Could the regenerative power of the lungs help to reverse disease? Summary The lungs have far greater regenerative capacity than was long assumed. New work shows specialised lung cells can…
Pesticide cocktails negatively affect soil biodiversity Article Date: 28 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00039-4 Article Image: Summary Köninger et al. provide broad-scale data showing that residues of multiple pesticides —…
Expert-level test is a head-scratcher for AI Article Meta Article Date: 2026-01-28 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04098-x Article Title: Expert-level test is a head-scratcher for AI Article Image: Image link Summary The…
Treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are on the horizon Article Date: 28 January 2026Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00109-7Article Image: https://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-026-00109-7/d41586-026-00109-7_51935830.jpg Summary Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, frequently fatal lung disease…
Funding cuts could put research into emerging threats to lung health at risk Article Date: 28 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00104-y Article Image: Main image Summary The US is cutting…
Alternative explanation for how celestial objects generate large-scale magnetic fields Summary Numerical simulations by Tripathi et al. demonstrate a new mechanism that can produce organised, large-scale magnetic fields in celestial…
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…
