Researchers explored the links between the adolescent dopamine system and cannabis use frequency, amount and addiction severity. A new

Researchers looking for the origins of left-right dominance in the brain found no innately better motor skills on either side.

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10853-5

Author Correction: Authigenic mineral phases as a driver of the upper-ocean iron cycle

Nature, Published online: 02 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01773-5

Nature readers share their PhD time-management woes.

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10686-2

Liver steatosis increases formation of replacement liver metastases by increasing MYC stability through acetylation, which increases proline synthesis and collagen production.

Fintech MNT-Halan is planning an initial public offering of its Egyptian business in Cairo as soon as this year, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest firm preparing a share sale in the Middle East’s most populous nation.

Germany’s national rail operator is struggling to restore regular service after a communications system outage apparently caused by a replacement component brought trains to a nationwide standstill late Tuesday.

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10799-8

Retraction Note: Sub-second periodicity in a fast radio burst

Researchers at the TechMed Centre of the University of Twente have built a swallowable soft robot that samples stomach fluid

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in artificially mimicking the ion signalling of heart muscle cells. To

Up to 36 per cent of animal habitats on land could be exposed to multiple extreme climate events

This could prevent thousands of hospitalizations.

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Researchers have identified previously unknown materials, including a new form of a widely studied clean-energy material, by carefully

A University of Queensland breakthrough could soon be used to upgrade the world’s most prominent gene-editing technology to

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10650-0

Biochemical, structural and cell biological analyses reveal that UAP56 (DDX39B) assembles with a TREX-2–like module that redirects non-functional polyadenylated RNAs from export to degradation.

Safer and more environmentally friendly indoor solar panels could soon help power electronics in homes and offices, thanks

University of Queensland researchers have revealed how a problematic cell protein causes a birth defect in an embryo,

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated new experimental capabilities measuring how uranium-bearing molten salts conduct heat

Consuming a plant-based diet may help lower levels of a key marker of inflammation in the body, according

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have shown for the first time that ferroelectricity