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GPR15-guided CD8<sup>+</sup> T regulatory cells control intestinal inflammation
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10749-4
GPR15-guided CD8+ T regulatory cells control intestinal inflammation
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Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10735-w
Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome
Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations with RNA-Triggered Chromatin Shredding
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10738-7
Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations with RNA-Triggered Chromatin Shredding
How AI is reshaping discovery in maths and physics
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01820-1
Artificial intelligence is not replacing human intuition in these fields, but reimagining how questions are asked, explored and understood.
Nuclear-fusion firm says plant will deliver electricity to grid — but big questions remain
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01795-z
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has published several papers detailing the design of its ARC fusion power plant.
Daily briefing: Lung microbiome linked to a mysterious tissue-scarring condition
Nature, Published online: 04 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01828-7
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis appears to be linked to a receptor that’s responsible for keeping bacteria in check. Plus, scientists’ thoughts on Microsoft’s newest quantum chip and what drives us to want to socialize.
Precise genome editing of human embryos triggers praise and alarm
Nature, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01827-8
The ‘base editing’ technique that researchers used is far from ready for the clinic, but critics worry that it will spur a rush to commercialize the approach.
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.
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.