Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten Summary This Nature paper reports that the avian inner retina can sustain an oxygen-independent metabolic state supported by the…
Critical role for a high-plasticity cell state in lung cancer Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-025-09985-x Article image: Summary This Nature paper identifies a high-plasticity cancer cell state…
Large-scale dynamos driven by shear-flow-induced jets Summary This paper reports a mechanism by which coherent, large-scale magnetic fields (dynamos) are generated in turbulent shear flows through the action of shear-flow-induced…
Common variation in meiosis genes shapes human recombination and aneuploidy Summary This study used SNP-array pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) data from 139,416 blastocyst-stage embryo biopsies and genotypes from >22,000 parent…
Dissecting gene regulatory networks governing human cortical cell fate Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09997-7 Article Image: https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-025-09997-7/MediaObjects/41586_2025_9997_Fig1_HTML.png Summary This Nature study uses a primary human radial glia…
Quantum spin resonance in engineered proteins for multimodal sensing Summary This paper reports the creation and characterisation of magneto-responsive fluorescent proteins (MFPs) — MagLOV variants — that show large magnetic-field…
Ageing promotes microglial accumulation of slow-degrading synaptic proteins Summary This Nature study introduces new in vivo BONCAT models (PheRS* and TyrRS*, plus comparison with MetRS*) to label nascent neuronal proteins…
Pyramidal neurons proportionately alter cortical interneuron subtypes Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09996-8 Article Image: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09996-8/figures/1 Summary This Nature paper reports that cortical pyramidal (excitatory) neuron subtypes actively…
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi Article metadata Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y Article Title: Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago…
Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09966-0 Article Image: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09966-0/figures/5 Summary Researchers report direct fossil evidence that some…
