Scraps of viral DNA in biobank samples reveal secrets of Epstein–Barr virus Summary Researchers have repurposed the non-human DNA fragments routinely discarded from whole-genome sequencing of biobank samples to detect…
A step towards building miniature human livers Article Date: 28 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04012-5 Article Image: Image Summary This research briefing summarises a Nature paper (Yuan et al.) that…
AI chatbots are infiltrating social-science surveys — and getting better at avoiding detection Summary A Nature news piece reports that AI chatbots are increasingly able to impersonate human respondents in…
Exposome studies can improve lung health Article metadata Article Date: 28 January 2026Author: Kari C. NadeauImage: https://media.nature.com/w300/magazine-assets/d41586-026-00106-w/d41586-026-00106-w_51965312.jpg Summary People are continuously exposed to airborne toxicants from human activity (vehicle and…
Chill out: freezing temperatures produced by letting a stressed alloy relax Article Date: 28 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00030-z Article Image: thumbnail Summary Researchers have built a device that uses…
Act now to clean up air Article Date: 28 January 2026Author: Lidia MorawskaSource: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00108-8 Summary Breathing is fundamental, yet air now carries a growing load of human-made pollutants that damage…
Structure and mechanism of the human bile acid transporter OSTα–OSTβ Article meta Article Date: 28 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09934-8 Article Image: (image not provided) Summary This Nature study presents…
Vagal blood volume receptors compensate for haemorrhage and posture change Article Date: 28 January 2026 Source URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10010-4 Article Image: https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-025-10010-4/MediaObjects/41586_2025_10010_Fig1_HTML.png Summary This Nature study maps a class of vagal…
Optical switching of a moiré Chern ferromagnet Summary The paper reports the optical control and reversible switching of a moiré Chern ferromagnet using light. The authors show that tailored optical…
Observation of a superfluid-to-insulator transition of bilayer excitons Article Date: 2025-01-01Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09986-wArticle Title: Observation of a superfluid-to-insulator transition of bilayer excitonsArticle Image: (none provided) Summary This Nature paper reports…
