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Nuclear shell structure governs short-range nucleon pairing

✇Nature
By: D. Nguyen · C. Yero · H. Szumila-Vance · F. Hauenstein · N. Swan · L. B. Weinstein · J. Kahlbow · G. A. Miller · A. Schmidt · E. Piasetzky · O. Hen · C. Ayerbe Gayoso · E. Cohen · P. Datta · A. Denniston · B. R. Devkota · M. Diefenthaler · C. Fogler · B. R. Gamage · D. Higinbotham · I. Korover · C. Morean · M. Nycz · M. Satnik · S. Seeds · P. Sharp · M. Suresh · A. S. Tadepalli · R. Wagner · E. W. Wertz

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10616-2

The scattering of high-energy electrons from three different nuclei demonstrated that short-range-correlated pairing depends far more on the specific quantum orbitals occupied by nucleons than predicted by theoretical models.
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Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture

✇Nature
By: Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert · Daniel R. Green · Patrick Mahoney · Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg · W. Scott McGraw · Emma Lagan · Fredrick Kyalo Manthi · Samuel Muteti · Emmanuel Ndiema · Fernando Ramirez Rozzi · Cayla A. Stifler · Connor A. Schmidt · Barat Q. Achinuq · Andreas Scholl · Benjamin Gilbert · Mackie C. O’Hara

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10583-8

An analysis of enamel nanocrystal misorientation in primate and human teeth across three major dietary shifts in human evolution shows that misorientation increased with harder diets, suggesting that misorientation contributes to enamel’s resilience.
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