Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10867-z
A mild chemical process upcycles polyvinyl chloride waste into polyalphaolefin lubricants with tunable properties, offering an economical route to plastic recycling and improved carbon circularity.
Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10822-y
A fast, low-error entangling gate for dual-rail cavity erasure qubits preserves a strong error hierarchy, advancing scalable quantum error correction with substantially improved fault-tolerant performance.
Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10740-z
Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prognostic potential.
Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10899-5
The synthetic-acid-responsive membranolytic peptide aMPC16-CA50 induces immunogenic membranolytic cell death in tumour cells, robustly potentiating immune checkpoint blockade therapy.
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/s41586-026-10868-y
Early Cambrian Eoceras shaanxiense gen. et sp. nov. preserves septa and a segmented tube resembling a primordial siphuncle, extending cephalopod origins and revealing early assembly of chambered shells used for buoyancy regulation.
Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10931-8
Entangled dual-site migration via boracycle rearrangement
Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02349-z
Deserts face unprecedented flash flooding
Nature Energy, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02117-3
Evaporation-driven power generators are often limited by non-directional fluid flow, which reduces their efficiency. Guided by machine learning, Wu et al. developed a vertical microrod generator that improves ion transport, increasing efficiency and power density.
Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10919-4
Electronic-resonance enhanced molecule for perovskite solar cells
Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w
Renal cell carcinoma tumours containing tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are enriched for exhausted CD8+ T cells, including tumour-specific clonotypes with stem-like progenitor features and reduced terminal exhaustion.
Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7
Kilobase-scale nickase-targeting (KNIT) editing enables single-nick-based DNA insertion across genomic loci and cell types, supporting insertion of DNA fragments exceeding 10 kb, with high efficiency and minimal unwanted off-target effects.
Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10746-7
A catalyst-free upcycling strategy based on in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals at microdroplet interfaces is described for efficient and scalable processing of polymers with minimal infrastructure, using only water and oxygen under mild conditions.
Nature, Published online: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10869-x
Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with a photo-transformable stabilizer
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Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10732-z
A targeted ligand anti-solvent is incorporated into an anion-rich ether-based electrolyte and used to achieve lithium metal batteries with a long cycle life, high energy density and high capacity retention.
Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10662-w
Optical cooling in two-dimensional semiconductor heterostructures is demonstrated through phonon-assisted interfacial charge transfer, enabling cryogen-free thermal management without stringent quantum-efficiency requirements.
Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10708-z
A boron-stabilized oxide-strengthened tantalum alloy combines exceptional room-temperature ductility with record ultrahigh-temperature strength, enabling load-bearing applications above 2,000 °C.
Nature, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09553-3
Fast formation in lithium-ion batteries outperforms conventional slow formation, lowering costs and improving battery capacity, stability and cycle life, offering broader application to electrode systems.
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