How a protein repurposes vitamin B12 as a light sensor Summary Researchers report how the bacterial photoreceptor CarH uses a vitamin B12 derivative, adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), as a chromophore by co-opting…
Measuring spin correlation between quarks during QCD confinement Published: 04 February 2026 — STAR Collaboration, Nature Summary The STAR Collaboration reports the first evidence that spin correlations of strange quark–antiquark…
Chemical capture of diazo metabolites reveals biosynthetic hydrazone oxidation Article Date: 04 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10079-x Article Image: Summary Researchers developed a reactivity-guided metabolomics workflow that chemically captures labile…
Innovative CAR-T therapy destroys cancer cells without dangerous side effects Article Meta Article Date: 04 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00358-6 Article Image: Main image Summary Researchers have engineered a new…
A tumour-to-brain pathway hinders anticancer defences Summary Recent work discussed by Chang and McMullan highlights a tumour-to-brain communication route in lung cancer. Wei et al. (published in Nature) show that…
Common genetic variants affect risk of a major cause of pregnancy loss Summary Researchers analysed genetic data from 139,416 human embryos to chart chromosomal abnormalities (aneuploidies) that underlie many pregnancy…
Cleavage of mRNAs by a minority of pachytene piRNAs improves sperm fitness Summary This study dissects the function of pachytene piRNAs in mouse male meiosis and spermatogenesis. The authors show…
Resolving intervalley gaps and many-body resonances in moiré superconductors Summary This Nature paper reports high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and point-contact spectroscopy on magic-angle multilayer/twisted graphene devices (MATTG/MATBG). The authors…
Activated ATF6α is a hepatic tumour driver restricting immunosurveillance Article Date: 04 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10036-8 Summary This Nature paper identifies chronically activated ATF6α (the cleaved, nuclear form nATF6α)…
Rete ridges form via evolutionarily distinct mechanisms in mammalian skin Article Date: 04 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10055-5 Article Image: https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-025-10055-5/MediaObjects/41586_2025_10055_Fig1_HTML.png Summary This study maps how epidermal rete ridges —…
