Host cell Z-RNAs activate ZBP1 during virus infections
Host cell Z-RNAs activate ZBP1 during virus infections Summary This study shows that during infection by Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and Influenza A virus (IAV) the innate sensor ZBP1…
Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases: fixing them is about to get a lot easier
Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases: fixing them is about to get a lot easier Article Date: 2025-10-18Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03307-xArticle Image: Image Summary CRISPR-based editing has transformed genetics, but mitochondrial DNA…
Mysterious cosmic ‘dots’ are baffling astronomers. What are they?
Mysterious cosmic ‘dots’ are baffling astronomers. What are they? Summary The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed hundreds of tiny red sources in very distant, early-universe images. Initially puzzling…
Extreme confinement unleashes water’s hidden electrical capabilities
Extreme confinement unleashes water’s hidden electrical capabilities Summary Wang et al. report that water confined in nanometre-scale gaps between atomically flat crystals shows dramatically altered electrical behaviour compared with bulk…
Efficient quantum thermal simulation
Efficient quantum thermal simulation Summary The authors present a new, practically motivated quantum algorithm for preparing thermal (Gibbs) states of quantum many-body systems. The core is a synthetic Lindbladian that…
Hijacking a bacterial ABC transporter for genetic code expansion
Hijacking a bacterial ABC transporter for genetic code expansion Article Date: 15 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09576-w Article Image: https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-025-09576-w/MediaObjects/41586_2025_9576_Fig1_HTML.png Summary This paper describes a strategy to overcome a major…
From genotype to phenotype with 1,086 near telomere-to-telomere yeast genomes
From genotype to phenotype with 1,086 near telomere-to-telomere yeast genomes Article meta Article Date: 15 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09637-0 Image: Figure 1 Summary The authors generated near telomere-to-telomere assemblies…
Integrated lithium niobate photonics for sub-ångström snapshot spectroscopy
Integrated lithium niobate photonics for sub-ångström snapshot spectroscopy Article Date: 15 October 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09591-xArticle Image: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09591-x/figures/1 Summary The paper introduces RAFAEL, an integrated, reconfigurable photonic snapshot spectroscopic technique built…
New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei
New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei Article Date: 15 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09594-8 Article Image: Figure 1 Summary Researchers report a partial skeleton (KNM-ER 101000) from Koobi…
Niche-specific dermal macrophage loss promotes skin capillary ageing
Niche-specific dermal macrophage loss promotes skin capillary ageing Article metadata Article Date: 15 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09639-y Article Image: Figure 1 Summary This Nature paper uses long-term intravital multiphoton…