Albumin orchestrates a natural host defence mechanism against mucormycosis Summary This Nature study shows that human serum albumin (HSA) is a specialised host defence factor that selectively inhibits growth and…
A mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis Article metadata Article Date: 07 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09915-x Article Image: Figure 1 Summary This study uses zebrafish blastomeres to explain how an…
Distinct neuronal populations in the human brain combine content and context Article meta Article Date: 07 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09910-2 Representative image: Figure 1 Summary This study records 3,109…
Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits Summary This study pinpoints a μ-opioidergic neuronal ensemble in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) that drives the affective–motivational component of pain and is…
An ancient DNA perspective on the Russian conquest of Yakutia Article metadata Article Date: 07 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09856-5 Article Image: Figure 1 (study area and archaeological material) Summary…
Intratumoural vaccination via checkpoint degradation-coupled antigen presentation Article Date: 07 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09903-1 Article Image: (none provided) Summary This Nature paper presents iVAC — an intratumoural vaccination strategy…
Mitochondrial transfer from glia to neurons protects against peripheral neuropathy Article Date: 07 January 2026 Source: Nature Summary This study shows that satellite glial cells (SGCs) in dorsal root ganglia…
Soft photonic skins with dynamic texture and colour control Article Date: 07 January 2026Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09948-2Article Image: (not provided) Summary This Nature paper describes a class of soft, programmable photonic…
Aharonov–Bohm interference in even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states Article meta Date: 07 January 2026 Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09891-2 Image: Figure 1 (device) Summary This Nature paper reports robust Aharonov–Bohm (AB) interference at…
Towards fibre-like loss for photonic integration from violet to near-infrared Summary This Nature paper presents a germano-silicate (Ge-silica) planar photonic platform that achieves fibre-like, ultralow waveguide loss across the visible…
