Nature, Published online: 13 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11257-1

Atomic-scale spin sensing of a 2D d-wave altermagnet via helical tunneling

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10814-y

In Drosophila, cell fate switching in adult intestinal stem cells is determined through an epigenetic mechanism in which these cells count divisions, switching from producing enterocytes to producing an enteroendocrine mother cell every ninth division.

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.

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: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10869-x

Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with a photo-transformable stabilizer

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10546-z

Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insight into deep-ocean biodiversity and whale evolutionary history.