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/d41586-026-01621-6 Nature, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01621-6

Billie Goolsby’s experience with hearing loss helped her to develop a robotic tadpole for deciphering the secret lives of amphibians.]]> Elizabeth Preston doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01621-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01621-6 2026-05-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01621-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01621-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01619-0 Nature, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01619-0

Neuroscience needs to stop treating the brain as if it is a computer.]]> Àlex Gómez-Marín doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01619-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-25; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01619-0 2026-05-25 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01619-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01619-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01655-w Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01655-w

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.]]> Andrew Robinson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01655-w Nature, Published online: 2026-05-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01655-w 2026-05-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01655-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01655-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01660-z Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01660-z

Nature staff discuss ongoing efforts to curb the Bundibugyo virus outbreak.]]> Benjamin ThompsonRachel Fieldhouse doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01660-z Nature, Published online: 2026-05-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01660-z 2026-05-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01660-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01660-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01087-6 Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01087-6

It’s just a game — isn’t it?]]> John McLaughlin doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01087-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01087-6 2026-05-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01087-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01087-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01651-0 Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01651-0

The late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős thought he had the last word on a geometry problem. Now an OpenAI chatbot has proved him wrong.]]> Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01651-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01651-0 2026-05-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01651-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01651-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01392-0 Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01392-0

Cell biologist and crime novelist Frances Brodsky says writing fiction has taught her perseverance and improved her manuscripts.]]> Dom Byrne doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01392-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01392-0 2026-05-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01392-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01392-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01644-z Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01644-z

Imaging suggests why the ability to make inferences declines after an episode of acute stress, such as a job interview.]]> Simon Spichak doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01644-z Nature, Published online: 2026-05-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01644-z 2026-05-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01644-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01644-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10656-8 Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10656-8

De novo design of miniproteins targeting GPCRs]]> Edin MuratspahićDavid FeldmanDavid E. KimXiangli QuAna-Maria BratovianuPaula Rivera-SánchezJan Hendrik VossEmil P. T. HertzMads JeppesenFederica DimitriKensuke SakamotoAmrita NallathambiPia PeceliJianjun CaoBrian P. CaryMatthew J. BelousoffPeter KeovPhuc N. H. TrinhQingchao ChenYue RenJustyn FineSudha MishraAnnu DalalShachie SinhaRamanuj BanerjeeManisankar GangulyKarthik Varappalayam KaruppusamyIsaac SappingtonThomas SchlichthaerleJason Z. ZhangArvind PillaiBrian CoventryLjubica MihaljevićMagnus BauerSusana Vázquez TorresAmir MotmaenGyu Rie LeeLong TranXinru WangInna GoreshnikDionne K. VafeadosJustin E. SvendsenParisa HosseinzadehNicolai LindegaardMatthäus BrandtYann WaltenspühlKristine DeiblerLukas DeweidAnja BennettJendrik SchöppeTiantang DongXiaoli YanLuke OostdykWilliam CaoLakshmi AnantharamanJohan J. WeisserJesper Frank BastlundChristoffer BundgaardAyodeji A. AsuniJustin G. EnglishLance StewartLauren HalloranJamie B. SpanglerAndré LieberArun K. ShuklaPatrick M. SextonBryan L. RothBrian E. KrummDenise WoottenChristopher G. TateChristoffer NornDavid Baker doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10656-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10656-8 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10656-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10656-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01593-7 Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01593-7

Genetic sleuthing uncovers a rare case of cancer caused by a virus administered as part of a child’s treatment for a genetic disorder.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01593-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01593-7 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01593-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01593-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01591-9 Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01591-9

The black hole at the Milky Way’s centre catapulted a Sun-like star to ‘hypervelocity’ speed.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01591-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01591-9 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01591-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01591-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01645-y Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01645-y

Public-health researcher James Baguma has studied the interactions between bats, which can carry the virus, and people in the region near the latest epidemic.]]> Mohana Basu doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01645-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01645-y 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01645-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01645-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00198-4 Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00198-4

Animal companions can be a lot of work, and are difficult to fit into a busy professional’s life, but they can also enhance well-being.]]> Hannah Docter-Loeb doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00198-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00198-4 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00198-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00198-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01608-3 Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01608-3

James Webb Space Telescope reveals weather patterns from how planet WASP-94 A b filters the light of its parent star.]]> Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01608-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01608-3 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01608-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01608-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01646-x Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01646-x

The size of the outbreak in its initial days is worrying researchers. The next few weeks will determine how large it grows, they say.]]> Ewen CallawayMariana LenharoLauren Wolf doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01646-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01646-x 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01646-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01646-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01467-y Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01467-y

Félix Schoeller’s team built a realistic artificial-intelligence chatbot to train facilitators needed for research into psychoactive drugs — and, ultimately, to improve public health.]]> Robin Berghaus doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01467-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01467-y 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01467-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01467-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01656-9 Nature, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01656-9

A robotic device helps children with spinal muscular atrophy build up strength in their knees. Plus, a tough peer-review process could lead to a more-cited paper and chemists’ mission to replace ‘forever chemicals’.]]> Jacob Smith doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01656-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01656-9 2026-05-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01656-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01656-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10642-0 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10642-0

Spinal neuromotor rehabilitation using a portable isokinetic training robot]]> Yuebing LiJiaxin RenTony ShuFuzhen YuanYanggang Feng doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10642-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10642-0 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10642-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10642-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10659-5 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10659-5

Author Correction: Inactivating SnRK1β1A promotes broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice]]> SnRK1β1A promotes broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice]]> Guixin YuanXunli LuXingbin WangMengfei LiShiwei WangZhaoxiang HuangZhigang LiFengrui ZhangXin ZhangJun YangHailong GuoVijai BhadauriaWang-Sheng ZhuWensheng ZhaoMeng YuanJian-Min ZhouYou-Liang Peng doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10659-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10659-5 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10659-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10659-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00431-0 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00431-0

A breakdown of leading countries and institutions highlights China’s dominance in the field.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00431-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00431-0 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00431-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00431-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01643-0 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01643-0

From glowing red face masks to fibre optic needles, we explore the gap between commercial devices and the field of ‘photobiomodulation’.]]> Shamini BundellMaren Hunsberger doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01643-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01643-0 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01643-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01643-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01627-0 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01627-0

Systems generate hypotheses and ways to test them — plus, how mobile phones might one day be able to see around corners.]]> Nick Petrić HoweBenjamin Thompson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01627-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01627-0 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01627-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01627-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00428-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00428-9

China now produces more than three times the United States’ chemistry output in the Nature Index, underscoring its rapidly growing influence in the field.]]> Bec Crew doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00428-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00428-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00428-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00428-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10565-w Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10565-w

By using singularity physics to enable cubic-root scaling of frequency and phase modulations induced by the Coriolis effect to enhance the performance of chip-scale Coriolis vibratory gyroscopes, substantial improvements in signal-to-noise ratio and precision are demonstrated.]]> Sen ZhangDingbang XiaoFei WangRan HuangLei YuNing ZhouKaixuan HeXuezhong WuFranco NoriHui JingXin Zhou doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10565-w Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10565-w 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10565-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10565-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10572-x Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10572-x

A fungal long non-coding RNA from Magnaporthe oryzae translocates into rice cells to sequester a host microRNA that normally represses PKR1, a negative immunity regulator, thereby facilitating infection and revealing a widespread RNA-based pathogen–host interaction mechanism.]]> Min HeJia SuXiaogang ZhouTuo QiJiazheng WangTianxin ZhangJinhua ChenMawsheng ChernYoupin XuXiang LuQingqing HouHongrui LiuWenfang HuangJiawei LiuShiying LiYunfei ZhuXue ChenSenyu RanHan LiRenju LiuMingliang LeiGuosong ShuHaicheng LiaoJunjie YinXiaobo ZhuYongyan TangLi SongLong WangQing XiongJiali LiuYu BiYihua YangHai QingBingtian MaYan LiJing FanPeng QinYuping WangJianming WuWenming WangShigui LiWeitao LiJing WangXuewei Chen doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10572-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10572-x 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10572-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10572-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10464-0 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10464-0

Researchers designed two-component proteins forming quasisymmetric cages via geometric frustration, enabling tunable virus-like assemblies for cargo delivery, cellular uptake and studying intracellular diffusion and protein localization.]]> Shunzhi WangYing XieDavid ChemielewskiConnor WeidleTong ShuGreen AhnRyan D. KiblerCindy HernandezWei ChenDavid Camilo DuranAnn CarrAsim K. BeraSangmin LeeJustin DecarreauAlex KangEvans BrackenbroughEmily JoyceKejia WuAndrew J. BorstAndrew FavorBuwei HuangFrank DiMaioLiam J. HoltDavid Baker doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10464-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10464-0 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10464-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10464-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10532-5 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10532-5

A genome-wide association study combining data from the Estonian Biobank and the UK Biobank identifies many common and low-frequency locus–metabolic trait associations, enabling the identification of putative causal links with disease outcomes.]]> Ralf TambetsMihkel JesseJaanika KronbergAdriaan van der GraafErik AbnerUrmo VõsaIda RahuNele TabaAnastassia KoldeDzvenymyra YarishSariyya AbdullayevaAnastasiia AlekseienkoAndres VeidenbergMari NelisGeorgi HudjasovMait MetspaluReedik MägiAndres MetspaluLili MilaniKrista FischerZoltán KutalikTõnu EskoKaur AlasooPriit Palta doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10532-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10532-5 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10532-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10532-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10485-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10485-9

Bright squeezed vacuum light boosts nonlinear atomic tunnelling ionization more than 20-fold compared with coherent light, enabling quantum control of strong-field processes without increasing classical intensity.]]> Zhejun JiangShengzhe PanJianqi ChenMingyu ZhuChenhao ZhaoYiwen WangRu ZhangJianshi LuLulu HanSuwen XiongDian WuWenxue LiShicheng JiangHongcheng NiJian Wu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10485-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10485-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10485-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10485-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10509-4 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10509-4

Brain-wide transcriptomic profiling in mice reveals that reproductive experience remodels the maternal brain by altering dopamine dynamics in the dorsal hippocampal formation, causing dopamine-dependent histone post-translational modifications, and thereby changes in gene expression and behaviour.]]> Jennifer C. O’ChanGiuseppina Di SalvoAshley M. CunninghamSohini DuttaElizabeth BrindleyBenjamin H. WeekleyWinnie ChenRasika R. IyerEthan WanCindy ZhangNaguib MechawarGustavo TureckiIan Maze doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10509-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10509-4 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10509-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10509-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10520-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10520-9

The populations of CRHR2-expressing neurons in the lateral septum of mice involved in threat-related behaviour in response to environmental challenges are defined.]]> Dionnet Leandro Bhatti MazoMarc Z. C. BergerAmanda Loren PasqualiniSherry Jingjing WuChristopher M. ReidSalvador Ignacio BritoShenfeng QiuPat LevittTodd Erryl AnthonyGord Fishell doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10520-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10520-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10520-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10520-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10528-1 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10528-1

Basic properties of symmetric random matrices can explain the emergence of macroscopic patterns in neural networks, suggesting that initialization conditions of connected neural populations may confer computational advantages across the mouse brain.]]> Marius PachitariuLin ZhongAlexa GraciasAmanda MinisiCrystall LopezCarsen Stringer doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10528-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10528-1 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10528-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10528-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10297-x Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10297-x

A drawing-like task designed to study compositional generalization identifies a specific neural population in the ventral premotor cortex in primates that encodes action symbols.]]> Lucas Y. TianKedar Garzón GuptaDaniel J. HanuskaAdam G. RouseMark A. G. EldridgeMarc H. SchieberXiao-Jing WangJoshua B. TenenbaumWinrich A. Freiwald doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10297-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10297-x 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10297-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10297-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10535-2 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10535-2

An analysis of diet-induced obesity using MouseMapper—a suite of foundation-model-based deep-learning algorithms—identifies structural alterations of the infraorbital branch of the trigeminal ganglia.]]> Doris KalteneckerIzabela HorvathRami Al-MaskariYing ChenZeynep Ilgin KolabasLuciano HoeherMihail TodorovDavid-Paul MindeSaketh KapoorSena Gül TurhanLouis B. KuemmerleHanno SteinkeTim WohlgemuthMayar AliFlorian KoflerPauline MorignyJulia GeppertDenise JeridiBastian WittmannJie LuoSuprosanna ShitCarolina CigankovaVictor Miro KolenicNilsu GürEren AydenizAlara YücecanMelissa ErtürkLaurent H. A. SimonsChenchen PanMarie PiraudDaniel RueckertMaria RohmFarida HellalMarkus ElsnerHarsharan Singh BhatiaIngo BechmannBjoern H. MenzeStephan HerzigJohannes Christian PaetzoldMauricio Berriel DiazAli Ertürk doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10535-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10535-2 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10535-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10535-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10570-z Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10570-z

Using high-resolution satellite imagery combined with a deep-learning-based framework to build a national energy inventory enables a data-driven assessment of solar–wind complementarity strategies to reduce power variability and enhance renewable energy penetration across China.]]> Yuan HuHou JiangChuan ZhangJianlong YuanMengting ZhangLing YaoQiang ChenJichao WuHualong ZhangSubin MaXiang LiWeiyu ZhangQuanhua DongCongcong WenGege YinFan ZhangChaohui YuZhijun JinYu Liu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10570-z Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10570-z 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10570-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10570-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10502-x Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10502-x

Researchers enable hidden-object imaging on consumer LiDAR by fusing multiple frames with a motion-based model, achieving three-dimensional reconstruction, tracking and localization using low-cost, off-the-shelf smartphone sensors.]]> Siddharth SomasundaramAaron YoungAkshat DaveAdithya PediredlaRamesh Raskar doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10502-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10502-x 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10502-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10502-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10554-z Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10554-z

Quasisymmetry could arise from spontaneous symmetry breaking in a system of strongly interacting building blocks with programmed curvatures, and this principle, coupled with a design approach, can generate a rich array of quasisymmetric assemblies.]]> Sangmin LeeDavid ChmielewskiShunzhi WangRyan D. KiblerJisu ShinAnn CarrYoung-Jun ParkDavid VeeslerDavid Baker doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10554-z Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10554-z 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10554-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10554-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10479-7 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10479-7

Analysis of five types of warm-season storms in Texas using three-dimensional radar reflectivity data shows that urbanization can influence storm frequency, intensity, or vertical distribution, depending on the storm type.]]> Xinxin SuiJohn Nielsen-GammonZong-Liang YangDev Niyogi doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10479-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10479-7 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10479-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10479-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10533-4 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10533-4

Integrated palaeontological, sedimentological and geochemical analyses of ancient rocks from Australia show that early eukaryotes were largely restricted to oxygenated benthic habitats, probably possessed mitochondria by 1.75 billion years ago, and may have expanded into planktonic habitats much later, perhaps during the Neoproterozoic era.]]> Maxwell A. LechteLeigh Anne RiedmanSusannah M. PorterGalen P. HalversonMargaret Whelan doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10533-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10533-4 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10533-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10533-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10566-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10566-9

The Small Auxin Up RNA (SAUR) protein ZmSAUR72 in maize (Zea mays) promotes silk growth via regulation of H+-ATPase activity, and is a key determinant of the anthesis-silking interval and thus resilience to drought.]]> Chaohui ZhuZhirui YangShiping YangXueyan ZhouBoxin LiuTian TianBochen ZhaoYingying XieYujun LiuJinkui ChengHuaijun TangYanjun ZhangXiaoqing XieLei ZhangCheng LiuXingrong WangShengxue LiuFeng Qin doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10566-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10566-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10566-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10566-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10564-x Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10564-x

l-2-Hydroxyglutarate is identified as a legitimate physiological signalling metabolite, and control of its levels is essential for postnatal growth and survival and correct renal development and function.]]> l-2-hydroxyglutarate is a physiological signalling metabolite]]> Ram P. ChakrabartyJonathan G. Van VrankenYuki AoiTaylor A. PoorGregory S. McElroyKarthik VasanShimaa H. A. SolimanMarta IwanaszkoRogan A. GrantBenjamin C. HowardColleen R. ReczekAnjali D. ChandelMichael KahlZhaofa XuKathryn A. HelminQiushi JinDongmei WangPeng GaoJenna L. E. BlumZachary L. SeboFeng YueYongchao C. MaShawn M. DavidsonSteven P. GygiSamuel E. WeinbergBenjamin D. SingerSeungHye HanAli ShilatifardNavdeep S. Chandel doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10564-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10564-x 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10564-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10564-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10571-y Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10571-y

The buffer pool designed to compensate for unintended carbon losses from the largest forest climate mitigation programme in the United States is too small when considering the impact of future climate change scenarios.]]> Chao WuGrayson BadgleyMichael L. GouldenJames T. RandersonAnna T. TrugmanJonathan A. WangLinqing YangNezha AcilSusan C. Cook-PattonDanny CullenwardSteven J. DavisChristopher A. WilliamsWilliam R. L. Anderegg doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10571-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10571-y 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10571-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10571-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10512-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10512-9

Combined single-cell transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility sequencing analysis of mouse primary visual cortex across postnatal development reveals that the glucocorticoid receptor drives astrocyte maturation to limit neuronal plasticity.]]> Bruno GegenhuberTakuma SonodaLisa TraunmüllerChristopher P. DavisShon A. KorenEric C. GriffithChinfei ChenMichael E. Greenberg doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10512-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10512-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10512-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10512-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10527-2 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10527-2

A reconstruction method based on Gaussian-apodized single-sideband electron ptychography removes artefacts to enable the high-fidelity identification of guest species in porous materials.]]> Qilong FengLiang WangYuanhao LiXiaoqiu XuYuan YaoYue LiuYonghe LiTulai SunChanglin ZhengLina LiHui JinChongzhi ZhuJia ZhaoPeng GuoXiaonian LiYu HanYihan Zhu doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10527-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10527-2 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10527-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10527-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00928-8 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00928-8

When faced with unfamiliar problems, humans and other animals must plan and execute action sequences that they might not have used before. In macaque monkeys, this ability is supported by a population of neurons in the brain’s frontal cortex that encode recombinable action units or ‘action symbols’.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00928-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00928-8 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00928-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00928-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01327-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01327-9

In mice, motherhood induces transcriptional changes in the brain that endure beyond short-term hormonal shifts. Postpartum stress disrupts these patterns.]]> Frances A. Champagne doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01327-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01327-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01327-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01327-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00429-8 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00429-8

As the toxic legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ grows, researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives.]]> Katharine Sanderson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00429-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00429-8 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00429-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00429-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01615-4 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01615-4

An AI-led analysis of publicly available peer-review reports links requests for major revisions with papers that end up having high impact.]]> Mariana Lenharo doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01615-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01615-4 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01615-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01615-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01648-9 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01648-9

arXiv’s stance on AI-hallucinated references is a good start, but not tough enough, say some researchers. Plus, the brain’s code seems to be in constant flux and how to learn to love networking.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01648-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01648-9 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01648-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01648-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01554-0 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01554-0

Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought. What does that mean for how the brain works?]]> Diana Kwon doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01554-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01554-0 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01554-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01554-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01085-8 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01085-8

Difficult choices.]]> Shiao Wang doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01085-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01085-8 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01085-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01085-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01323-z Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01323-z

Analysis of a 23-year record of Texan storms reveals how urban landscapes affect storm rainfall — painting a more complex picture than had been realized.]]> Wei Zhang doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01323-z Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01323-z 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01323-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01323-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01573-x Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01573-x

The device helps muscle recovery in those receiving gene therapy for the rare neuromuscular condition.]]> Liam Drew doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01573-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01573-x 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01573-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01573-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00432-z Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00432-z

A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00432-z Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00432-z 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00432-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00432-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01564-y Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01564-y

A multimodal analysis reveals a ‘U-shaped’ association between sleep duration and biological ageing across various organ systems, with too much or not enough sleep being linked with accelerated organ ageing. The study also shows that biological ageing differentially mediates the relationship between extremes in sleep duration and late-life depression.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01564-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01564-y 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01564-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01564-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00430-1 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00430-1

From improving battery technology to speeding up reaction times, these innovative scientists are making their mark.]]> Sandy OngFelicity Nelson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00430-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00430-1 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00430-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00430-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01548-y Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01548-y

Viral trend highlights frustration over the ‘credibility crisis’.]]> NoTrue, Silence and Rubbish Communications: satirical journals give Chinese academics a pressure valve]]> Xiaoying You doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01548-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01548-y 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01548-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01548-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00824-1 Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00824-1

Science sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.]]> Lonni Besançon doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00824-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00824-1 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00824-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00824-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01324-y Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01324-y

Ionization experiment shows that quantum light can behave like a conventional laser that has a higher intensity.]]> Jan Marcus Dahlström doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01324-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-20; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01324-y 2026-05-20 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01324-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01324-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10652-y Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10652-y

A multi-agent system for automating scientific discovery]]> Ali Essam GhareebBenjamin ChangLudovico MitchenerAngela YiuCaralyn J. SzostkiewiczDmytro ShvedGavin J. GyimesiJon M. LaurentSamantha M. WrightMuhammed T. RazzakAndrew D. WhiteSilvia C. FinnemannMichaela M. HinksSamuel G. Rodriques doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10652-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10652-y 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10652-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10652-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10658-6 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10658-6

An AI system to help scientists write expert-level empirical software]]> Eser AygünAnastasiya BelyaevaGheorghe ComaniciMarc CoramHao CuiJake GarrisonRenee JohnstonAnton KastCory Y. McLeanPeter NorgaardZahra ShamsiDavid SmallingJames ThompsonSubhashini VenugopalanBrian P. WilliamsChujun HeSarah MartinsonMartyna PlomeckaLai WeiYuchen ZhouQian-Ze ZhuMatthew AbrahamErica BrandAnna BulanovaJeffrey A. CardilleChris CoScott EllsworthGrace JosephMalcolm KaneRyan KruegerJohan KartiwaDan LieblingJan-Matthis LueckmannPaul RaccugliaXuefei Julie WangKatherine ChouJames ManyikaYossi MatiasJohn C. PlattLizzie DorfmanShibl MouradMichael P. Brenner doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10658-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10658-6 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10658-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10658-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10644-y Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10644-y

Accelerating scientific discovery with Co-Scientist]]> Juraj GottweisWei-Hung WengAlexander DaryinTao TuPetar SirkovicArtiom MyaskovskyGrzegorz GlowatyFelix WeissenbergerAlessio OrlandiDan PopoviciAnil PalepuKeran RongRyutaro TannoKhaled SaabFan ZhangJacob BlumAndrew CarrollKavita KulkarniNenad TomaševDina ZverinskiIvor RendulicElahe VedadiFlorian HaslerLuka RimanicMarina BoiaIvan BudiselicBen FeinsteinMathias BellaicheTom ShefferJan FreybergJeremy RatcliffOttavia BertolliKatherine ChouAvinatan HassidimBurak GokturkAmin VahdatYuan GuanVikram DhillonEeshit Dhaval VaishnavByron LeeTiago R. D. CostaJosé R. PenadésGary PeltzYossi MatiasJames ManyikaDemis HassabisYunhan XuPushmeet KohliAnnalisa PawloskyAlan KarthikesalingamVivek Natarajan doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10644-y Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10644-y 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10644-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10644-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01605-6 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01605-6

AI might jeopardize the uncertainty required in science]]> Sarah Mikula doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01605-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01605-6 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01605-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01605-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01603-8 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01603-8

Support academic institutions under attack]]> Roozbeh KianiSepiedeh KeshavarziAthena Akrami doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01603-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01603-8 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01603-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01603-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01594-6 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01594-6

Satellite data on more than 20,000 rivers reveals small but widespread decreases in dissolved oxygen.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01594-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01594-6 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01594-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01594-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01606-5 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01606-5

France’s research-primate project goes against its own ethics panel]]> Cédric SueurRoland CashVirginie Courtier doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01606-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01606-5 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01606-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01606-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01335-9 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01335-9

A beautiful and ingenious machine hit the headlines 150 years ago, and a book explores bird migration in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01335-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01335-9 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01335-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01335-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01604-7 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01604-7

Airborne DNA can yield insights with the right techniques]]> Fumito MaruyamaNaomichi YamamotoStefan J. GreenStephan C. Schuster doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01604-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01604-7 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01604-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01604-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01640-3 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01640-3

The ‘steroid Olympics’ could highlight cracks in the anti-doping system. Plus, AI brain implants are headed for real-world use in China and the progress on treatments for the virus at the centre of the Ebola outbreak.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01640-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01640-3 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01640-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01640-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01596-4 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01596-4

Systems can generate hypotheses, interpret data and suggest ways to develop medicines.]]> Heidi Ledford doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01596-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01596-4 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01596-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01596-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01551-3 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01551-3

With the arrival of ‘AI scientists’, it’s as well to remember that human wisdom, empathy and sheer messiness are as much part of progress as are process and efficiency.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01551-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01551-3 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01551-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01551-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01535-3 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01535-3

Colossal Biosciences says its artificial egg has de-extinction and conservation potential.]]> Ewen Callaway doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01535-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01535-3 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01535-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01535-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01557-x Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01557-x

Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained.]]> Lisa MesseriM. J. Crockett doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01557-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01557-x 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01557-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01557-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01595-5 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01595-5

The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.]]> Dalmeet Singh Chawla doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01595-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01595-5 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01595-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01595-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01468-x Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01468-x

Chinese start-up firms are supercharging their efforts to develop algorithms for brain–computer interfaces that help people to walk and talk.]]> Xiaoying You doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01468-x Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01468-x 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01468-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01468-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01329-7 Nature, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01329-7

DNA rearrangements in immune-system B cells generate diverse antibody-encoding genes and help to avoid producing antibodies that target the body’s own tissues.]]> Zeqian GaoJoan Boyes doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01329-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-05-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01329-7 2026-05-19 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-01329-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01329-7