolsonR. JustoY. LayadiB. MorinC. BatifolL. M. ReynoldsT. Le BorgneS. L. FayadA. GulmezY. Rodriguez QuevedoJ. Allegret-VautrotG. Centene GuglielmiF. de ChaumontS. DidienneN. DebrayJ.-P. HardelinB. GirardA. MourotJ. NaudéC. ViolletF. MartiB. DelordPh. Faure doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10301-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10301-4 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10301-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10301-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10299-9 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10299-9

N-desethyl-fluornitrazene is a µ-opioid receptor agonist derived from nitazenes that has supramaximal intrinsic efficacy that produces analgesia with minimal adverse effects in rodent models.]]> Juan L. GomezEmilya N. VentrigliaZachary J. FrangosAgnieszka SulimaMichael J. RobertsonMichael D. SaccoReece C. BudinichIlinca M. GiosanTongzhen XieOscar SolisAnna E. TischerJennifer M. BossertKiera E. CaldwellHannah BonbrestAmelie EssmannZelai M. Garçon-PocaShinbe ChoiMichael R. NoyaFeonil LimiacAli ArceGrant C. GlatfelterMargaret RobinsonLi ChenAngelina A. MullarkeyDain R. BrademanGarrett EntenWilliam DunneCésar QuirozIngrid SchoenbornChae Bin LeeRana RaisDaniel P. HoltRobert F. DannalsLei ShiRuth HüttenhainSergi FerréEugene KiyatkinJordi BonaventuraYavin ShahamVenetia ZachariouMichael H. BaumannGeorgios SkiniotisKenner C. RiceMichael Michaelides doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10299-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10299-9 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10299-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10299-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10325-w Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10325-w

Researchers created a moiré superlattice in Sb2Te3/FeTe bilayers, producing spatially modulated superconducting gaps directly imaged with Josephson scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy, tunable by replacing Sb2Te3 with Bi2Te3.]]> Zihao WangBing XiaStephen PaoliniZi-Jie YanPu XiaoJiatao SongVeer GowdaHongtao RongDi XiaoXiaodong XuWeida WuZiqiang WangCui-Zu Chang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10325-w Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10325-w 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10325-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10325-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10304-1 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10304-1

Long-range interactions mediated by protein electric dipole moments have a role in driving the assembly and disassembly of super-signalling complex I for promoting NF-κB signalling.]]> Jianping LiuJing ZhaoJiayang GaoKun ZhaoYaoyao HanJing YangZefei LiJianyu YeZiyu SunFengyi WangXinyi LiuZekai LiSiyu JiBo LiuCong LiuYixiao ZhangJunying YuanJames J. Chou doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10304-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10304-1 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10304-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10304-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10359-0 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10359-0

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA’s fourth Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog shows evidence of a clear pair-instability gap in the distribution of binary black-hole secondary masses but is absent in the larger primary masses.]]> Hui TongMaya FishbachEric ThraneMatthew MouldThomas A. CallisterAmanda M. FarahNir GuttmanSharan BanagiriDaniel Beltran-MartinezBen FarrShanika GalaudageJaxen GodfreyJack HeinzelMarios KalomenopoulosSimona J. MillerAditya Vijaykumar doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10359-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10359-0 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10359-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10359-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10290-4 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10290-4

The transcription factor ATF4 is shown to regulate double-stranded DNA repair within vulnerable CUX2+ upper-layer 2/3 cortical neurons, enabling their survival during development.]]> Wenlong XiaLaura MorcomZhaoyang XuI-Ling LuQing WangKimberly K. HoiMingming WeiKeying ZhuGregory JordanXiao-Yan TangJulio Gonzalez-MayaVanesa S. MatteraSophia M. PanigrahiRiki KawaguchiBen EmerySantos J. FrancoDaniel H. GeschwindBrian PopkoDavid H. RowitchStephen P. J. Fancy doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10290-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10290-4 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10290-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10290-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10295-z Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10295-z

AhR functions as a neuronal brake on axon regeneration, integrating environmental sensing, protein homeostasis and metabolic signalling to control the balance between stress adaptation and axonal repair.]]> Dalia HalawaniYiqun WangJiaxi LiDaniel HalperinHaofei NiMolly EstillAarthi RamakrishnanLi ShenArthur SefianiCédric G. GeoffroyRoland H. FriedelHongyan Zou doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10295-z Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10295-z 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10295-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10295-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10286-0 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0

In-flight observations show that the use of lean-burn combustion succeeds in reducing soot emissions from aircraft—yet contrail ice crystals still form and nucleate on volatile particles.]]> Christiane VoigtRaphael MärklDaniel SauerRebecca DischlCharles RenardKatharina SeeligerFangqun YuStefan KaufmannTiziana BräuerTina Jurkat-WitschasGauthier Le ChenadecJulien MoreauEmiliano Requena-EstebanNicolas BonneMargaux ValsAmandine RocheJoseph ZelinaAndreas DörnbrackLisa EirenschmalzChristopher HecklElisabeth HorstMichael LichtensternAndreas MarsingGregor NeumannAnke RoigerMonika ScheibePaul StockAndreas GiezGeorg EckelPatrick Le Clercq doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10286-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10203-5 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5

A study of reproducibility in a stratified random sample of 600 papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 62 journals spanning the social and behavioural sciences finds higher reproducibility among more recent papers and papers from journals that require data sharing.]]> Olivia MiskeAnna Lou AbatayoMason DaleyMirka DirzoNicholas FoxNoah HaberKrystal M. HahnMelissa Kline StruhlBrinna MawhinneyPriya SilversteinTheresa StankovAndrew H. TynerMatúš AdamkovičShilaan AlzahawiSaule AnafinovaEli AwtreyErick AxxeJames BaileyBert N. BakkerAkshaya BalajiGabriel BanikFrantišek BartošHenk BerkmanZachariah BerryFelix S. BethkeTimothy F. BradyNate BreznauSara CapitanTabaré CapitánLaura CaquelinKent Jason ChengWilliam J. ChopikGwen-Jiro ClochardTom CoupéJamie CumminsElif Gizem Demirag BurakJianhua DuanKevin M. EsterlingThomas R. EvansNathan FialaJames FieldVictor GayJing GengJohanna GerekeIlka Helene GleibsAmélie Gourdon-KanhukamweDmitry GrigoryevNicholas GunbyPaul H. P. HanelSanghyun HongSean Dae HoulihanNick Huntington-KleinKamil IzydorczakKristin JankowskyKai JonasPavol KačmárHansika KapoorSebastian KarcherMarta KołczyńskaDavid KretschmerLjiljana LazarevicKatelin E. LeahyJessica C. LeeChristopher LimniosAn-Chiao LiuJohn Wills LloydRuben Lopez-NicolasNigel Mantou LouRichard E. LucasMaximilian MaierDaniel J. MallinsonMarcel MartončikMichael C. McCallNikita MehtaEsteban MéndezJohannes MichalakDaniel C. MoldenFaisal MushtaqClaudia NeuendorfAustin Lee NicholsGustav NilsonneErnest O’BoyleJeewon OhThomas OstermannAbiola OyebanjoRadoslaw PanczakYuri G. PavlovZoran PavlovićNoemi PeterKim PetersNathaniel D. PorterMariah PurolArathy PuthillamMarco RamljakArran T. ReaderW. Robert ReedJan Philipp RöerIvan RopovikAlexander O. SaviKathleen SchmidtLandon SchnabelEric L. SevignySamuel ShakiShishir ShakyaAndrew SohAngela SomoFatih SonmezEirik StrømlandJordan W. SuchowAnna SzabelskaAnirudh TagatMelba Verra TutorKarolina UrbanskaPieter Van DesselElisabeth Julie VargoDiem Thi Hong VoVictor VolkmanKe WangAaron L. WichmanJamal R. WilliamsFabian WinterFerdinand WintermantelNan ZhangIgnazio ZianoCristina ZogmaisterZorana ZupanBrian A. NosekTimothy M. Errington doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10203-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10321-0 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10321-0

Analysis of FeTe films grown using molecular-beam epitaxy and annealed under a Te flux post-growth shows that stoichiometric FeTe is inherently a superconductor, contradicting the long-held view that it is an antiferromagnetic metal.]]> Zi-Jie YanZihao WangBing XiaStephen PaoliniYing-Ting ChanNikalabh DihingiaHongtao RongPu XiaoKalana D. HalanayakeJiatao SongVeer GowdaDanielle Reifsnyder HickeyWeida WuJiabin YuPeter J. HirschfeldCui-Zu Chang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10321-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10321-0 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10321-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10321-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10078-y Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10078-y

A large-scale study on the replicability of claims from social and behavioural science journals reports that about half of the results replicate in the same patterns as the original study.]]> Andrew H. TynerAnna Lou AbatayoMason DaleySamuel FieldNicholas FoxNoah A. HaberKrystal M. HahnMelissa Kline StruhlBrinna MawhinneyOlivia MiskePriya SilversteinCourtney K. SoderbergTheresa StankovAhmed AbbasiChristopher L. AbersonBalazs AczelMatúš AdamkovičNihan AlbayrakPeter J. AllenMichael AndreychikEli AwtreyErick AxxeFlavio AzevedoMiles D. BaderBence BagoJames BaileyMarjan BakkerGabriel BanikGeorge C. BanksErnest BaskinAnatolia BatruchAnnika BeatteaySophie M. BehrNicholas BerenteZachariah BerryJędrzej BiałkowskiBojana BodrožaLaura BoeschotenMiklos BognarChristian BokhoveDiane BonfiglioRobin BouwmanTimothy F. BradyScott R. BraithwaiteGabriel Briceño JiménezCameron BrickTraci BrickaRoman BrikerAnnette N. BrownGordon D. A. BrownRobbie C. M. van AertKathryn CaldwellSara CapitanTabaré CapitánJesse ChandlerTessa CharlesChristopher R. ChartierRahul ChawdharyKent Jason ChengWilliam J. ChopikBruce ClarkVictoria E. ColvinC. Cozette ComerGiulio CostantiniTom CoupéJamie CumminsAneta Czernatowicz-KukuczkaJoshua de LeeuwDavid DobolyiJames N. DruckmanJianhua DuanMarin DujmovićDaniel J. DunleavyPatrick K. DurkeeCécile EmeryKevin M. EsterlingThomas R. EvansAnna FedorBelén Fernández-CastillaNathan FialaJames G. FieldNathan FongMiguel A. FonsecaAlexandra L. J. FreemanJeremy FreeseSandra J. GeigerJing GengLaura M. GetzLinda Marjoleine GevenIlka Helene GleibsDonna Pamella GonzalesJanaki GootyAmélie Gourdon-KanhukamweCristina GreculescuSiobhán M. GriffinLusine GrigoryanMartina GrunowNicholas GunbyBraeden HallPaul H. P. HanelErin E. HannonSam HarperMarco Jürgen HeldLouis HickmanNathan C. HigginsSvenja HippelSven HoeppnerSanghyun HongThomas J. HostlerMichael InzlichtKamil IzydorczakBastian JaegerKristin JankowskyJohannes Jarke-NeuertMatthew JensenBiljana JokićDaniel JollesPhillip JollyAngela M. JonesMarie JuanchichPavol KačmárHansika KapoorAndjela KeljanovicSamjhana KoiralaMarta KołczyńskaDimitra KouroupakiUlrich KühnenMichelangelo LandgraveMichael J. LarsonLyonel LauliéAlice C. E. LawrenceJoel M. Le ForestierKatelin E. LeahySungmok LeeJared LeslieSavannah C. LewisChristopher LimniosHause LinAn-Chiao LiuJohn Wills LloydElliot A. LudvigDermot LynottJordan MacDonaldPeter MallikDaniel J. MallinsonDaniele MarinazzoCorinna S. MartarelliJoshua MatacottaAndrew McBrideCillian McHughGail McMillanEsteban MéndezMitchell MetzgerMichalis P. MichaelidesJohannes MichalakLeticia MicheliJeremy K. MillerMarina MilyavskayaDaniel C. MoldenAmbar G. MonjarasDavid MoreauAudrey MorrowCristóbal MoyaLiad MudrikLaetitia B. MulderKatie A. MuntArijit NandiKathryn NasonCarolin NastGideon NaveHeinrich H. NaxFlorian NeubauerPhuong Linh L. NguyenAustin Lee NicholsGustav NilsonneErnest O’BoyleJule OettinghausJeewon OhAdoril OshanaThomas OstermannRachel P. OstrowskiAbiola OyebanjoRadoslaw PanczakJamie PatrianakosIgnacio PavezYuri G. PavlovSofia PerssonMarco PeruginiKim PetersConstant PietersVladimir PonizovskiyNathaniel D. PorterJason M. PrenoveauDanka PurićMariah F. PurolArathy PuthillamKimberly A. QuinnMarco RamljakW. Robert ReedMichaela RitchieMargaret RitzauSean Patrick RocheRomina RodelaJan Philipp RöerIvan RopovikJacob RothschildJustine SaalHani SafadiJason SamahaMary SanchezSoorya SankaranDavid SantosAmanda C. SargentMarian SauterKathleen SchmidtLandon SchnabelAmber N. SchroederSebastian W. SchuetzBrendan A. SchuetzeMichael Schulte-MecklenbeckAstrid SchützEric L. SevignyEllie ShackletonRichard M. ShafranekSamuel ShakiShishir ShakyaMiroslav SirotaMatthew Ryan SiscoMaksim M. SitnikovL. Robert SlevcLaura SmalarzColin Tucker SmithJoel S. SnyderNicolas SommetFatih SonmezBarbara A. SpellmanNatalia Stanulewicz-BuckleyGeorge StockChris N. H. StreetEirik StrømlandTina SundelinMoin SyedAnna SzabelskaBarnabas SzasziEwa SzumowskaAnirudh TagatSusanne TäuberLouis TayStuti ThapaJason ThatcherDomna TsaklakidouLars TummersElise TurkovichMelba Verra TutorKarolina UrbanskaAnna Elisabeth van ’t VeerMarcel van AssenNiels van de VenRuben van den GoorberghElisabeth Julie VargoLeigh Ann VaughnSimine VazireJentien M. VermeulenDiem Thi Hong VoVictor VolkmanEric-Jan WagenmakersDeliah WagnerLukasz WalasekFrank WalterLara WarmelinkLiuqing WeiMarie Isabelle WeißflogNicholas WellerAaron L. WichmanJonathan WilbiksJamal R. WilliamsKelly WolfeFinnian WortRyan WrightJesper N. WulffXindong XueVeronica X. YanYuzhi YangSangsuk YoonIris ŽeželjYinxian ZhangIgnazio ZianoCristina ZogmaisterZorana ZupanRolf A. ZwaanBrian A. NosekTimothy M. Errington doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10078-y Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10078-y 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10078-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10078-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10333-w Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10333-w

A dual-action force dynamics strategy using a hard silicon template as a nanoimprinting stamp combined with inverted transfer printing is described for the manufacture of high-performance full-colour ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for active-matrix displays, while revealing electric-field reconstruction in nanoscale arrays and introducing dielectric matching to mitigate field concentration and performance degradation.]]> Lihua LinJie WangHailong HuHaolin LuoYanbin LiuXingjie YangJingnan SuDe’er LiZhongwei XuChengyu LuoYongshen YuTailiang GuoFushan Li doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10333-w Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10333-w 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10333-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10333-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10357-2 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10357-2

Superconductivity in twisted bilayer WSe2 evolves smoothly with twist angle and emerges near Fermi surface reconstruction, linking previously distinct phase diagrams and clarifying its correlated origin.]]> 2]]> Yinjie GuoJohn CenkerAmmon FischerDaniel Muñoz-SegoviaJordan PackLuke HoltzmanLennart KleblKenji WatanabeTakashi TaniguchiKatayun BarmakJames HoneAngel RubioDante M. KennesAndrew J. MillisAbhay PasupathyCory R. Dean doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10357-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10357-2 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10357-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10357-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10312-1 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10312-1

The rate of axon ensheathment varies within individual myelinating processes, resulting in chains of myelin sheaths connected by bridges consisting of thin cytoplasmic processes that provide flexibility for myelination of highly branched axons.]]> Cody L. CallSarah A. NeelyJason J. EarlyOwen G. JamesLida ZoupiAnna C. WilliamsYu Kang T. XuSiddharthan ChandranDavid A. LyonsKelly R. MonkDwight E. Bergles doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10312-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10312-1 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10312-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10312-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10340-x Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10340-x

The seventh cholera pandemic, driven by El Tor Vibrio cholerae, evolved separately in Bangladesh and India, with the Ganges Basin acting as the global source, and its evolution has been shaped by phage defence system changes, influencing severity and transmission.]]> Amber BartonMokibul Hassan AfradAlyce Taylor-BrownNisha SinghChetan ThakurTaufiqul IslamSadia Isfat Ara RahmanMarjahan AkhtarYasmin Ara BegumTaufiqur Rahman BhuiyanAshraful Islam KhanNeelam TanejaNicholas R. ThomsonFirdausi Qadri doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10340-x Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10340-x 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10340-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10340-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09844-9 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09844-9

When 100 social and behavioural science claims were examined, 34% of reanalyses closely matched the original results, with 74% reaching the same conclusion, revealing limited robustness of single-path analyses and the need to address analytical uncertainty.]]> Balazs AczelBarnabas SzasziHarry T. ClellandMarton KovacsFelix HolzmeisterDon van RavenzwaaijHannah Schulz-KümpelSabine HoffmannGustav NilsonneLivia KosaZoltan A. TormaYousuf AbdelfatahChristopher L. AbersonOguz A. AcarEnsar AcemMatus AdamkovicTimofey AdamovichKrisna AdiastoLove AhnströmAtakan M. AkilAdil S. Al-BusaidiAli H. Al-HoorieCasper J. AlbersPeter J. AllenTaym AlsaltiMicah AltmanShilaan AlzahawiEttore AmbrosiniSaule AnafinovaRahul AnandMartin AngererAriadna Angulo-BrunetAlberto AntoniettiJozsef AratoAndreu ArenasMarco M. AviñaFlavio AzevedoMarko BachlBence BagoŠtěpán BahníkBradley J. BakerElza BalayanCassandra L. BaldwinBenjamin BanaiKasia BanasFrantišek BartošErnest BaskinJojanneke A. BastiaansenNadège BaultChristopher W. BaumanQuintin H. BeazerMaciej BehnkeTheiss BendixenSebastian BergerAnna BernardUrsa BernardicPaul A. BloomAnnika BoldtCiril Bosch-RosaRotem Botvinik-NezerAdam BouyamournOzge BozkurtLaurel BrehmJohannes BreuerRyan BriggsHilmar BrohmerErin BuchananJohannes BuckenmaierJeffrey BuckleyJacek BucznyMatthias BurghartBilal H. ButtNick ByrdValentina CafarelliPatrick CallahanTabaré CapitánKevin CarriereAndrea M. CataldoGabriel CepaluniEugene ChanJesse J. ChandlerChia-chen ChangXi ChenShirley Shuo ChenFadong ChenHao ChenValerii ChirkovDaniela CialfiBeth ClarkeSophie G. CoelhoClara CohenJason CollinsSusan W. CookGaia CorlazzoliJamie CumminsChristian CzymaraJonathan D’hondtAnna Dalla RosaAbi M. B. DavisCharles P. DavisMartin V. DayFreya De KeyzerJoshua R. de LeeuwTjeerd Rudmer de VriesRamit DebnathFilip DechterenkoElif E. DemiralMarc DesgroseilliersDominik DianovicsVeronica DiveicaStephan Dochow-SondershausSimone DohleLiChen DongJonas DoraAngela R. DorroughAnna DreberHongfei DuJohn E. EdlundAnita EerlandEmir EfendićJacob ElderMahmoud M. ElsherifMareike ErnstEduardo EstradaLuis EudaveThomas R. EvansArodi FarreraEl Mehdi FerrouhiLenka FialaFabrício M. FialhoJoshua L. FiechterMiloš FišarPablo Ezequiel Flores-KanterMichał FolwarcznyJessica L. FossumVithor R. FrancoRené FreichelDanilo FreireJoris FreseAlexander C. FurnasJohann D. GaeblerLisa C. GajaryCarl Michael GalangBenjamin GanschowS. Mason GarrisonAgata GasiorowskaBruno Gasparotto PonneRomain GauriotAlice GeminianiDiogo GeraldesMorton Ann GernsbacherCinzia GianiEnrico GlereanVukašin GligorićTimo GnambsAmélie GodefroidtBastián González-BustamanteAndreas GoreisLorenz Graf-VlachyManuel GriederDmitry GrigoryevSandra GrinschglDavid J. GrüningJoão F. Guassi MoreiraClément GuichetLilas GurgandHooman HabibniaAndrew C. HafenbrackSebastian HafenbrädlCarolin HäffnerFelix HagemeisterMatthew HaighNandor HajduNarges HajimoladarvishJonathan D. HallMaik HamjediersRobert M. HardwickMehmet HarmaNicholas R. HarpÁron D. HartvigRaphael H. HeibergerArthur HeimØystein HernæsDennis HernausTom HeymanJoshua HicksJeremy HogeveenJulia HöplerSean Dae HoulihanChristoph HuberConor HughesTeresa HummlerKaroline HuthMoritz IngendahlTatsunori IshiiOzan IslerKamil IzydorczakIain R. JacksonAndrew JahnMaitri JainAlexander JakubowDaisung JangJunHyeok JangMarc JekelFanli JiaWilliam Jiménez-LealRebecca JohnsonAlex JonesSebastian JungkunzPavol KačmárCaspar KaiserYağmur KalaycıJaroslaw KantorowiczAnıl KarabulutJulian D. KarchHamid Karimi-RouzbahaniJohannes A. KarlAustėja KažemekaitytėAliaksandr KazlouZoltan KekecsJin KimMichael H. KirchlerBence Kiss-DobronyiKai N. KlasmeierJack W. KleinCemal KobaMarta KołczyńskaPavlos KoliasMatěj Kolouch GrabovskýMax KorbmacherŽiva KordaMarta KowalAndré KretzschmarVladislav KrivoshchekovAngelos-Miltiadis KrypotosMarcus KubschYoshihiko KunisatoDavid LackoJan R. LandwehrMartin LangeHongmi LeeDaniel LeeSangil LeeEdward P. Lemay Jr.Daniel LempertAndrea LeoElise LesageJoel M. LevinPeng LiJing LinLuke LindsayDaria LisovojMeng LiuSihong LiuTingshu LiuSergio Lo IaconoPaul LodderRubén López-BuenoRuben Lopez-NicolasKatharina LoterNigel Mantou LouAndrey LovakovJackson G. LuJonas LudwigFinn LuebberJiří LukavskýCharles Q. LuoXuanyu LyuEsther MaassenMartin MáčelMichael L. MackChristopher R. MadanAndreas MädebachJoseph Maffly-KippDaniel J. MallinsonIgor MarchettiTyler MarghetisMatteo M. MariniDiego Marino FagesMayte MartínezMario MartinoliAidas MasiliunasSébastien MassoniKaleb C. MathieuStefan MayerDuncan J. MayerMaren MayerEthan M. McCormickIan M. McDonoughAmanda L. McGowanMiranda M. McIntyrePaul McKeeArmando N. MeierPascal F. MeierHelena MeleroChristoph MerkleRaphael MerzMichalis P. MichaelidesPatrik MichaelsenGosia MikolajczakWladislaw MillPhilip MillrothKirill G. MiroshnikMichal MisiakYouri L. MoraDavid MoreauChris MorehCoby MorvinskiFaisal MushtaqTamás NagyChrista NaterElias NaumannGorka NavarreteStephan NebeAndre NedderhoffRichard NennstielMartin NeugebauerEliana Nicolaisen-SobeskyYngwie A. NielsenGuiomar NisoBenjamin NowakMehmet OkanKenneth OngAdrian I. OnicasChristian OswaldKasper OttenShubham PandeyMyrto PantaziPaolo PapalePhilip PärnametsShiva PauerYuri G. PavlovSamuel PawelJonathan E. PeelleHannah K. PeetzAnton PeezFrancesca PesciarelliBrenton D. PetersonBenjamin PetruželkaJonas PetterJan PfänderGerit PfuhlJoseph PhillipsMatthew T. PietrykaAngelo PirroneIlse L. PitAnna PlachtiIrene Sophia PlankMatteo PlonerRussell A. PoldrackMonique M. H. PollmannSimon PorcherPatrick PrägAndrew Adrian Y. PuaJessica PugelRohan PuriMarcell PüskiSetayesh RadkaniLouis RaesIsmaël RafaïKlara RaiberSteve RathjeRaphael RehmsMikhail ReshetnikovCaleb J. ReynoldsJames P. ReynoldsKévin RigaudCharlie RiouxSebastian RiveraOlly RobertsonRafael Román-CaballeroIvan RopovikLukas RöselerRobert M. RossAmanda RotellaFranziska F. RüfferFelix RuscheMassimo RusconiIrene RussoAlexander H. J. SahmJanos SalamonMargaret SamahitaAli SanaeiArshiya SangchooliAlexandra SarafoglouMichele ScandolaHenning SchaakMichael SchaererEric ScharesHayden T. SchillingXenia SchmalzKathleen SchmidtTom SchonbergMarcel R. SchreinerJoris M. SchröderAnna-Lena SchubertBrendan SchuetzeDouglas H. SchultzLars SchulzeShawn T. SchwartzNicole SchwitterBermond ScogginsYashvin SeetahulRaffaello SeriDavid R. ShanksStacy T. ShawJoseph ShawQiang ShenChristoph SiemrothMartina SladekovaAngela SomoArjun SondhiBurak SonmezLisa SpantigMaarten SpeekenbrinkAngelos StamosLukasz StasielowiczLeonie C. SteckermeierSimon R. SteinkampAndrea H. StoevenbeltChris N. H. StreetJordan W. SuchowHans Fredrik SundeJames SundquistVsevolod SuschevskiyScott D. SwainPeter SzecsiRaluca D. Szekely-CopîndeanEwa SzumowskaAlessandro TacconelliEli TalbertJohn P. TangJorge N. TendeiroMartina TestoriEnrico ToffaliniAleksandar TomaševićSelin TopelLasse TorkkeliLeonardo TozziJakub TraczykAlexander TrinidadDarinka TrübutschekKonrad TurekMaximiliane UhlichEric L. UhlmannKarolina UrbanskaJasper Van AsscheMarcel A. L. M. van AssenNoah N. N. van DongenKenny van LieshoutRoel van VeldhuizenMarton A. VargaLeigh Ann VaughnFruzsina VenczelMichela VezzoliPaul VierusAntonino VisalliEmily VoldalFabio VottaEric-Jan WagenmakersAnica WaldendorfMatthew J. WalkerMatthew B. WallHenri WallenKe WangIris WangY. Andre WangMarkus WeinmannMartin WeißChristian WestheideAaron WichmanJuliane C. WilckeBenedict J. WilliamsDavid WisniewskiThomas K. A. WoiczykMateusz WoźniakJoshua D. WrightWu YouyouJesper N. WulffTao YangSiu Kit YeungKenneth S. L. YuenMichał ZawistowskiRizqy A. ZeinXian ZhaoZefan ZhengSteven ZhouConrad ZillerDavid ZimmermanCristina ZogmaisterRo’i ZultanNicholas FoxTimothy M. ErringtonBrian A. Nosek doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09844-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09844-9 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09844-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09844-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10364-3 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10364-3

A dual-symmetry-guided strategy is used to assemble a broad class of complex Archimedean lattices and two-dimensional quasicrystalline structures, providing a general and experimentally accessible route to complex-symmetry materials.]]> Huang FangXiaotian LiWensi SunChengxin WangNuo ChenYining GanJiping HuangYuqiang MaHajime TanakaPeng Tan doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10364-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10364-3 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10364-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10364-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10284-2 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10284-2

Megachelicerax cousteaui gen. et sp. nov. is a large soft-bodied arthropod from the middle Cambrian of Utah featuring massive three-segmented chelicerae, along with five pairs of pseudobiramous prosomal limbs with non-foliaceous exopodal rami, and plate-like lamellae-bearing opisthosomal appendages.]]> Rudy Lerosey-AubrilJavier Ortega-Hernández doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10284-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10284-2 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10284-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10284-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10348-3 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10348-3

The I3 pharyngeal enteric neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans detects high-salt conditions, and the GLR-9 ionotropic salt receptor expressed specifically in I3 regulates genes related to salt stress resistance in distal tissues.]]> Jihye YeonJinmahn KimKoji SatoStephen NurrishLaurie ChenNikhila KrishnanSam BatesSayoko IharaSina RasouliCharmi PorwalVivek VenkatachalamKazushige TouharaPiali Sengupta doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10348-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10348-3 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10348-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10348-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10296-y Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10296-y

In mice, a circuit between the spinal cord and various regions of the brain, centring on spinal-cord-projecting neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla, has a key role in driving chronic pain.]]> Qian WangJoo Han LeeGregory NachtrabYuan YuanLei YuanWei QiManuel A. MohrJing XiongMark A. HorowitzXiaoke Chen doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10296-y Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10296-y 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10296-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10296-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10303-2 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10303-2

A fully automated methodology based on rubrics capturing a broad range of cognitive and intellectual demands is illustrated using LLMs and tasks, demonstrating a new way to evaluate the capabilities of AI systems and anticipate their performance.]]> Lexin ZhouLorenzo PacchiardiFernando Martínez-PlumedKatherine M. CollinsYael Moros-DavalSeraphina ZhangQinlin ZhaoYitian HuangLuning SunJonathan E. PruntyZongqian LiPablo Sánchez-GarcíaKexin Jiang-ChenPablo A. M. CasaresJiyun ZuJohn BurdenBehzad MehrbakhshDavid StillwellManuel CebrianJindong WangPeter HendersonSherry Tongshuang WuPatrick C. KyllonenLucy ChekeXing XieJosé Hernández-Orallo doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10303-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10303-2 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10303-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10303-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10204-4 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10204-4

A set of hydroxy promoters physically mixed with cobalt oxides for syngas to light olefins conversion using Fischer–Tropsch synthesis is shown to boost catalyst performance as well as simplifying the process and increasing sustainability.]]> Yu HanJiafeng YuJian WeiChuanyan FangJianxiang HanYannan SunHuaican ChenWen YinLi TanNing WangQingjie GeJian Sun doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10204-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10204-4 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10204-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10204-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10331-y Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10331-y

A brain–machine interface is used in monkeys to investigate the biophysical underpinnings of cortical high gamma-band activity, a signal that is often studied in the context of many brain functions.]]> Tianhao LeiMichael R. ScheidRobert D. FlintJoshua I. GlaserMarc W. Slutzky doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10331-y Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10331-y 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10331-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10331-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10251-x Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x

Robustness checks and reproduction of analyses with existing and updated data based on 110 articles in economics and political science journals with data and code-sharing requirements found high levels of robustness and reproducibility and determined that robustness was not dependent on author characteristics or data availability.]]> Abel BrodeurDerek MikolaNikolai CookLenka FialaThomas BraileyRyan BriggsAlexandra de GendreYannick DuprazJacopo GabaniRomain GauriotJoanne HaddadGoncalo LimaJörg Ankel-PetersAnna DreberDouglas CampbellLamis KattanDiego Marino FagesFabian MierischPu SunTaylor WrightMarie ConnollyFernando Hoces de la GuardiaMagnus JohannessonEdward MiguelLars VilhuberAlejandro AbarcaMahesh AcharyaSossou Simplice AdjisseAhwaz AkhtarEduardo Alberto Ramirez LizardiSabina AlbrechtSynøve Nygaard AndersenZubaria AndlibFalak ArroraThomas AshEtienne BacherSebastian BachlerFélix BaconManuel BaguesTimea BaloghAlisher BatmanovMara BarschkettBarış Kaan BasdilJaromír BaxaSascha O. BeckerMonica BeederLouis-Philippe BelandAbdel-Hamid BelloDaniel Benenson MarkovitsGrant BenjaminThomas BergeronMoussa P. BlimpoMarco BinettiCarl BonanderJoseph BonneauEndre BorbáthNicolai BorgenSolveig Topstad BorgenJonathan BorowskyElisa BriniMyriam BrownMartin BrunStephan BrunsNino BuliskeriaAndrea CalefAlistair CameronPamela CampaSantiago Campos-RodríguezGiulio Giacomo CantoneFenella CarpenaPerry Jess CarterPaul Castañeda DowerOndrej CastekJill Caviglia-HarrisGabriella Chauca StrandShi ChenSya In ChzhenJong ChungJason CollinsAlexander CoppockHugo CordeauBen CouillardJonathan CrechetLorenzo CrippaJing CuiChristian CzymaraHaley DaarstadDanh Chi DaoDaniel DaoMarco David SchmandtAstrid de LindeLucas De MeloLachlan DeerMicole De VeraVelichka DimitrovaJan Fabian DollbaumJan Matti DollbaumMichael DonnellyLuu Duc Toan HuynhTsvetomira DumbalskaJamie DuncanKiet Tuan DuongThibaut DupreyChristoph DworschakSigmund EllingsrudAli ElminejadYasmine EissaAndrea ErhartGiulian Etingin-FratiElaheh FatemipourAlexa FedericeJan FeldGuidon FenigMojtaba FirouzjaeiangalougahErlend FleisjeAlexandre FortiFriter-ChouinardJulia Francesca EngelNadjim FréchetReid FortierTilman FriesMichael James FrithThomas GalipeauSebastian GallegosAreez GangjiXiaoying GaoCloé GarnacheAttila GáspárEvelina GavrilovaArijit GhoshGarreth GibneyGrant GibsonGeir GodagerLeonard GoffDa GongJavier GonzálezJeremy D. GrettonCristina GriffaIdaliya GrigoryevaMaja GrøttingEric GuntermannJiaqi GuoAlexi GugushviliHooman HabibniaSonja HäffnerJonathan D. HallOlle HammarAmund Hanson KordtBarry HashimotoJonathan S. HartleyCarina I. HausladenTomáš HavránekHarry HeMatthew HepplewhiteMario Herrera-RodriguezFelix HeuerAnthony HeyesAnson T. Y. HoJonathan HolmesArmando HolzknechtYu-Hsiang Dexter HsuShiang-Hung HuYu-Shiuan HuangMathias HuebenerChristoph HuberKim P. HuynhZuzana IrsovaOzan IslerNiklas JakobssonRaphaël JananjiTharaka A. JayalathMichael JetterJenny JohnRachel Joy ForshawFelipe JuanValon KadriuSunny KarimEdmund KellyDuy Khanh Hoang DangTazia KhushbooJin KimGustav KjellssonAnders KjelsrudAndreas KotsadamJori KorpershoekLewis KrashinskySuranjana KunduAlexander KustovNurlan LalayevAudrée LangloisJill LauferBlake Lee-WhitingAndreas LeibingGabriel LenzJoel LevinPeng LiTongzhe LiYuchen LinAriel ListoDan LiuXuewen LuElvina LukmanovaAlex LuscombeLester R. LusherKe LyuHai MaNicolas MäderClifton MakateAlice MalmbergAdit MaitraMarco MandasJan MarcusShushanik MargaryanLili MárkAndres MartignanoAbigail MarshIsabella MasettoAnthony McCannyEmma McManusRyan McWayLennard MetsonJonas Minet KingeSumit MishraMyra MohnenJakob MoellerRosalie MontambeaultSébastien MontpetitLouis-Philippe MorinTodd MorrisScott MoserFabio Yoshio Suguri MotokiLucija MuehlenbachsAndreea MusulanMarco MusumeciMunirul NabinKarim NchareFlorian NeubauerQuan M. P. NguyenTuan NguyenViet Nguyen-TienAli NiaziGiorgi NikolaishviliArdyn NordstromPatrick NüßAngela OdermattMatt OlsonHenning ØienTim ÖlkersMiquel Oliver i VertEmre OralChristian OswaldAli OusmanÖmer ÖzakShubham PandeyAlexandre PavlovMartino PelliRomeo PenheiroRyuGyung ParkEva Pérez MartelTereza PetrovičováLinh PhanAlexa PrettymanJakub ProcházkaAqila PutriJulian QuandtKangyu QiuLoan Quynh Thi NguyenAndaleeb RahmanCarson H. ReaAdam ReiremoLaëtitia RenéeJoseph RichardsonNicholas RiversBruno RodriguesWilliam RoelofsTobias RoemerOle RogebergJulian RoseAndrew Roskos-EwoldsenPaul RosmerBarbara SabadaSoodeh SaberianNicolas SalamancaGeorg SatorDaniel ScatesElmar SchlüterCameron SellsSharmi SenRitika SethiAnna ShcherbiakMoyosore SogaoluMatt SoosaluErik Ø. SørensenManali SovaniNoah SpencerStefan StaubliRenske StansAnya StewartFelix StipsKieran StockleyStephenson StrobelEthan StrubyJohn P. TangIdil TanriseverThomas Tao YangIpek TastanDejan TatićBenjamin TatlowFéraud Tchuisseu SeuyongRémi ThériaultVincent ThiviergeWenjie TianFilip-Mihai TomaMaddalena TotarelliVan-Anh TranHung TruongNikita TsoyKerem TuzcuogluDiego UbfalLaura VillalobosJulian WalterskirchenJoseph Tao-yi WangVasudha WattalMatthew D. WebbBryan S. WeberReinhard WeisserWei-Chien WengChristian WestheideKimberly WhiteJacob WinterTimo WochnerMatt WoermanJared WongRitchie WoodardMarcin WrońskiMyra YazbeckGustav Chung YangLuther YapKareman YassinHao YeJin Young YoonChris YurrisTahreen ZahraMirela ZanevaAline ZayatJonathan ZhangZiwei ZhaoYaolang Zhong doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10251-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00803-6 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00803-6

A catalyst with two cobalt components potentially opens the way to sustainable processes for manufacturing light olefins — key ingredients for making plastics and detergents.]]> Jingxiu Xie doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00803-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00803-6 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00803-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00803-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00978-y Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00978-y

The astronauts will fly by the far side of the Moon in the coming days, taking in views never seen by the human eye.]]> Alexandra Witze doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00978-y Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00978-y 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00978-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00978-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00806-3 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00806-3

Modified nitazenes, opioids 1,000 times stronger than morphine, show remarkably few adverse effects in rodents, renewing the potential of these drugs for pain relief.]]> Victor MathisEmmanuel Darcq doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00806-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00806-3 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00806-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00806-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01023-8 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01023-8

Limited methods and a lack of guidance around diagnostic criteria mean that many scientists are reluctant to use the term addiction.]]> Dar Meshi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01023-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01023-8 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01023-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01023-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00264-x Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00264-x

Keeping up with distressing news is affecting some researchers’ mental health and their scientific work.]]> Diana Kwon doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00264-x Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00264-x 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00264-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00264-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00969-z Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00969-z

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.]]> Miryam NaddafElizabeth Quill doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00969-z Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00969-z 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00969-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00969-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01097-4 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01097-4

The science that NASA’s latest Moon mission will conduct, and why some researchers aren’t fussed about it. Plus, the status of the bird flu outbreak in US cows and what publishers can do about hallucinated citations in scientific literature.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01097-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01097-4 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01097-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01097-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00931-z Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00931-z

The contrail clouds formed by jet engines contribute to global warming. In-flight measurements of the particles emitted and contrails produced by a passenger jet show that contrails are formed through different mechanisms, depending on the soot-emission level and the fuel composition, potentially reshaping our understanding of the climate impact of aviation.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00931-z Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00931-z 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00931-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00931-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00955-5

Results from massive, ‘eagerly awaited’ initiative reinforce concerns about the credibility of science — but raise hope for solutions.]]> Nicola Jones doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00955-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00955-5 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00955-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00807-2 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00807-2

Spiders and scorpions belong to a group called chelicerates, which are arthropods with pincers at the front of their head. Fossil evidence reveals how this group evolved.]]> James C. Lamsdell doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00807-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00807-2 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00807-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00807-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00684-9 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00684-9

A large-scale assessment of the reproducibility and robustness of 110 articles published in leading economics and political-science journals finds that more than 85% were computationally reproducible, and 72% of statistically significant results remained significant and in the same direction in robustness checks. About 25% of the evaluated articles contained non‑trivial coding errors.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00684-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00684-9 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00684-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00684-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00616-7 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00616-7

There’s something brewing.]]> Hall Jameson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00616-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00616-7 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00616-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00616-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00965-3 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00965-3

A package of papers looking at the social and behavioural sciences shows the value of researchers collaborating to further the cause of reproducible, replicable and robust findings.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00965-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00965-3 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00965-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00965-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00972-4 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00972-4

Psychologist Brian Nosek’s latest work indicates that many results in the social sciences don’t stand up to immediate scrutiny. But that’s the beginning of a conversation, not the end, he explains to Nature.]]> Nicola Jones doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00972-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00972-4 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00972-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00972-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00805-4 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00805-4

Three experts discuss lessons learnt from a large-scale dissection of the reproducibility, analytical robustness and replicability of published results.]]> Alfredo Sánchez-TójarJelte M. WichertsRobb Willer doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00805-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00805-4 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00805-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00805-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00808-1 Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00808-1

The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis shaped history by providing a way of making liquid fuels from coal. It is now causing a stir again as a route to sustainable fuels.]]> Ferdi Schüth doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00808-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-04-01; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00808-1 2026-04-01 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00808-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00808-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10335-8 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10335-8

Author Correction: Signatures of ambient pressure superconductivity in thin film La₃Ni₂O₇]]> 3Ni₂O₇]]> Eun Kyo KoYijun YuYidi LiuLopa BhattJiarui LiVivek ThampyCheng-Tai KuoBai Yang WangYonghun LeeKyuho LeeJun-Sik LeeBerit H. GoodgeDavid A. MullerHarold Y. Hwang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10335-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10335-8 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10335-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10335-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10442-6 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10442-6

Structure of the mouse cytoplasmic lattice]]> Pengliang ChiXiang WangJialu LiJingrui HuangSicheng JuSibei LiuLi YanYuechao LuZihan ZhangZhuo HanJinhong LiQianqian QiQingting LiuYiren ZengLi GuoXiaofeng ZhangLong GuiDong Deng doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10442-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10442-6 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10442-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10442-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10389-8 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10389-8

Author Correction: Phenome-wide analysis of copy number variants in 470,727 UK Biobank genomes]]> Xueqing Zoe ZouFengyuan HuHaiyi LouOliver S. BurrenXiaoyin LiKaryn MegyEleanor WheelerQiang WuSantosh S. AtanurMarcin KarpinskiDouglas LoeschZammy Fairhurst-HunterSri V. V. DeeviErin OertonSean WenXiao JiangCecilia SalvoroJonathan MitchellAbhishek NagBen HollisAmanda O’NeillLauren Anderson-DringMohammad Bohlooly-YLisa BuvallSophia Cameron-ChristieBram PrinsSuzanne CohenRegina F. DanielsonAndrew DavisWei DingBrian DoughertyManik GargBenjamin GeorgiAndrew HarperCarolina HaefligerMårten HammarRichard N. HannaIan HenryKousik KunduZhongwu LaiMark LalGlenda LassiYupu LiangMargarida LopesKieren LythgowMeeta Maisuria-ArmerRuth MarchDorota MatelskaRob MenziesErik MichaëlssonBill MowreyDaniel MuthasYoichiro OhneBenjamin PullmanSonja HessArwa RaiesAnna ReznichenkoXavier Romero RosHelen StevensIoanna TachmazidouCoralie ViolletDimitrios VitsiosAnna WalentinssonLily WangQing-Dong WangAnna CuomoDaniel Elias Martin HerranzJared O’ConnellJorge L. Del-AguilaAnish KonkarBenjamin ChallisAdam PlattTatiana OrtJames GarnettXiao-Rong PengGabrielle BaumbergNatalia FrydrychLuca StefanucciAnna SzymaniakAnna Maria TsakiroglouRahul SharmaJen HarrowStewart MacArthurSebastian WasilewskiSean O’DellLifeng TianKatherine R. SmithGuillermo del AngelMargarete FabreRyan S. DhindsaQuanli WangSlavé PetrovskiKeren Carss doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10389-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10389-8 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10389-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10389-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01009-6 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01009-6

Schrödinger’s carbon’: The misclassification of carbon capture and storage as standard mitigation]]> Rosalie Arendt doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01009-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01009-6 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01009-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01009-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00912-2 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00912-2

A curious species of rabbit is detected in the lab, and bullfinches learn the art of primrose eating, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00912-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00912-2 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00912-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00912-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01002-z Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01002-z

Astronomers have spotted a second planet taking shape from the material orbiting a young star — only the second such example known.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01002-z Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01002-z 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01002-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01002-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00997-9 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00997-9

A responsible authorship culture is needed — it is a collective responsibility]]> Véronique KiermerKirsten Bibbins-DomingoMagdalena Skipper doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00997-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00997-9 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00997-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00997-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01008-7 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01008-7

AI used in warfare needs a strong ethical framework]]> Yana SuchikovaSerhii Nazarovets doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01008-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01008-7 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01008-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01008-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00966-2 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00966-2

Even when artificial-intelligence tools aid individuals’ decision-making, they can quietly de-skill whole professions by narrowing how uncertainties and values are debated.]]> Sylvie Delacroix doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00966-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00966-2 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00966-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00966-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00964-4 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00964-4

Set to lift off this week, the NASA flight will take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.]]> Alexandra Witze doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00964-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00964-4 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00964-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00964-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01055-0 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01055-0

Concerns about boys are widespread, but evidence shows that worries are best understood in the context of all young people. Plus, the month’s best science images and a whole new way that vertebrates slurp.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01055-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01055-0 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01055-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01055-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00901-5 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00901-5

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.]]> Miryam NaddafFred Schwaller doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00901-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00901-5 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00901-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00901-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00968-0 Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00968-0

Some data suggest that boys and young men are struggling with school, health and masculinity. But does talk of a male crisis further sideline women and girls?]]> Helen Pearson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00968-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00968-0 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00968-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00968-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00987-x Nature, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00987-x

Some researchers remain underwhelmed by NASA’s upcoming lunar fly-by.]]> Elizabeth GibneyDavide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00987-x Nature, Published online: 2026-03-31; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00987-x 2026-03-31 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00987-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00987-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01012-x Nature, Published online: 30 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01012-x

A thin layer of carbon on the surface of oxide grains changes how they exchange static charge.]]> Shamini Bundell doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01012-x Nature, Published online: 2026-03-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01012-x 2026-03-30 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01012-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01012-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00973-3 Nature, Published online: 30 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00973-3

Anne Poelina gives first authorship to a source with deep knowledge about water — the river itself.]]> Lesley Evans Ogden doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00973-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-03-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00973-3 2026-03-30 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00973-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00973-3