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Author Correction: Feature-specific threat coding in lateral septum guides defensive action]]> Dionnet Leandro Bhatti MazoMarc Z. C. BergerAmanda Loren PasqualiniSherry Jingjing WuChristopher M. ReidSalvador Ignacio BritoShenfeng QiuPat LevittCorey C. HarwellTodd Erryl AnthonyGord Fishell doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10911-y Nature, Published online: 2026-07-24; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10911-y 2026-07-24 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10911-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10911-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02267-0 Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02267-0

Switching off one copy of a gene also enabled one of the children to walk independently for the first time.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02267-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-24; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02267-0 2026-07-24 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02267-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02267-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02338-2 Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02338-2

Nature staff discuss the young but deadly dinosaur kings, the prowess of ancient Egyptian princesses, and how London is becoming the world’s AI safety capital.]]> T. rex were killers from birth, suggest new fossils]]> Elizabeth GibneyNick Petrić Howe doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02338-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-24; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02338-2 2026-07-24 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02338-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02338-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02268-z Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02268-z

Early tests suggest the protein can be aimed at targets with tumour-causing mutations.]]> Heidi Ledford doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02268-z Nature, Published online: 2026-07-24; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02268-z 2026-07-24 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02268-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02268-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02332-8 Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02332-8

Chief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI.]]> Dan GaristoKaia Glickman doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02332-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-24; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02332-8 2026-07-24 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02332-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02332-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02275-0 Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02275-0

From intelligent ships to clues about eclipses, Homer’s The Odyssey reveals how Bronze Age Greeks understood the world.]]> The Odyssey reveals about ancient science — from botany to psychiatry]]> Jo Marchant doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02275-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02275-0 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02275-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02275-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02174-4 Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02174-4

The proportion of one- and two-author papers in the Nature Index is shrinking rapidly, as science done by big teams continues to surge.]]> James Mitchell Crow doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02174-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02174-4 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02174-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02174-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02280-3 Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02280-3

Trump administration takes action to address ‘forever students’.]]> Kaia Glickman doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02280-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02280-3 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02280-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02280-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02295-w Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02295-w

The compact device can measure when the body is in ketosis and could help people to manage weight loss.]]> Mohana Basu doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02295-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02295-w 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02295-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02295-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02024-3 Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02024-3

Researchers share their views on the US health policy spanning topics from vaccines to nutrition.]]> Virginia Gewin doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02024-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02024-3 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02024-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02024-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02279-w Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02279-w

A shift from nomadic lifestyles could have triggered linguistic diversity before it then declined rapidly.]]> Freda Kreier doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02279-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02279-w 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02279-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02279-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02307-9 Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02307-9

The dolphins might be helping their young eat, or just having fun. Plus, the beauty and skill of scientific illustration and a crash course in quantum computing.]]> Jacob Smith doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02307-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02307-9 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02307-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02307-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02293-y Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02293-y

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.]]> James Dinneen doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02293-y Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02293-y 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02293-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02293-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02169-1 Nature, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02169-1

Two of the four are the first Chinese-born winners of the prize since 1982.]]> Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02169-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02169-1 2026-07-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02169-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02169-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10919-4 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4

Electronic-resonance enhanced molecule for perovskite solar cells]]> Xiaoxiao WuWenwen KouZewei LiTiankai ZhangGuiying XuBusheng ZhangHeyi YangShengyu LiYunxiu ShenTingting XuYeyong WuYue YinHaiyang ChenQinrong ChengXian-Kai ChenYaowen LiYongfang Li doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10919-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10913-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10913-w

RNA synthesis and substrate analog inhibition in the CCHFV polymerase]]> Hengxia JiaBo TangShunli LiuXin WenFan WuXiao HuHu ZhouTingting ChongLincan LvQiaojie LiuGuibo RaoMingyu WeiXuping JingSheng CaoFei DengZhihong HuBo ShuRui GongJiqin WuManli WangPeng Gong doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10913-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10913-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10913-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10913-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02299-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02299-6

Discovery of a distant Jupiter-mass object could pave the way for detection of exomoons — plus, a rare transmissible cancer found in catfish.]]> Benjamin ThompsonNick Petrić Howe doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02299-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02299-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02299-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02299-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02219-8 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02219-8

Recent breakthroughs suggest usable devices could be here in a decade.]]> Dan FoxDavide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02219-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02219-8 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02219-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02219-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10701-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10701-6

Structural studies of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) polymerase reveal the structural basis of CCHFV RNA synthesis and highlight druggable sites for designing both nucleoside antivirals and non-nucleoside antivirals.]]> Lu XueJiacheng GuiHainei PanFan WuShenghua GaoWenhua KuangTiancai ChangZimu LiBinqian ZouHeyu ZhaoMei LiMin ZhouHongyu YuanLijun RongPeng GongJun HeZengqin DengManli WangPeng ZhanXinwen ChenXiaoli Xiong doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10701-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10701-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10701-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10701-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10833-9 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10833-9

CRISPR–Cas systems transcriptionally tune diverse innate defences using CRISPR RNA-like guides to balance antiviral protection with fitness, and hyperactivate these defences when compromised, establishing a layered bacterial ‘immunity guard’ network.]]> Xian ShuRui WangXufei ZhouFeiyue ChengJiayue MaZhihua LiXin LiTuozhan WuAici WuQiong XueChao LiuHuiwei ZhaoXifeng CaoLin WangShouyue ZhangYan ZhangMing Li doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10833-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10833-9 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10833-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10833-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10824-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10824-w

By integrating a solution-grown perovskite microplate with chemically inert single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes and embedding them into an optical microcavity, the new microdevices can achieve polariton lasing under a constant direct current at 8 K.]]> Anatoly P. PushkarevDaria KhmelevskaiaIvan A. MatchenyaStepan A. BaryshevDenis A. SannikovAlexey A. EkgardtEduard I. MoiseevNatalia V. KryzhanovskayaAlexey E. ZhukovDmitry V. KrasnikovAlexandr A. MarunchenkoAlexey V. YulinAlbert G. NasibulinPavlos G. Lagoudakis doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10824-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10824-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10824-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10824-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10803-1 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10803-1

Chemotherapy, particularly with platinum-based drugs, is associated with substantial, rapidly detectable mutagenesis in childhood cancers, tripling private signatures and doubling mutation burden, highlighting therapy-induced tumour evolution and opportunities for safer, de-escalated treatment.]]> Mehdi LayeghifardMarcos Díaz-GayErik N. BergstromMathepan J. MahendralingamNicholas LightSasha BlayJoshua O. NashNathaniel D. AndersonJessica N. AuScott DavidsonPedro L. BallesterTimmy WenSyed Kashif DaudLisa-Monique EdwardS. M. Ashiqul IslamAzhar KhandekarBurçak OtluLedia BrungaRawan HammadShimaa NassifNirav H. ThackerTara FelthamNoemi A. Fuentes-BolanosMarie Wong-ErasmusMax F. LevineKatherine E. MillerNeerav N. ShuklaMichael D. KinnamanDominik GlodzikCarol PortwineSabrina MillsonAlexandra P. ZorziMariam MikhailConrad V. FernandezLaura WheatonGunes GundemAndrew L. KungUri TaboriChelsea MayohElli PapaemmanuilMark J. CowleyDavid MalkinAnita VillaniLudmil B. AlexandrovAdam Shlien doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10803-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10803-1 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10803-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10803-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10831-x Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10831-x

Cryo-electron microscopy sheds light on the architecture of the Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial editosome and reveals how this assembly mediates mRNA editing through the insertion and deletion of uridine nucleotides.]]> Yun-Tao LiuAndres F. VacasJonathan JihXiaojing ZhaoClinton YuJane K. J. LeeTakuma SuematsuMd SolaymanHong WangXiaorong WangLan HuangLiye ZhangInna AphasizhevaZ. Hong ZhouRuslan Aphasizhev doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10831-x Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10831-x 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10831-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10831-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10817-9 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9

An insulator-free topological waveguide architecture comprising four inequivalent photonic valley half-semimetals arranged in a parallel, cyclic configuration and stacked very close to one another demonstrates robust, multi-lane, unidirectional light transport with 100% spatial efficiency.]]> Xiaohan CuiRuo-Yang ZhangMudi WangZi-Xuan GaoXiao-Dong ChenZhao-Qing ZhangYun LaiC. T. Chan doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10817-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10751-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10751-w

Radial velocity measurements provide evidence for a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting the brown dwarf companion CD-35 2722 B, a promising detection of an exomoon-like object.]]> Kevin HoyAlice ZurloPablo A Peña RJana KöhlerSilvano DesideraRaffaele GrattonCecilia LazzoniSimon PetrusFlorian RodlerJonathan SmokerValentina D’OraziIlaria CarleoIlaria Giovannini doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10751-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10751-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10751-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10751-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10808-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w

Renal cell carcinoma tumours containing tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are enriched for exhausted CD8+ T cells, including tumour-specific clonotypes with stem-like progenitor features and reduced terminal exhaustion.]]> Alexander B. AfeyanAdi NaglerChloe R. TuGabriel Roberti De OliveiraBerkay SimsekMaxwell D. SeagerNourhan El AhmarHaley E. SaxEmma LinAmit SudMehdi BorjiCleo FormanSophia LiuPatrick A. OttToni K. ChoueiriJennifer G. AbelinRichard BurackShuqiang LiKenneth J. LivakSvitlana TyekuchevaDerin B. KeskinFei ChenMichael B. AtkinsJeremy M. SimonSabina SignorettiGiacomo OliveiraDavid A. BraunCatherine J. Wu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10808-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10827-7 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7

Using a virtual reality system, experiments in Drosophila show that flies use memory mechanisms to navigate along the boundary of an odour plume and track the source of a smell.]]> Drosophila]]> Andrew F. SilicianoSun MinniChad MortonCharles K. DowellNoelle B. EghbaliSilas E. BuschJuliana Y. RheeL. F. AbbottVanessa Ruta doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10827-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10794-z Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10794-z

ContactSeek is an AlphaFold3-driven model that can improve the precision of genome-editing tools.]]> Haowei MengZhixin LeiYongchang YanLiren WangSihan ZhangXichen RaoChuyun ShaoXiaoting ZhangKe ChenLei YangRongrong LiuGaohui YangRuoyu ShenRuichu GuXinyan WangYiya WangSuiru LuZhicong LvBo HeHan WenDali LiChengqi Yi doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10794-z Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10794-z 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10794-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10794-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10820-0 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10820-0

A workflow using artificial intelligence-redesigned starting points to evolve enzymes with improved properties compared with those evolved from natural proteins is established.]]> Nicholas A. KrasnowJoy A. XuEmily ZhangGandhar K. MahadeshwarY. Allen TaoJulia McCrearyColin F. HemezLogan E. BrownWei JiangDavid R. Liu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10820-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10820-0 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10820-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10820-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10778-z Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10778-z

The Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database compiles prokaryotic, viral and eukaryotic genomes from seawater collected from the Great Barrier Reef, providing a rich resource for the study of marine microbial communities and ecosystem research and management.]]> Steven RobbinsMarko TerzinKatherine DouganJulian ZauggSara C. BellPatrick W. LaffyJ. Pamela EngelbertsKim-Anh Lê CaoRenee K. GruberNicole S. WebsterDavid G. BournePhilip HugenholtzYun Kit Yeoh doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10778-z Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10778-z 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10778-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10778-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10797-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10797-w

A high-resolution developmental transcriptional atlas of the Drosophila melanogaster nerve cord identifies a shared transcriptional code that records neuronal birth order and organizes neuronal diversity.]]> Drosophila]]> Sebastian CacheroMyrto MitlettonIsabella R. BeckettElizabeth C. MarinLaia Serratosa CapdevilaMarina GkantiaJelly H. M. SoffersHaluk LacinGregory S. X. E. JefferisErika Donà doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10797-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10797-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10797-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10797-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10832-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10832-w

Knowledge of the spatial location of a gene is necessary to understand its epigenomic regulation.]]> Sajad Hamid AhangerEvan R. SemenzaChujing ZhangEugene GilMitchel A. ColeSerena Huei-An LuLi WangArnold R. KriegsteinDaniel A. Lim doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10832-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10832-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10832-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10832-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10811-1 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10811-1

Single-atom measurements show non-Gaussian order-parameter fluctuations and critical scaling across a continuous phase transition, highlighting the importance of full statistical distributions in understanding universality.]]> Maxime AllemandGéraud DupuyPaul PaquiezNicolas DupuisAdam RançonTommaso RoscildeThomas ChalopinDavid Clément doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10811-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10811-1 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10811-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10811-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10823-x Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10823-x

Cryo-STEM reveals that SrTiO3 forms periodic polar nanodomains below 105 K, but these fragment below 40 K, linking quantum paraelectricity to nanoscale polar ordering and disordering.]]> 3]]> Yang ZhangSuk Hyun SungNishkarsh AgarwalMaya GatesCong LiPu YuRobert HovdenIsmail El Baggari doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10823-x Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10823-x 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10823-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10823-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10809-9 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10809-9

A well-preserved fossil snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil shows early ecological and brain shape disparity in the group.]]> Tiago R. SimõesGabriela SobralSimone MacrìRoy EbelThiago S. FachiniAgustín G. MartinelliWilliam R. NavaGiovanna M. X. PaixãoLuis M. ChiappeNicolas Di-PoïAnnie S. Hsiou doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10809-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10809-9 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10809-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10809-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10828-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10828-6

Whole-genome sequencing analysis of tumour and matched non-tumour host tissues of the brown bullhead catfish reveals a type of naturally occurring transmissible cancer.]]> Emily E. CurdSamuel F. M. HartJames LubkowitzKirsten M. TracyLucas MilazzoMatthew BodnarTom JonesMark J. HendersonPeter EmersonJulie A. Dragon doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10828-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10828-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10828-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10828-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10802-2 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2

A bottom-up synthesis strategy creates lanthanide MXenes (Ln2CT2) that combine semiconducting behaviour with ferromagnetism, offering a promising new class of two-dimensional materials for spintronic applications.]]> Qian FangLiming WangKai ChangHongxin YangPu YanKecheng CaoMian LiJianming XueXiaoping OuyangZhifang ChaiQing Huang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10802-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10819-7 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7

Kilobase-scale nickase-targeting (KNIT) editing enables single-nick-based DNA insertion across genomic loci and cell types, supporting insertion of DNA fragments exceeding 10 kb, with high efficiency and minimal unwanted off-target effects.]]> Yanmin GaoYu MaKexin YuYintian LiuBuming GuHao TangWenjie YanShuangshuang YangJingran SuXindong WangXin MaXinming WangFang WangQingyang LiMengying LiuHaifeng Wang doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10819-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10739-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10739-6

Using the Global Burden of Disease Study data across Asian countries and territories, life expectancy trends and the effects of cause-specific mortality and risk factors on changes in these trends are analysed.]]> Jiseung KangHyeon Jin KimMin Seo KimJeofrey Bautista AbalosHedayat AbbastabarSherief Abd-ElsalamRizwan Suliankatchi AbdulkaderArmita AbediHansani Madushika AbeywickramaSyed Hani AbidiOlugbenga Olusola AbiodunRichard Gyan AboagyeSalahdein AburuzOlatunji O. AdetokunbohRipon Kumar AdhikaryQorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah AdnaniMuhammad Sohail AfzalSaira AfzalSeyed Mohammad Kazem AghamirAqeel AhmadDanish AhmadFaisal AhmadSajjad AhmadAli AhmadiAyman AhmedHaroon AhmedMushood AhmedJanardhana P. AithalaMarjan AjamiHossein AkbarialiabadKarolina AkinosoglouSyed Mahfuz Al HasanYazan Al-AjlouniKhurshid AlamFahad Mashhour AlaneziTurki M. AlanziKhalid F. AlhabibMohammed Khaled Al-HanawiAbid AliAmjad AliLiaqat AliMohammad Daud AliMohammed Usman AliRafat AliSyed Shujait AliAkram Al-IbraheemSheikh Mohammad AlifSyed Mohamed AljunidMohammed Ahmed Al-KaifJoseph Uy AlmazanJaber S. AlqahtaniMohammed A. AlsabriAwais AltafMd. Akib Al-ZubayerNguyen Hoang AnhAbhishek AnilSaleha AnwarSumadi Lukman AnwarRazique AnwerAbdulfatai AremuHany AriffinSanthosh ArulNurila AryntayevaTahira AshrafBatyrbek AssembekovSeyyed Shamsadin AthariAlok AtreyaAvinash AujayebHaleh AyatollahiGulrez Shah AzharMohd Yusmaidie AzizMuhammad BadarFarshad Bahrami AslYogesh BahurupiRuhai BaiAtif Amin BaigRam Chandra BajpaiMaciej BanachRajon BanikNoel C. BarengoLingkan BaruaZarrin BasharatSanjay BasuKavita BatraBernhard T. BauneNarasimha M. BeerakaBekalu Mekonen BelayMichelle L. BellAjeet Singh BhadoriaNikha BhardwajPankaj BhardwajSonu BhaskarAjay Nagesh BhatPriyadarshini BhattacharjeeGurjit Kaur BhattiJasvinder Singh BhattiDejana BraithwaiteNadeem Shafique ButtZahid A. ButtSi CaoAndre F. CarvalhoLuca CegolonMuthia CenderadewiEster CerinChiranjib ChakrabortyRama Mohan ChandikaJung-Chen ChangGashaw Sisay ChanieVijay Kumar ChattuAnis Ahmad ChaudharyAkhilanand ChaurasiaAn-Tian ChenHana ChenHaowei ChenSimiao ChenNicholas WS ChewGerald ChiFatemeh ChichagiRitesh ChimoriyaWilliam C. S ChoBryan ChongYuen Yu ChongSonali Gajanan ChoudhariMohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir ChowdhuryDinh-Toi ChuIsaac Sunday ChukwuEric ChungSheng-Chia ChungSunghyun ChungMichael H. CriquiXiaolin CuiMayank DalakotiRoy Arokiam DanielSamuel Demissie DarchoAso Mohammad DarweshJai K. DasSaswati DasNihar Ranjan DashDimash DavletovKairat DavletovFernando Pio De la HozNovonil DebEdward Christopher DeeEmina DerviševićAragaw Tesfaw DesaleKeshab DeubaArkadeep DhaliKuldeep DhamaRajinder K. DhamijaSamath Dhamminda DharmaratneSameer DhingraIsaac Oluwafemi DipeoluSushil DohareOjas Prakashbhai DoshiRajkumar Prakashbhai DoshiAshel Chelsea DsouzaViola Savy DsouzaAndre Rodrigues DuraesSenbagam DuraisamyOyewole Christopher DurojaiyeSulagna DuttaFerry EfendiMichael EkholuenetaleHala Rashad ElhabashyAshraf A. El-MetwallyIbrahim ElsohabyBabak EshratiSharareh EskandariehZaki FarhanaNelsensius Klau FaukAlireza FeizkhahGinenus FekaduSeyed-Mohammad FereshtehnejadJames L. FisherBehzad ForoutanAlberto FreitasTakeshi FukumotoSridevi GBalasankar GanesanXiang GaoVinod Kumar GargPrem GautamRupesh K. GautamMesfin GebrehiwotHaftay GebremedhinGenanew K. GetahunFataneh GhadirianAmir Ghaffari JolfayiGloria GhenoMaryam GholamalizadehAmit GoelMahaveer GolechhaBin GuanShi-Yang GuanZheng GuoZhifeng GuoBhawna GuptaRajeev GuptaSapna GuptaVijai Kumar GuptaParishma GuttooFarrokh HabibzadehAwoke Derbie HabteyohannesAbdulsalam M. HalboupRandah R. HamadehAsif HanifNasrin HanifiFahad HannaHarapan HarapanFaizul HasanAli Hasanpour- DehkordiMd Saquib HasnainShoaib HassanRasmus J. HavmoellerGuohua HeQiang HeMohammad HeidariBrenda Yuliana Herrera-SernaDineshani HettiarachchiKamal HezamYuta HiraikeRamesh HollaNobuyuki HoritaAlamgir HossainMd Mahbub HossainMd Sabbir HossainMohammad Bellal HossainMehdi HosseinzadehJunjie HuangJavid HussainM. Azhar HussainHong-Han HuynhUmar Idris IbrahimAnel IbrayevaPulwasha Maria IftikharMohammad Tarique ImamMustapha ImmuranaMujahid IqbalMustafa Alhaji IsaMd Rabiul IslamSheikh Mohammed Shariful IslamNahlah Elkudssiah IsmailMasao IwagamiMahalaxmi IyerNeelam JainAmmar Abdulrahman JairounVikash JaiswalRuchi Jakhmola-ManiSyed Sarmad JavaidShubha JayaramAchala Upendra JayatillekeFelix K. JebasinghSun Ha JeeWenyi JinJost B. JonasJobin JoseCharity Ehimwenma JoshuaMikk JürissonAnupam JyotiAli KabirZubair KabirAshish Kumar KakkarLeila R. KalankeshSanjay KalraRajesh KamathKehinde Kazeem KanmodiRami S. KantarDebasish KarPaschalis KarakasisAliasghar KarimiSadanand KarunFaizan Zaffar KashooKanica KaushalMohammad KeykhaeiInn Kynn KhaingHimanshu KhajuriaAjmal KhanKashif Ullah KhanMaseer KhanMohammad Jobair KhanMoien AB KhanNusrat KhanVishnu KhanalHamid Reza Khayat KashaniYerkhanat KhuanbaiJagdish KhubchandaniJinho KimKwanghyun KimYun Jin KimLadli KishoreShivakumar KMSonali KochharDavid S. Q KohSindhura Lakshmi Koulmane LaxminarayanaKewal KrishanVijay KrishnamoorthyChong-Han KuaMohammed KuddusAnit KujurMukhtar KulimbetAshish KumarDewesh KumarJogender KumarManasi KumarNarendar KumarNithin KumarRakesh KumarVijay KumarSatyajit KunduMaria Dyah KurniasariAsep KusnaliChristina Yeni KustantiAssylkhan KuttybayevChandrakant LahariyaDaphne Teck Ching LaiHanpeng LaiBalzhan LakanovaAnita LakhaniAnders O. LarssonSavita LasradoAvula LaxmaiahHuyen Thi Thanh LeMinh Huu Nhat LeNhi Huu Hanh LeMunjae LeeSeung Won LeeWei-Chen LeeYo Han LeeElvynna LeongAn LiMing-Chieh LiWeilong LiYongze LiYuchen LiZhengrui LiZhihui LiVirendra S. LigadeJialing LinQueran LinRo-Ting LinGang LiuJue LiuXuefeng LiuLei LvSiyao MaZheng Feei MaFarzan MadadizadehAzeem MajeedVenkatesh MaledKashish MalhotraAhmad Azam MalikIram MalikKamaruddeen MannethodiMohammad Ali MansourniaRoy Rillera MarzoClara N. MateiYasith MathangasingheManu Raj MathurRita MattielloJitendra Kumar MeenaRavi MehrotraRitesh G. MenezesAnusha Sultan MeoSultan Ayoub MeoSachith MettanandaGeorgia MichaTed R. MillerGiuseppe MinerviniWai-kit MingMojgan MirghafourvandErkin M. MirrakhimovMoonis MirzaVinaytosh MishraPrasanna MithraJama MohamedTaj MohammadMohammad MohseniAli H. MokdadMohammad Ali MoniAmirAli Moodi GhalibafLidia MorawskaRohith MotappaSimin MouodiRabia MubarakSumaira MubarikMalaisamy MuniyandiYanjinlkham MunkhsaikhanB. V. MurlimanjuAli MushtaqSathish MuthuWoojae MyungShankar Prasad NagarajuGanesh R. NaikFirzan NainuHastyar Hama Rashid NajmuldeenGopal NambiVinay NangiaAtta Abbas NaqviSreenivas Narasimha SwamyGustavo G. NascimentoZuhair S. NattoBiswa Prakash NayakMd Fahad Shahariar NayonAmanuel Tebabal NegaSamata NepalGeorges Nguefack-TsagueCuong Tat NguyenDang NguyenPhuong The NguyenRobina Khan NiaziVikram NiranjanShuhei NomuraSyed Toukir Ahmed NoorMamoona NoreenNawsherwanFred NugenChimezie Igwegbe NzoputamOgochukwu Janet NzoputamIn-Hwan OhAkinkunmi Paul OkekunleAndrew T. OlagunjuAbidemi E. OmonisiMayowa O. OwolabiIfeoluwa Temitayo OyeyemiMahesh P. AJagadish Rao PadubidriSathishrajaa PalanirajaSonghomitra Panda-JonasAnuj Kumar PandeyAshok PandeySeithikurippu R. Pandi-PerumalKe PangRomil R. ParikhEun-Kee ParkSungchul ParkArpit ParmarHemal M. PatelNeel Navinkumar PatelSangram Kishor PatelShankargouda PatilApurba PatraMohammad Hridoy PatwaryDeepak PaudelSusan PaudelShrikant PawarVeincent Christian Filipino PepitoNorberto PericoHoang Nhat PhamAnil K. PhilipMichael R. PhillipsZahra Zahid PirachaDimitri PoddigheRamesh PoluruArjun Pon AvudaiappanNaeimeh PourtaheriAttur Ravindra PrabhuJalandhar PradhanPranil Man Singh PradhanV. PrakashAkila PrashantJagadeesh PuvvulaJia-Yong QiuVenkatraman RadhakrishnanHadi Raeisi ShahrakiPracheth RaghuveerMd. Mosfequr RahmanMohammad Hifz Ur RahmanMosiur RahmanMuhammad Aziz RahmanAmir Masoud RahmaniVinoth RajendranShaman RajindrajithPrashant RajputChitra RamasamyShakthi Kumaran RamasamyKamleshun RamphulKritika RanaRishabh Kumar RanaChhabi Lal RanabhatSmitha RaniChythra R. RaoKumuda RaoMithun RaoSowmya J. RaoMamunur RashidAshkan Rasouli-SaravaniPrateek RastogiDevarajan RathishSantosh Kumar RauniyarElrashdy M. RedwanGiuseppe RemuzziBhageerathy ReshmiTaeho Gregory RheeYohanes Andy RiasAna Isabel RibeiroMoattar Raza RizviDebby Syahru RomadlonMoustaq Karim Khan RonyAllen Guy Patrick RossHimanshu Sekhar RoutBedanta RoyShubhanjali RoyGodfrey Mutashambara RwegereraChandan S. NCameron John SabetMasoumeh SadeghiUmar SaeedMehdi SafariRajesh SagarNarjes Saheb Sharif-AskariAmirhossein SahebkarPragyan Monalisa SahooZahra SaifMd Refat Uz Zaman SajibMirza Rizwan SajidNasir SalamTimur SalievSaad SamargandyYoseph Leonardo SamodraAbdallah M. SamySathish SankarMilena M. Santric-MilicevicAswini SaravananTanmay SarkarGargi Sachin SarodeSachin C. SarodeMaheswar SatpathyJennifer SaulamMonika SawhneyJuhi SaxenaGanesh Kumar SayaArt SchuermansDurairaj SekarSiddharthan SelvarajPallav SenguptaSubramanian SenthilkumaranSadaf G. SepanlouMahan ShafieSweni ShahMuhammad ShahabSamiah ShahidSyed Ahsan ShahidMasood Ali ShaikhMuhammad Aaqib ShamimAnas ShamsiAlfiya ShamsutdinovaDan ShanMohd ShanawazAbhishek ShankarMohammed ShannawazMedha SharathJavad Sharifi RadGaurav SharmaManoj SharmaUjjawal SharmaVishal SharmaShamee ShastryJiabin ShenRekha Raghuveer ShenoyAdithi ShettyB. Suresh Kumar ShettyMahabalesh ShettyPavanchand ShettyShiran ShettySuraj S. ShettyIvy ShiueZahra Shokati EshkikiRajan ShresthaKerem ShuvalEmmanuel Edwar SiddigAditya SinghAmit SinghBaljinder SinghHarmanjit SinghJasvinder A. SinghKalpana SinghParamdeep SinghSatwinder SinghSurjit SinghMukesh Kumar SinhaRatnesh SinhaRobert SintoSolikhah SolikhahAayushi SoodPrashant SoodChandrashekhar T. SreeramareddySuresh Kumar SrinivasamurthyNarayan SubediVetriselvan SubramaniyanMuhammad SulemanDesy SulistiyoriniJing SunZhong SunZhuanlan SunShanthosh Priyan SundaramDavid SunkersingVinay SureshChandan Kumar SwainSree Sudha T YRafael Tabarés-SeisdedosSeyyed Mohammad TabatabaeiRamin TabibiMohd TabishMoslem Taheri SoodejaniJabeen TaibaIman M. TalaatMircea TampaHaosu TangManoj TanwarMd Ismail TarequeIngan Ukur TariganSaba TariqReem TemsahMasayuki TeramotoJay TewariRamna ThakurRekha ThaparNihal ThomasNikhil Kenny ThomasJansje Henny Vera TicoaluMadi TleshevSojit TomoMarcos Roberto Tovani-PaloneBach Xuan TranQuynh Thuy Huong TranThang Huu TranNguyen Tran Minh DucManjari TripathiGary TseAbdul Rohim TualekaMunkhtuya TumurkhuuSok Cin TyeStefanos TyrovolasSaeed UllahMuhammad UmairSrikanth UmakanthanBhaskaran UnnikrishnanDinesh UpadhyaEra UpadhyayJibrin Sammani UsmanAsokan Govindaraj VaithinathanJose M. ValderasPascual R. ValdezMario ValentiJef Van den EyndeJoe VargheseShoban Babu VarthyaBalachandar VellingiriNarayanaswamy VenketasubramanianNguyen-Kieu Viet-NhiSimona VillaniManish VinayakYasir WaheedRuixuan WangShu WangYanzhong WangAhmed Bilal WaqarMuhammad WaqasFei-Long WeiRobert G. WeintraubAnggi Lukman WicaksanaDakshitha Praneeth WickramasingheNuwan Darshana WickramasingheKarn WijarnpreechaAngga WilandikaYen Jun WongZhijia XiaHong XiaoLishun XiaoWanqing XieSuowen XuXiaoyue XuMingyang XueMukesh Kumar YadavGalal YahyaKazumasa YamagishiYuichiro YanoHaiqiang YaoAmir YarahmadiYuichi YasufukuPengpeng YeSiyan YiDehui YinPaul YipNaohiro YonemotoChuanhua YuYong YuGhazala YunusMohammed G. M ZeariyaSalih Mustafa ZebariCasper J. P ZhangDongmiao ZhangLiqun ZhangXiaoyi ZhangYunquan ZhangZhiqiang ZhangClaire Chenwen ZhongAbzal ZhumagaliulyHafsa ZiaMagdalena ZielińskaGhazal ZoghiZhiyong ZouMohammed ZuberSimon I. HayJae Il ShinDong Keon YonNicholas Steel doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10739-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10739-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10739-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10739-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10821-z Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10821-z

Experimentally replaying tumour evolution in divergent mouse strains reveals the importance of interactions between genetic ancestry and acquired cancer-driving mutations in shaping the earliest stages of cancer development.]]> Sarah J. AitkenFrances ConnorChristine FeigTim F. RaynerMargus LukkJuliet LuftStuart AitkenClaudia Arnedo-PacJames F. HayesMichael D. NicholsonAilith EwingVasavi SundaramJan C. VerburgJohn ConnellyCraig J. AndersonMikaela BehmSusan CampbellMaëlle DaunesseVera B. KaiserElissavet KentepozidouOriol PichAisling M. RedmondJavier Santoyo-LopezInés SentísLana TalmaneRuben M. DrewsPaul A. GinnoErika López-ArribillagaPaul FlicekNúria López-BigasColin A. SempleMartin S. TaylorDuncan T. Odom doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10821-z Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10821-z 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10821-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10821-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02237-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02237-6

A platform for synthesizing highly desirable C-glycoside molecules from sugar has been developed that uses glycosyl sulfonyl hydrazides as readily accessible free-radical precursors. The strategy enables targeted formation of carbon–carbon bonds across carbohydrate scaffolds and with specificity for the desired 3D arrangement of atoms.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02237-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02237-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02237-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02237-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02256-3 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02256-3

Stars in our eyes.]]> M. E. Garber doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02256-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02256-3 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02256-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02256-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02020-7 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02020-7

Newfound fame has proved to be stellar for some astronauts but harder for others. Will NASA’s popular crew need some space?]]> Alexandra Witze doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02020-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02020-7 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02020-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02020-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02072-9 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02072-9

Artificial intelligence is a democratizing force for those without graphic-design experience, as long as it is used conscientiously.]]> Ananya Thakur doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02072-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02072-9 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02072-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02072-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02230-z Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02230-z

Nature talks to five artists about their approaches to communicating science visually.]]> Anne Pichon doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02230-z Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02230-z 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02230-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02230-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02042-1 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02042-1

AlphaFold3 predictions of the molecular contacts made by a genome-editing enzyme have been used to improve the enzyme’s selectivity for target DNA sequences.]]> Hoi Yee ChuAlan S. L. Wong doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02042-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02042-1 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02042-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02042-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02155-7 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02155-7

Rerunning tumour evolution in mice shows how cancer develops after DNA damage and reveals that background genetics and acquired mutations interact to shape genome stability and selection. This provides experimental evidence that genetic ancestry has an important role in setting the trajectory of cancer evolution.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02155-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02155-7 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02155-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02155-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02273-2 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02273-2

Advances in materials allow buildings to be cooled as temperatures rise.]]> Rachel Fieldhouse doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02273-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02273-2 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02273-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02273-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02233-w Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02233-w

Artificial-intelligence tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid problems.]]> Sarah Wild doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02233-w Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02233-w 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02233-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02233-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02240-x Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02240-x

A single-cell gene-expression atlas of the fly nerve cord mapped onto its wiring diagram has uncovered a simple shared gene-expression code. The code enables neurons to carry a molecular memory of the order of their birth from a parent cell, and shapes their diversity.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02240-x Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02240-x 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02240-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02240-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02245-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02245-6

The severity of geomagnetic storms — magnetic disturbances in Earth’s outer atmosphere — is widely understood to reach an upper limit as the strength of the solar wind increases. But this upper limit is an illusion that results from uncertainty in the measurement of solar-wind strength as the true value regresses towards the mean.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02245-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02245-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02245-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02245-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02269-y Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02269-y

A subset of cardiac neurons keep the heart from malfunctioning in stressed mice.]]> Lynne Peeples doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02269-y Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02269-y 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02269-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02269-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02229-6 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02229-6

Amid funding cuts and political barriers, researchers are asking whether the campaign can ever succeed, and what to do next.]]> Aisling Irwin doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02229-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02229-6 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02229-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02229-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02302-0 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02302-0

Some researchers think the current eradication strategy is outdated. Plus, goats hurt their brains when they butt heads and what scientist will never hand over to AI.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02302-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02302-0 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02302-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02302-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02236-7 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02236-7

Transmissible tumours have been found in only a few types of animal, but there might be many more out there.]]> Ewen Callaway doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02236-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02236-7 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02236-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02236-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02227-8 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02227-8

Nature’s iconic front page uses inspiration, creativity and ingenuity to unite science and technology with art and design.]]> Nature’s covers — past, present and future]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02227-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02227-8 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02227-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02227-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02166-4 Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02166-4

Life expectancy in Asia has increased substantially since 1990, but the gains have varied considerably across regions and countries. The main causes and risk factors have been identified, highlighting regions in which preventable deaths are concentrated.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02166-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02166-4 2026-07-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02166-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02166-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02103-5 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02103-5

Different types of aggression in stickleback fish, and a pillar of light seen at sunset, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02103-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02103-5 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02103-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02103-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02210-3 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02210-3

Method used to discover an exoplanet called Beta Pictoris d might reveal other very dim exoplanets.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02210-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02210-3 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02210-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02210-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02258-1 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02258-1

A construction design inspired by traditional Japanese pagodas could help to keep modern towers safe.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02258-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02258-1 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02258-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02258-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02232-x Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02232-x

Technologies are taking the search for fossil fuels to the deepest parts of the ocean. Engineers must keep ecological risks manageable.]]> Yuxin Zhao doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02232-x Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02232-x 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02232-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02232-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02228-7 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02228-7

Scientists are getting closer to understanding the wasting and fatigue that often accompanies cancer. Treatments could be on the horizon.]]> Amber Dance doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02228-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02228-7 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02228-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02228-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02212-1 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02212-1

Spatially resolved transcriptomic technologies continue to enhance understanding of development and disease through a feedback loop involving academia and industry.]]> Jean Fan doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02212-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02212-1 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02212-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02212-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02215-y Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02215-y

The ‘24-hour rule’ and other tips from sport can improve lab life.]]> Megan Cooke doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02215-y Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02215-y 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02215-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02215-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02281-2 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02281-2

‘Kimi K3’ can match or outperform cutting-edge models, says Moonshot AI. But its large size might limit uptake.]]> Rachel FieldhouseMohana Basu doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02281-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02281-2 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02281-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02281-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02213-0 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02213-0

Nature asked readers of the Nature Briefing what they like about their job and don’t want to hand over.]]> Anne Pichon doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02213-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02213-0 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02213-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02213-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02298-7 Nature, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02298-7

Tyrannosaurus rex of any size were not to be messed with. Plus, the first genetic clues for borderline personality disorder and a step closer to understanding the wasting that often accompanies cancer.]]> T. rex were tiny but deadly]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02298-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02298-7 2026-07-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02298-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02298-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02211-2 Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02211-2

Satellite images have been analysed by a machine-learning algorithm to produce high-resolution maps of wetland environments — a boon for conservation efforts.]]> Andrew Mitchinson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02211-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02211-2 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02211-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02211-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02259-0 Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02259-0

Tree diversity is lower in regenerated forests than in old forests — even after 120 years of regrowth.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02259-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02259-0 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02259-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02259-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02285-y Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02285-y

Careers coaches shed some light on multi-stage interviews for roles in industry. Plus, a man’s ability to make sperm has been restored by a testicular-tissue transplant and the deadly toll of a ‘disease of the built environment’.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02285-y Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02285-y 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02285-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02285-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01995-7 Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01995-7

Other researchers say that non-infectious viral samples in luggage posed no risk, but might have violated import rules.]]> Dan Garisto doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01995-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01995-7 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01995-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01995-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02231-y Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02231-y

Anticipating from the start the various ways a research programme can succeed or fail can avoid problems later. Here’s how to do it.]]> Bertalan MeskóTamás KristófJosip CarJoseph SungTien Yin Wong doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02231-y Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02231-y 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02231-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02231-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02220-1 Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02220-1

Largest genetic analysis of the condition so far finds 11 linked locations in the human genome.]]> Miryam Naddaf doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02220-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02220-1 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02220-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02220-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02234-9 Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02234-9

A postdoc researcher trying to move into an industry role wants help gaining traction and making it past the first interview stage.]]> Sarah Wild doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02234-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02234-9 2026-07-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02234-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02234-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02263-4 Nature, Published online: 17 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02263-4

Nature staff discuss the discovery of a four carbon ‘true sugar’ in interstellar space — plus, a formula inscribed on a wall reveals a Maya mathematician’s name.]]> Benjamin ThompsonNick Petrić Howe doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02263-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-07-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02263-4 2026-07-17 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-02263-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02263-4