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Increase in global warming potential of atmospheric black carbon since 1750

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02085-z

The soot fraction of global black carbon emissions increased from 16% in 1750 to 35% in 2019, mainly driven by fossil fuel consumption, suggesting a higher warming potential per unit mass, according to an analysis of atmospheric measurements.

Author Correction: Durable all-inorganic perovskite tandem photovoltaics

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10984-9

Author Correction: Durable all-inorganic perovskite tandem photovoltaics

Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10867-z

A mild chemical process upcycles polyvinyl chloride waste into polyalphaolefin lubricants with tunable properties, offering an economical route to plastic recycling and improved carbon circularity.

An entangling gate for dual-rail erasure qubits

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10822-y

A fast, low-error entangling gate for dual-rail cavity erasure qubits preserves a strong error hierarchy, advancing scalable quantum error correction with substantially improved fault-tolerant performance.

Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10740-z

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prognostic potential.

Membranolytic peptide programs immunogenic cell death for cancer therapy

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10899-5

The synthetic-acid-responsive membranolytic peptide aMPC16-CA50 induces immunogenic membranolytic cell death in tumour cells, robustly potentiating immune checkpoint blockade therapy.

Earliest siphuncle-bearing cephalopod from the early Cambrian

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10868-y

Early Cambrian Eoceras shaanxiense gen. et sp. nov. preserves septa and a segmented tube resembling a primordial siphuncle, extending cephalopod origins and revealing early assembly of chambered shells used for buoyancy regulation.

Quasi-ballistic ion transport in a vertical microrod enabling efficient evaporation-driven power generation

Nature Energy, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02117-3

Evaporation-driven power generators are often limited by non-directional fluid flow, which reduces their efficiency. Guided by machine learning, Wu et al. developed a vertical microrod generator that improves ion transport, increasing efficiency and power density.

Electronic-resonance enhanced molecule for perovskite solar cells

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4

Electronic-resonance enhanced molecule for perovskite solar cells

Tertiary lymphoid structures harbour stem-like tumour-specific T cells

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.

Efficient and precise programmable DNA knock-in without double-strand breaks

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.

Catalyst-free, microdroplet-mediated waste plastic conversion to diacids

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10746-7

A catalyst-free upcycling strategy based on in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals at microdroplet interfaces is described for efficient and scalable processing of polymers with minimal infrastructure, using only water and oxygen under mild conditions.

Hydrogen-free exsolution of Ir–Fe nanoalloys on the surface of solid oxide cell perovskite air electrodes

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00100A, Communication
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Jiyoon Shin, Myung-Jin Jung, Hao-Yang Li, Yujie Wu, Wanwisa Limphirat, Se-Hun Kwon, Pei-Chen Su
A new hydrogen-free exsolution route driven by Ir–Fe alloy affinity enables socketed nanoalloy formation on Fe-containing perovskite air electrodes.
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Optical cooling by interfacial charge transfer in 2D heterostructures

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10662-w

Optical cooling in two-dimensional semiconductor heterostructures is demonstrated through phonon-assisted interfacial charge transfer, enabling cryogen-free thermal management without stringent quantum-efficiency requirements.
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