Nature, Published online: 16 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02089-0
Human cells cultured in microgravity produced fewer mitochondrial proteins.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10897-7
Selectivity Emerges from Indiscriminate PhotoreductionNature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10895-9
An ATPγS recycling strategy for practical biocatalytic thiophosphorylationNature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02186-0
The mechanism behind these strange mammals' extreme social structure has been a long-standing puzzle.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02221-0
The simple chemical that keeps a mole-rat queen atop her throne — plus, how people approach new games.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10789-w
In vivo ligation of clinically used therapeutic antibodies via bioorthogonal click chemistry to antibody–drug conjugates leads to enhanced antitumour activity in heterogeneous and treatment-resistant tumours.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10772-5
Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) queens produce isopropyl myristate, a low-volatility ester that high-ranking animals detect and avoid, which alters prolactin and progesterone in other females to suppress reproduction and preserve eusocial hierarchy.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10760-9
Satellite imagery and machine learning used for the mapping of six seminatural open wetland types and land-use disturbance in European countries shows that wetlands are highly fragmented and have uneven restoration needs.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10709-y
A 54-qubit realization of non-Abelian S3 topological order demonstrates that combining anyon braiding with fusion enables universal topological quantum computation.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10775-2
Scenario simulations using global economic models show that by 2050 the transformation of food systems towards healthy diets, improved productivity and halving of food waste result in a restructuring of global agriculture.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10782-3
A new class of materials, quantum statistical plasmonic metacrystals, is described, which can selectively transmit different types of light based only on their quantum coherence, showing bands of allowed and forbidden photon statistics.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10801-3
A molten salt, high-pressure synthesis method enables solution-based production of diverse refractory metal nitride nanocrystals, expanding access to technologically important nitride materials for advanced applications.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10655-9
Scalable quasi-pure metal–organic framework membranes achieve near-intrinsic separation performance, enabling energy-efficient industrial gas separations with major cost reductions compared with distillation.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10780-5
A Bayesian generative framework that integrates longitudinal electronic health records with genetic data to identify latent disease signatures is presented.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10804-0
Elastic instabilities in mechanical metamaterials can be harnessed to programme fracture behaviour, transforming instability from a failure mechanism into a design principle that increases fracture energy by up to tenfold.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10757-4
The saturation of geomagnetic activity with solar wind strength can be explained by a regression to the mean effect, suggesting that the impact of extreme geomagnetic storms can be twice as large as previously thoughtNature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10790-3
Purines can act as endogenous molecular glues in human cells by anchoring a rate-limiting enzyme in purine biosynthesis to its inhibitor, and modifying this mechanism could provide a way to improve the properties of thiopurine chemotherapeutic drugs.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10743-w
A database of daily dust metals in Europe is established and a machine learning model shows that transported dust intrusion events over the past decade are linked to changes in atmospheric circulation, while an ice core shows that the increase in dust since pre-industrial times is governed by increasing aridity in North Africa..Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10668-4
Cortical circuits prioritize diversity over categorical structure, supporting a computational regime geared towards high-dimensional, highly separable neural representations.Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10722-1
Large-scale behavioural studies show that people approach a new game systematically and adaptively rationally. A cognitive model called the ‘Intuitive Gamer’ offers insights into this process and may inform the design of more flexible AI systems.
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