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In vivo feasibility study of humanoid robots in surgery

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10796-x

A systematic evaluation shows that contemporary humanoid robots can perform laparoscopic surgical tasks through teleoperation, highlighting both their promise and key technical challenges before clinical deployment.
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Non-genotoxic transplantation and in vivo selection through epitope editing

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10737-8

Epitope editing of KIT enables antibody-based, non-genotoxic conditioning that selectively enriches therapeutic BCL11A-edited haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, supports durable engraftment, preserves clonal diversity and enhances induction of fetal haemoglobin, a therapeutic approach for conditions such as sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia.
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Architecture of the 8 MDa Hdr–Vhu–Fwd super-assembly in class I methanogens

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10744-9

The structure of the Hdr–Vhu–Fwd super-assembly reveals a lineage-specific and modular 8 MDa complex with the ability to adapt to diverse anaerobic niches.
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Reinforcement learning control of quantum error correction

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10759-2

By integrating reinforcement learning with quantum error correction, a quantum computer continuously self-calibrates during computation, achieving record logical error rates and enhanced resilience to drift.
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Ancient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10747-6

Pharmacological screening and behavioural assays in ants identify two specific neuropeptides that have key and opposite effects in regulating brood care, and that link nutritional state to age-dependent changes in parenting behaviour.
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Anatomy of a seafloor spreading event captured by in situ seismogeodesy

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10785-0

By combining hydroacoustic, direct-path ranging and bottom-pressure measurements, in situ observations of a rifting event at a segment of the Southeast Indian Ridge are reported, providing insight into seafloor spreading events on yearly timescales.
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Computational approaches and the future of urban crime research

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10622-4

This Review examines the opportunities and challenges introduced by new datasets and computational techniques in urban crime research, and outlines future directions for leveraging these advances effectively.
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Reconfigurable mmWave microchips co-integrating hBN switches on GaN

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10761-8

Radio-frequency switches made from two-dimensional layered hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) were co-integrated on gallium nitride (GaN) microchips to build programmable millimetre-wave (mmWave) monolithic microwave integrated circuits suitable for 6G hardware.
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Air-permeable hydrogels through viscoelastic phase separation of aerogels

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10712-3

Viscoelastic phase separation is used to fabricate non-collapsible, air-rich networks in high-water-content hydrogels containing silica aerogel beads, allowing air to permeate through the material and enabling a tenfold increase in oxygen permeability over pristine hydrogels.
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Aneuploidy selects for the acquisition of driver genes in breast cancer

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10752-9

Screening of chromosome arm-level aneuploidies uncovers that these alterations select for specific basal-like breast cancer driver genes, including PLGRKT, an oncogene whose tumour-promoting activity is associated with highly stress-resistant mitochondria and enhanced detoxification of reactive oxygen species.
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LARES-2 satellite measures frame-dragging effect around the Earth

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10715-0

Using LARES-2, LAGEOS and GRACE satellites, researchers measured Earth’s frame-dragging with unprecedented precision, strongly confirming general relativity, constraining alternative gravity theories, and improving measurements of Earth’s tides.
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Diet–microbiome synergy underlies obesity-associated immunotherapy efficacy

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10750-x

Diet shapes obesity-associated therapeutic responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors through gut microbial metabolism and host anti-tumour immunity, demonstrated in mouse custom-diet models and human-to-mouse fecal microbiota transplantation experiments.
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An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6

The ARP2/3 complex works together with actomyosin in an oscillatory program at the soma to govern neuronal polarization.
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