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Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
Nature, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01831-y
Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.
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Author Correction: Physiology and immunology of a pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant
Nature, Published online: 04 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10694-2
Author Correction: Physiology and immunology of a pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant
Editorial Expression of Concern: Functional proteomic identification of DNA replication proteins by induced proteolysis <i>in vivo</i>
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10727-w
Editorial Expression of Concern: Functional proteomic identification of DNA replication proteins by induced proteolysis in vivo
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01793-1
Passive heart-rate monitoring during regular phone use could provide early warning of health issues — plus, testing Richard Feynman’s solution to the ‘restaurant dilemma’ problem.
Reply to: The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10561-0
Reply to: The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production
A natural depsipeptide antibiotic binds the E-site of the bacterial ribosome
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10589-2
Improved fractionation strategies can identify antibiotics with previously unseen scaffolds and mechanisms, exemplified by manikomycin from Streptomyces rimosus, which acts by targeting the E-site of the bacterial large ribosomal subunit.
Relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and beyond
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10473-z
NASA’s Juno observations show relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and establish a universal scaling law linking shock size to maximum cosmic ray energy.
Acquired genetic and cell-state changes in IDH-mutant glioma progression
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10612-6
Longitudinal transcriptomic, chromatin and genomic analyses of the two types of IDH-mutant glioma reveal in detail how disease progression is influenced by interdependent genetic, epigenetic and microenvironmental factors.
Mining triggers extensive additional deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10551-2
Extensive mining activity leads to large-scale deforestation of dense tropical forests across sub-Saharan Africa, driven particularly by key energy transition minerals such as cobalt.
Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein in maize
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10575-8
Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein without lowering crop yield when expressed in modern maize, providing a powerful strategy for crop improvement to meet future population demands.
Cell-type-resolved genetic variation shapes inflammatory bowel disease risk
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10627-z
Single-cell mapping of cis-expression quantitative trait loci in inflammatory bowel disease revealed distal, enhancer-enriched variants detected at the cell-type level more frequently co-localize with genome-wide association study loci than those identified at the tissue level.
Analysis of trade-offs of post-sorting plastic packaging
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10606-4
An analysis of post-sorting plastic packaging shows that target polymer purity is similar across source-separation and post-sorting pathways, but post-sorted plastics contain more contaminants that need to be removed before recyclate production.
Spermine is an endogenous iron chelator that inhibits ferroptosis
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10597-2
A non-canonical metabolic route for spermine synthesis mediated by ALDH18A1 limits iron availability and lipid peroxidation in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Commensal-derived acetylcholine enhances mucosal immune education
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10592-7
A diet–microbiome–host axis strengthens mucosal immune defences and reinforces host–microbiota mutualism.
Nuclear shell structure governs short-range nucleon pairing
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10616-2
The scattering of high-energy electrons from three different nuclei demonstrated that short-range-correlated pairing depends far more on the specific quantum orbitals occupied by nucleons than predicted by theoretical models.
High-pulse-energy integrated mode-locked laser using a Mamyshev oscillator
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10517-4
A Mamyshev oscillator mode-locked laser compactly integrated on a photonic-chip delivers nanojoule, femtosecond pulses.
LASER couples damage sensing to ESCRT assembly for lysosome repair
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10604-6
ATG8 conjugation on damaged lysosomes triggers rapid assembly of a protein complex containing TFG, which directs lysosomal membrane repair by recruiting ESCRT proteins to sites of damage.
Cooperation conflicts with equality when allocating public goods
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10550-3
Uniform sharing of public goods can boost cooperation in social networks, but often concentrates benefits among well-connected individuals, creating inequality despite greater collective success.
Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10583-8
An analysis of enamel nanocrystal misorientation in primate and human teeth across three major dietary shifts in human evolution shows that misorientation increased with harder diets, suggesting that misorientation contributes to enamel’s resilience.
High-fidelity modular skeletons authenticate a Cambrian origin for Bryozoa
Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10590-9
Exquisite early Cambrian fossils of Protomelission gatehousei and Dayingomelission hexaclitia preserve soft-tissue anatomy and skeletal microstructure, confirming that these taxa are definitively bryozoans and indicating a deeper origin for the Bryozoa than was first apparent.