Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10921-w

Author Correction: Cucurbituril-based anion-conducting membranes with supramolecular nanopores

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02371-1

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02362-2

The allergy is caused by ticks, but researchers have much to learn about it.

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02274-1

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02366-y

Viral sequences from Chilean mummies confirm the disease was introduced from Europe.

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10939-0

Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10920-x

Author Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01843-8

The career market is difficult to navigate — and academic achievements feel like they’re no longer enough, says Daniella Watson.

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02361-3

Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry conditions, scientists suggest.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10945-2

Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte interphase for solid-state batteries

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10942-5

Retraction Note: Human HDAC6 senses valine abundancy to regulate DNA damage

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02359-x

New discoveries at famous archeological site add to mystery of ancient human culture.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10845-5

The piezochiral effect, a new member of the family of strain-responsive functionalities alongside piezoelectricity and piezomagnetism, is introduced, enabling control of chirality through mechanical strain, with future applications in photonics, spintronics, biosensing and quantum information.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10852-6

Systematic analysis of prokaryotic STAND NTPases — relatives of animal and plant immune receptors — uncovers diverse antiviral sensors that detect most of the core structural and replicative proteins of bacteriophages.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10791-2

In senescent cells, mitochondria-derived acetyl-CoA promotes histone acetylation and increases chromatin accessibility at inflammatory gene loci. Inhibition of SLC25A1 attenuates these effects, underscoring the therapeutic potential of targeting mitochondrial metabolism and its epigenetic crosstalk to delay age-related functional decline.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10848-2

A simple organic catalyst enables direct alternating copolymerization of CO2 with bicycloalkanes to produce high-performance polyesters that can be selectively depolymerized and recycled in a closed-loop lifecycle.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10862-4

Operando optical microscopy shows avalanche-like lithium deintercalation (intercalation) processes as the dilute stages of graphite are emptied (filled), showing how local disorder governs phase-transition dynamics and ion transport in lithium-ion battery electrodes.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10881-1

A nanopore-based ‘chop and measure’ method sequences peptides at single-amino-acid resolution by using enzymatic digestion to progressively shorten the N terminus one residue at a time, together with repetitive N-terminus re-reading.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10839-3

Perpendicular switching of the polarization state in the layered ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12 is demonstrated by means of trilinear coupling, allowing manipulation of the in-plane polarization component with an out-of-plane electric field.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10766-3

A silicon spin-qubit device comprising a shuttling bus for transporting qubits is used to achieve parity checks up to weight four, highlighting the feasibility and benefits of incorporating shuttling into semiconductor quantum processors.