Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community. http://feeds.nature.com/nature/rss/current Nature Publishing Group en © 2026 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. Nature © 2026 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. permissions@nature.com https://www.nature.com/uploads/product/nature/rss.png http://feeds.nature.com/nature/rss/current https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03568-0 Nature, Published online: 05 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03568-0

Policies designed to keep women in the workforce could be entrenching gendered parenting roles.]]> Rachel Fieldhouse doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03568-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-05; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03568-0 2026-11-05 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03568-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03568-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03487-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03487-0

How similar are vertebrate and invertebrate sleeping behaviours? An analysis of spiders offers insights about how sleep evolved.]]> Mary Abraham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03487-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03487-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03487-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03487-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03539-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03539-5

Simulation shows that hesitating can be the difference between making it to safety and not.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03539-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03539-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03539-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03539-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03586-y Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03586-y

Innovative polymer could give the manual toothbrush its first radical redesign in more than 1,000 years.]]> Elizabeth Gibney doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03586-y Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03586-y 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03586-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03586-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03537-7 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7

Astronomers spot an unprecedented double disk of debris around a dead star.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03537-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03344-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0

Information on the methodology used in the ranking for the 2026 Nature Spotlight: Neuroscience.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03344-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03582-2 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03582-2

Genomes from thousands of ancient individuals show how migrations helped shape Celtic and Germanic languages — plus, how the brain may regulate emotions differently than we thought.]]> Shamini BundellNick Petrić Howe doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03582-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03582-2 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03582-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03582-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11368-9 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11368-9

Carbon radical generation by irreversible metal-to-ligand charge transfer]]> Zhiqiang WeiXiang LiLin XiaoYu HeZhao LiuKaidi ZhuChuanfa NiXiao-Song XueJinbo Hu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11368-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11368-9 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11368-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11368-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03173-1 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1

Parkinson’s disease might develop in the gut before reaching the brain, and the environment could have a crucial role in triggering the disease.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03173-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03552-8 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03552-8

Self-driving lab in China requires only a simple prompt to encode messages in DNA and read them out.]]> Heidi Ledford doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03552-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03552-8 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03552-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03552-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03369-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03369-5

It all adds up.]]> Chao Liu doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03369-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03369-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03369-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03369-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03423-2 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2

The duration of short ångström-wavelength X-ray pulses, which lasted merely 170 attoseconds, has finally been measured accurately. The optical system designed for precision pulse duration metrology can be used as a ‘stopwatch’ to measure the rapid motion of electrons inside atoms and molecules, too.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03423-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03343-1 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1

Some countries are introducing sweeping social-media bans for young people, but the impact of screen time is still under investigation.]]> Bianca Nogrady doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03343-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03579-x Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03579-x

Researchers hope that US lawmakers will push back against the Trump administration’s science policies — but there are limits to what Congress can do.]]> Dan GaristoMax Kozlov doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03579-x Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03579-x 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03579-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03579-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03169-x Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03169-x

The disease is thought to be divided into two subtypes, depending on where it originates in the body — the gut or the brain.]]> Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03169-x Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03169-x 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03169-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03169-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03581-3 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3

Thousands of genome sequences identify human migrations that might have spread early forms of these tongues around Europe.]]> Ewen Callaway doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03581-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03270-1 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03270-1

An AI system coordinates laboratory instruments to conduct multi-step molecular-biology experiments with limited human intervention.]]> James Zou doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03270-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03270-1 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03270-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03270-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03171-3 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3

Brains are resilient. Harnessing their self-protective mechanisms might help to prevent or slow the progression of this neurodegenerative condition.]]> Sarah DeWeerdt doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03171-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03593-z Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03593-z

Enjoy the month’s best science images. Plus, an outbreak of anthrax in African hippos and the places where biodiversity drops after humans leave.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03593-z Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03593-z 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03593-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03593-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03167-z Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03167-z

Most Parkinson’s therapies aim to reduce the motor-control symptoms that the disease triggers. But stem-cell transplants in the brain could alter the disease at a more fundamental level.]]> Joohi Jimenez-Shahed doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03167-z Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03167-z 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03167-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03167-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03165-1 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03165-1

Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a disease that affects millions of people worldwide.]]> Herb Brody doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03165-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03165-1 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03165-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03165-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03544-8 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03544-8

It might seem counterproductive to put more people in nature, but sometimes human activity nurtures biodiversity.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03544-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03544-8 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03544-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03544-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03563-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03563-5

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.]]> Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03563-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03563-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03563-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03563-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03271-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03271-0

Males of a Drosophila species that thrives on a particular fruit need the smell of food to begin courtship. This environmental cue acts on defined mating circuits in the brain.]]> Thomas O. Auer doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03271-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03271-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03271-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03271-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03172-2 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03172-2

Targeting a new network, addressing gait issues and other advances from recent studies.]]> Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03172-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03172-2 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03172-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03172-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03264-z Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03264-z

An exciting imaging approach reveals how discs of soft tissue in the spine respond to compressive force at the micrometre and nanometre scales.]]> Hanna Isaksson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03264-z Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03264-z 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03264-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03264-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03566-2 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03566-2

A clinical trial in three people tested a combination of gene-laden viruses and a drug.]]> Mariana Lenharo doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03566-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03566-2 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03566-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03566-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03269-8 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03269-8

The process of making protein from RNA can go awry in cancer cells. This malfunction might be harnessed to create an effective gene-therapy tool that targets tumours.]]> Lorenzo ValcanoverReuven Agami doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03269-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03269-8 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03269-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03269-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03295-6 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03295-6

An image-processing framework for detecting exoplanets directly has been developed. The technique overcomes the telescope-stability barrier that has limited previous methods, reveals fainter exoplanets than other approaches can detect and could make imaging exo-Earths easier for future observatories.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03295-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03295-6 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03295-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03295-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03267-w Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03267-w

A re-examination of a randomized controlled trial for a health-advice intervention reveals ripple effects and altered relationships in communities in rural Honduras.]]> Joana Gonçalves-SáAna Maria Jaramillo doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03267-w Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03267-w 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03267-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03267-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03168-y Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03168-y

Neuroscientists are developing a new type of brain implant that will decode every movement and symptom of people with this neurodegenerative condition, seeking better ways to ease symptoms.]]> Liam Drew doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03168-y Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03168-y 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03168-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03168-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03580-4 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03580-4

The latest cases, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, come as the country grapples with ongoing Ebola and cholera outbreaks.]]> Mohana BasuRachel Fieldhouse doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03580-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03580-4 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03580-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03580-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03505-1 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03505-1

For decades, conservation has worried about the risks of too many people. In some places, depopulation is the real threat.]]> Emma Marris doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03505-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03505-1 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03505-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03505-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03170-4 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03170-4

Researchers and advocates point to pollutants as a trigger for the neurodegenerative condition.]]> Tammy Worth doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03170-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03170-4 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03170-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03170-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03166-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03166-0

After decades of work, researchers have begun trialling transplants of dopamine neurons into people with the neurodegenerative disease — with early signs of success.]]> Laura Dattaro doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03166-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03166-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03166-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03166-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03413-4 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03413-4

Scientists have yet to reveal how the human brain produces the subjective experience we perceive as consciousness, but research has pushed the field in exciting directions.]]> Nature investigates the theories]]> Amanda Heidt doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03413-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03413-4 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03413-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03413-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03420-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03420-5

A film of lead sulfide — an infrared-sensitive semiconductor — has been grown directly on a circuit that can read out the material’s electrical signal through an approach called monolithic in situ integration. This brings material growth and electronic integration together into a single step. The resulting image sensor shows high sensitivity for infrared wavelengths.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03420-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03420-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03420-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03420-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11218-8 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11218-8

A two-dimensional reticular triaxial woven network material is constructed by incorporating C3-symmetric macrocycles into a triangular weave pattern, enabling an extra topological dimension to be used for the construction of functional materials.]]> Mengbin WangShuai FangXuedong XiaoZhewen GuoTianyu ShanHan HanChun TangDing XiaoGuangguo WangZhongwen LiuBohan ZhaoShang LiMing LiuYan-Fang WangJinbo LiMing LiLiya ChenZhenglin DuChong YaoYizhao DuJiyong LiuJ. Fraser StoddartJonathan L. SesslerGuangfeng LiFeihe Huang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11218-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11218-8 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11218-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11218-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11133-y Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11133-y

Recent progress in photovoltaics has been investigated to translate state-of-the-art cells in the laboratory into deployable products suited to real indoor conditions, focusing on wide-bandgap absorbers, reduced non-radiative voltage losses and reshaping module design.]]> Tae Hyuk KimYong CuiJianhui HouYi HouYelim KangCanek Fuentes-HernandezShin Woei LeowJia LiSe-Woong BaekSeon Joong KimHan Young WooHae Jung SonMuhammad Ahsan SaeedGyeong Min LeeEul-Yong ShinJae-Joon LeeKyu-Jin KimJae Won Shim doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11133-y Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11133-y 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11133-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11133-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10956-z Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10956-z

Using high-throughput in vivo CAR-T double knockout screening, synergistic gene combinations to improve CAR-T cell therapy are revealed.]]> Liqun ZhouPaul A. RenauerKaiyuan TangShanshan LiZhicheng LuoYanzhi FengShawn H. LinFeifei ZhangDaniel ParkShao-Yu FangGrace VestZhihan ZhaoWilliam DorstLuojia YangChuanpeng DongXingxin PanLars KlemmS. Stephen YiNidhi SahniLei PengMarkus MüschenXiaoyu ZhouSidi Chen doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10956-z Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10956-z 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10956-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10956-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11225-9 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11225-9

A programmable neutral-atom quantum simulator is used to explore quench dynamics in spin models with up to 180 qubits, revealing prethermal dynamical phase transitions and resonant melting.]]> Siva DarbhaAlexey KhudorozhkovPedro L. S. LopesFangli LiuErmal RrapajJan BalewskiMajd HamdanPavel E. DolgirevAlexander SchuckertKatherine KlymkoSheng-Tao WangMikhail D. LukinDaan CampsMilan Kornjača doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11225-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11225-9 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11225-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11225-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11209-9 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11209-9

In Drosophila erecta, food odours initiate male sexual arousal, which is subsequently reinforced by the visual motion of other courting flies, creating a multisensory mechanism that synchronizes courtship in groups when conditions are favourable for reproduction.]]> Drosophila]]> Philipp BrandKatharine KellerRory T. ColemanNoelle B. EghbaliSarah ZylkaLucia L. Prieto-GodinoVanessa Ruta doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11209-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11209-9 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11209-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11209-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11228-6 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11228-6

AutoDNA is an artificial intelligence (AI)-native autonomous biomolecular engineering laboratory targeting multi-objective experiments across diverse instruments, realizing the co-evolution of AI and the automation system within an end-to-end multi-user framework.]]> Mingyu WuZhaoguo WangJiabin WangZhiyuan DongJingkai YangQingting LiTianyu HuangChi ZhangPing SongLei ZhaoMingqiang LiXiaolei ZuoFei WangChunhai FanHaibo Chen doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11228-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11228-6 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11228-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11228-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11148-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11148-5

The X-ray visualization platform TomoSAXS, demonstrated here on intervertebral spinal discs, can visualize nanoscale to macroscale mechanics in intact biological organs and fibrous materials.]]> Elis NewhamAlissa L. ParmenterJishizhan ChenCatherine M. DisneyTim SnowJoseph BrunetValentin VinciJakub DrnecMichael J. SherrattJudith A. HoylandAlexandre BellierBrian K. BayNick TerrillPeter D. LeeHimadri S. Gupta doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11148-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11148-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11148-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11148-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11238-4 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11238-4

Using deuterium as a proxy for hydrogen, atom probe tomography provides experimental evidence for interstitial hydrogen in solid solution across different FCC phases, consistent with theoretical predictions of hydrogen affinity, revealing hydrogen partitioning in structural alloys.]]> Chao HuangSaiyu LiuWenting LvChun ChenShangkun ShenRanming NiuZhao XuYanqi TuSiwen ShenCheng-Yun WuPang-Yu LiuKewei GaoYu YangHung-Wei YenXinping MaoEngang FuJulie CairneyXiaolu PangRongjian ShiEason Yi-Sheng Chen doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11238-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11238-4 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11238-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11238-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11177-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11177-0

Multi-omic analyses of cells from patients with glioblastoma (GB) provide insight into the role of non-genetic cellular plasticity in disease progression, showing that state stability in GB cells is controlled by a network of interacting activators and repressors.]]> Manu SaraswatLaura Rueda-GensiniElisa HeinzelmannTannia GraciaFani MemiGrant de JongJannes StraubCedar SchlooDirk C. HoffmannErik JungTim KindingerLouis MasclefBettina WeigelBryce LimFaustus TuschmannSophie WeilOliver GouldRichard MairKatharina MikulikMartin RohbeckWolfgang WickFrank WinklerOmer Ali BayraktarOliver StegleMoritz Mall doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11177-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11177-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11177-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11177-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11212-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11212-0

A high-throughput CRISPR-interference platform allows the mapping of interactions between essential genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, revealing many previously unknown genetic interactions and providing insight into gene function and drug–target relationships that could enable the development of new therapies for tuberculosis.]]> M. tuberculosis]]> Isaac J. KresseNatalie Y. SayeghVanisha Munsamy-GovenderAllen NaSamuel NitzYaprak OzakmanBarbara BoschSebastian Gonzalez Behn-EschenburgNicholas C. PoultonAbhijna K. ReddyJoshua WallachRodrigo Aguilera OlveraAnthony CastroHeather KimAndrew I. WongS. Nicolai TornowStephanie A. BuelerWayne W. H. LawMichael S. GlickmanJohn L. RubinsteinDirk SchnappingerMichael A. DeJesusJeremy M. Rock doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11212-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11212-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11212-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11212-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11226-8 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11226-8

Rationally engineered molecular spatial conjugation is used for the formation of highly ordered, conformal self-assembled molecules, enabling the fabrication of high-performance perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.]]> Zheng FangZhijie RaoChongtao LiuLei DingAnqi LvYuan QinJingwei XueVladyslav HnapovskyiFuzong XuTino LukasZhaoyu LouQingshui ZhengHuimin ZhangYue YinLuxin LuHongbo MoFu ZhangYongcai HeXixiang XuMartin StolterfohtStefaan De WolfLong JiangBo HeJun YinKai WangJiang LiuXiaohong Zhang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11226-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11226-8 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11226-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11226-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11245-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11245-5

Metrology techniques are developed to characterize and control attosecond hard X-ray pulses, directly measuring a 170-attosecond duration and enabling ultrafast studies of electronic dynamics in quantum systems.]]> Yanwen SunRiver RoblesThomas M. LinkerYing ChenDavid CesarMatthieu CholletTaran DriverVincent EspositoCarolyn GeeVeronica GuoShambhu GhimireAlex HalavanauYoshio IchiiIchiro InoueHaoyuan LiKazutaka NakaharaAlberto LutmanChance Ornelas-SkarinTaito OsakaSean OToolHarrison PasquinilliDavid A. ReisTakahiro SatoSanghoon SongNicholas SudarMark SuttonKenji TamasakuYdran WillardShao-Ci WuJames P. CryanMatthias F. KlingAgostino MarinelliDiling Zhu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11245-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11245-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11245-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11245-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11200-4 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11200-4

Codon-pair-dependent ribosomal frameshifting is a feature of translational dysregulation in cancer cells.]]> Qiuyi WangAo ChenYaoqi LiuXiaoxiao YuHao ZhangYuqiang YuPengyu ChenYue ZhangFrancis Ka-Ming ChanXiangwei GaoYuanhui Mao doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11200-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11200-4 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11200-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11200-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11198-9 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11198-9

Genome-wide data from 4,587 ancient individuals are analysed, focusing on Bronze and Iron Age Europe, to test the extent to which alternative archaeological and linguistic models for the origin and spread of Celtic fit reconstructed demographic histories.]]> Hugh McCollGuus KroonenThomaz PinottiWilliam BarrieJohn KochJohan LingJean-Paul DemouleKristian KristiansenMartin SikoraEske Willerslev doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11198-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11198-9 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11198-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11198-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11224-w Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11224-w

Longitudinal tracking of endothelial cells shows they can adapt to loss of VEGFR2 and form new functional vessels, challenging conventional views of the essential role of VEGF receptors in angiogenesis and providing insight into resistance to anti-VEGF therapies.]]> Irene Garcia-GonzalezSusana F. RochaFilipa V. OliveiraMaria S. Sanchez-MuñozMariya LytvynAroa Garcia-CaberoUte IpeMariona GrauperaTaija MäkinenRui Benedito doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11224-w Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11224-w 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11224-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11224-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11229-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11229-5

A dopamine pathway to the basolateral amygdala is necessary for associating nutrients with flavours.]]> James C. R. GroveAnna M. HakimiQueenie LiJingkun ZhangHeiko BackesBojana KuzmanovicJaewon ChoiVioleta UbadiahLonghui QiuZhengya LiuDana M. SmallMarc TittgemeyerZachary A. Knight doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11229-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11229-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11229-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11229-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11248-2 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11248-2

Nectin-4 is identified as a pivotal host entry receptor for respiratory transmission and early placental infection of rubella virus.]]> Yoshio MoriMasafumi SakataYuichiro NakatsuTakeshi HoriYoko InoSatoshi SuzukiMayuko NishiMiyuki KawaseMasatoshi KakizakiMisato NagaiKento FukanoHideki AizakiHironori HayashiKazutaka MurayamaEiichi N. KodamaShuhei TaguwaTakashi OkuraTatsuki TakahashiWataru KamitaniKazuya ShiratoMasanori IsogawaYayoi KimuraHirokazu KajiYoshiharu MatsuuraAkihide Ryo doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11248-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11248-2 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11248-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11248-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11217-9 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11217-9

Aggression experience and observation recruit a brain-wide network of excitatory, inhibitory and valence signals, and changes to this activation pattern predict a shared adaptive behaviour-control policy in a new aggression context.]]> Jorge M. Iravedra-GarcíaEartha Mae GuthmanDexter TsinPolina CherepanovaLenca CuturelaEdgar J. Ocasio-ArceJonathan W. PillowAnnegret L. Falkner doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11217-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11217-9 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11217-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11217-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11236-6 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11236-6

Gene network analysis shows how mutations in diverse genes associated with autism spectrum disorder can converge to exert shared effects, with X-linked transcription factor ZFX emerging as a key protective factor in the female brain.]]> Rebecca E. AndersenMaya TalukdarTyler SakamotoDavid Exposito-AlonsoJanet H. T. SongXuyu QianSeungil LeeNila MuruganRyan N. DelgadoSijing ZhaoGwenyth EichfeldJulia HarmsDavid C. PageChristopher A. Walsh doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11236-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11236-6 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11236-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11236-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11156-5 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11156-5

Continental-scale uplift and subsidence associated with long-wavelength dynamic topography due to mantle convection drove the formation and preservation of the Great Unconformity.]]> Santosh DhunganaNicolas Flament doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11156-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11156-5 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11156-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11156-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11274-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11274-0

Twist-angle-dependent studies of moiré bilayer MoTe2 reveal a transition from fractional topological states to correlated insulators and superconductivity, linking topology, symmetry breaking and magnetism in moiré quantum materials.]]> 2]]> Zheng SunFan XuJiayi LiYifan JiangJingjing GaoCheng XuTongtong JiaKehao ChengShaozheng WangWanghao TianJinyang ZhangKenji WatanabeTakashi TaniguchiJinfeng JiaShengwei JiangYang ZhangYuanbo ZhangShiming LeiXiaoxue LiuTingxin Li doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11274-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11274-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11274-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11274-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11210-2 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11210-2

structRFM, a structure-guided RNA foundation model pre-trained on 21 million sequence–structure pairs, learns multimodal representations that improve secondary and tertiary structure prediction, functional inference and zero-shot generalization across diverse RNA families.]]> Heqin ZhuRuifeng LiAo ChangHaobin ChenFeng ZhangFenghe TangTong YeXin LiYunjie GuPeng XiongS. Kevin Zhou doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11210-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11210-2 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11210-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11210-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11243-7 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11243-7

Viral–bacterial synergy accelerates algal bloom collapse by enhancing virus-induced mortality, driven by Alteromonas chemoattraction and co-infection, revealing a previously unrecognized mortality agent that influences oceanic carbon cycling .]]> Constanze KuhlischEliran SofferJean-Baptiste RainaGuy TadmorTal Sharon Nir-ZadockNoa Barak-GavishGuy SchleyerNir JoffeInbal NussbaumEstelle E. ClercRoman StockerDaniella SchatzDavid ZeeviAssaf Vardi doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11243-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11243-7 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11243-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11243-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11187-y Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11187-y

The genomic footprints of 80 years of modern breeding in China are traced using representative cultivars, demonstrating how precision genome editing can be used to reconstruct adaptive modules for climate-resilient crop design.]]> Guangqi GaoCongcong JiangWenxue WuJinhong KanYu GuoMurukarthick JayakodiChaodan AnMan SunChunyuan ChengJia-Wu FengJianxia WangJie LiuXia LiAmanda Souza CamaraXiao XuHongyan YangYawen ZengHuiquan ShenWenbin ZhouJing ZhangNils SteinMartin MascherPing Yang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11187-y Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11187-y 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11187-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11187-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11220-0 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11220-0

Gut microbial single-nucleotide variants across 10,781 individuals reveal 940 associations that link strain-level genetic variation to 69 host traits, with structural analyses pinpointing host phenotype-associated variants, providing a base pair-resolution resource for mechanistic hypothesis generation.]]> Daoming WangArchontis GoumagiasSergio Andreu-SánchezHaoran PengAngel J. Ruiz-MorenoDaria V. ZhernakovaTim KrempelYue ZhangJiafei WuAlexander KurilshikovRanko GacesaGodfrey S. TembaVesla I. KullayaRamnik J. XavierQuirijn de MastLeo A. B. JoostenNiels P. RiksenJoost H. W. RuttenMihai G. NeteaSerena SannaCisca WijmengaRinse K. WeersmaAlexandra ZhernakovaJingyuan Fu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11220-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11220-0 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11220-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11220-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11234-8 Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11234-8

A deep single-cell and spatial multi-omic atlas of human glioblastoma is generated, pairing transcriptomic, epigenomic and genomic profiling, and tracing glioblastoma tumour heterogeneity to a stereotyped and spatially patterned trajectory of cancer cells.]]> Grant de JongFani MemiTannia GraciaOlga LazarevaOliver GouldGeorgios SolomouAlexander AivazidisManas DaveQianqian ZhangMelanie JensenAhmet Sureyya RifaiogluJoao D. Barros-SilvaSabine EckertDi ZhouYvette WoodElizabeth TuckSezgin ErKoen RademakerRobert PetryszakHenry MarshallKenny RobertsAndrew L. TrinhShreya RaiTyler ShawAgnes OszlancziHayden PowellPasha MazinStanislaw MakarchukYinshui ChangKatarzyna KaniaLiying JinCatherine TudorHon Man ChanHarriet JohnsonBenjamin RumneyHolly AndersonJasmine HalliwellVanessa Brito PereiraZoi KatsireaIrfan MamunIlaria MulasAnnelies QuaegebeurMayen BriggsJessica CoxJimmy Tsz Hang LeeLaura Rueda-GensiniManu SaraswatZaira SeferbevokaAdam YoungMinal PatelTarryn PorterMoritz GerstungMartin PreteElena PrigmoreMoritz MallHarry BulstrodeJulio Saez-RodriguezJames BriscoeDavid H. RowitchRichard MairSam BehjatiOliver StegleOmer Ali Bayraktar doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11234-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11234-8 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11234-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11234-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11213-z Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11213-z

A new physics-based method combining the use of automatic differentiation to optimize millions of model parameters with a flexible physical model is described for starlight subtraction from real, on-sky coronagraphic images to greatly improve sensitivity.]]> Rodrigo Ferrer-ChavezJason J. WangKatherine L. BoumanWilliam T. FreemanLaurent PueyoBrandon Y. FengMarshall D. Perrin doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11213-z Nature, Published online: 2026-11-04; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11213-z 2026-11-04 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-11213-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11213-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03277-8 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03277-8

The ecology and evolution of winged legendary beasts, and monkeys that show their behinds to their buddies, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03277-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03277-8 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03277-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03277-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03562-6 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03562-6

Research bonuses need clear and fair rules]]> Xianjun Xiao doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03562-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03562-6 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03562-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03562-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03560-8 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03560-8

Safety alerts must reach visiting PhD students]]> Lixiang Wang doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03560-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03560-8 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03560-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03560-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03559-1 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03559-1

Universities must measure learning, both with and without AI assistance]]> Christoph Trattner doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03559-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03559-1 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03559-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03559-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03561-7 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03561-7

China should share the evidence behind animal-testing alternatives openly]]> Guo ZhaoShuhang WangNing Li doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03561-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03561-7 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03561-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03561-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03538-6 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03538-6

Sequencing of Marburg virus collected during Ethiopia’s first outbreak suggests that the pathogen is lurking in East and Central Africa.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03538-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03538-6 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03538-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03538-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03340-4 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03340-4

Researchers are questioning whether outsourcing decisions about research funding to artificial intelligence will reduce scientific novelty.]]> Elliot Yates doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03340-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03340-4 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03340-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03340-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03503-3 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03503-3

Previous US administrations fell short on promised improvements to women’s-health research — here’s what real change will take.]]> Alina Salganicoff doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03503-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03503-3 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03503-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03503-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03508-y Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03508-y

Climate change is reshaping urban environments. Architect Carlo Ratti tells Nature that technology offers solutions, but citizens must get the final say.]]> David Adam doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03508-y Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03508-y 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03508-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03508-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03510-4 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03510-4

Verified information from trusted experts is crucial to help the public and governments navigate rapid changes and increasing complexity.]]> Martin KahanecNaomi EllemersAdam IzdebskiRafal M. ŁukasikDimitra SimeonidouRémy SlamaMangala Srinivas doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03510-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03510-4 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03510-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03510-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03480-7 Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03480-7

Postgraduate students studying professional medicine degrees can qualify with a ‘practical achievement’.]]> Xiaoying You doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03480-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-11-03; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03480-7 2026-11-03 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-03480-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03480-7