Machine learning slashes the testing needed to work out battery lifetimes Summary Researchers (Zhang et al.) have developed a machine-learning approach — described in a Nature paper and summarised here…
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…
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…
Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it Article Date: 04 February 2026Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00309-1 Summary Global biodiversity is declining rapidly — species are vanishing at…
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)…
