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https://www.nature.com/uploads/product/nature/rss.png http://feeds.nature.com/nature/rss/current https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00248-x Nature, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00248-xMohammed Amar manages conservation of imperilled flora in Socotra, a Yemeni island known as the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean.]]> Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00248-x Nature, Published online: 2026-01-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00248-x 2026-01-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00248-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00248-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00208-5 Nature, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00208-5A supercooled microscopic ferromagnet proves the existence of gyroscopic magnetic behaviour that has been long sought by physicists.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00208-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00208-5 2026-01-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00208-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00208-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00260-1 Nature, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00260-1Emily Bates was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 34. She explores how the condition presents in women and why so many are diagnosed later in life.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00260-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00260-1 2026-01-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00260-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00260-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00245-0 Nature, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00245-0An exploration of how writing systems, from ancient Chinese characters to modern alphabets, shape language, and whether users of ChatGPT can be said to be authors at all.]]> Andrew Robinson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00245-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00245-0 2026-01-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00245-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00245-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z Nature, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00246-zActionable goals are needed to guide the world towards what needs to happen most quickly: shifting economies to clean energy sources.]]> Kwesi A. QuagraineMark LynasErle C. Ellis doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00246-z Nature, Published online: 2026-01-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00246-z 2026-01-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00246-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00247-y Nature, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00247-yA scientific foundation is required to establish nations’ responsibilities in a hotter ‘overshoot’ world.]]> Gaurav GantiSabine FussJoeri RogeljSetu PelzKeywan RiahiCarl-Friedrich Schleussner doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00247-y Nature, Published online: 2026-01-26; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00247-y 2026-01-26 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00247-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00247-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00241-4 Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00241-4Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.]]> Andrew Robinson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00241-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00241-4 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00241-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00241-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00235-2 Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00235-2Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.]]> Benjamin ThompsonNick Petrić Howe doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00235-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00235-2 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00235-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00235-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00254-zShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.]]> Mar Hicks doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00254-z Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00254-z 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00254-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00233-4 Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00233-4New director-general Mark Thomson discusses fundraising efforts and future priorities for Europe’s particle-physics laboratory.]]> Elizabeth Gibney doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00233-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00233-4 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00233-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00233-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00257-w Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00257-wA protein made by cancer cells seems to break down the hallmark plaques of Alzheimer’s disease. Plus, our breath might reveal what’s going on in our gut and the controversy surrounding a US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau.]]> Flora Graham doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00257-w Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00257-w 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00257-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00257-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00067-0 Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00067-0Geopolitics made Greenland the unexpected focus of the world’s attention. But the territory has long been a unique region for science.]]> Alexandra Witze doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00067-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00067-0 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00067-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00067-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00220-9 Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00220-9Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will proceed as planned.]]> Abdullahi Tsanni doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00220-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00220-9 2026-01-23 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00220-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00220-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00207-6 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00207-6Non-protein-coding genes have been linked to a hereditary condition, retinitis pigmentosa, that causes progressive blindness.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00207-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00207-6 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00207-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00207-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00206-7 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7An Austrian cow has shown that some bovines are intelligent enough to employ objects for their own ends.]]> doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00206-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00153-3 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00153-3Two researchers describe how body size and having a disability can challenge perceptions of what a scientist should look like.]]> Adam Levy doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00153-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00153-3 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00153-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00153-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04064-7After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.]]> Marcel Bucher doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04064-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04064-7 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-025-04064-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00184-w Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00184-wMicroplastics are everywhere, but new research points to a need to standardize measurements of microparticles.]]> Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00184-w Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00184-w 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00184-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00184-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00222-7 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00222-7A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice.]]> Heidi Ledford doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00222-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00222-7 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00222-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00222-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00251-2 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00251-2The US biomedical funding agency also hints at future restrictions on research involving human embryonic stem cells.]]> Heidi LedfordEdward Chen doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00251-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00251-2 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00251-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00251-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00183-x Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00183-xThirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.]]> Max Kozlov doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00183-x Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00183-x 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00183-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00183-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00242-3 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00242-3Physicists have shown that a quantum object can be at least as big as a cluster of 7,000 sodium atoms. Plus, the oldest-known cave art in the world and why girls are starting puberty earlier than ever.]]> Jacob Smith doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00242-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00242-3 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00242-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00242-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00219-2 Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00219-2Metabolites in mouse and human breath correlate to gut-microbe populations and might be helpful in diagnosing disease.]]> Edward Chen doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00219-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00219-2 2026-01-22 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00219-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00219-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10145-y Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10145-yEditorial Expression of Concern: The X-linked lymphoproliferative-disease gene product SAP regulates signals induced through the co-receptor SLAM]]> J. 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GerhardtAnne BruckerJorunn Naila BeckerMirela TmavaLisa SchlickerAlmut SchulzeNina HimmerkusAndrej ShevchenkoMirko PeitzschUladzimir BarayeuSonia NasiJuliane PutzKenneth S. KorachJoel NeugartenLadan GolestanehChristian HugoJan Ulrich BeckerJoel M. WeinbergSvenja LorenzBettina PronethMarcus ConradEckhard WolfBernd PlietkerRaphaël RodriguezDerek A. PrattTobias P. DickMaria FedorovaStefan R. BornsteinAndreas Linkermann doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10148-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10148-9 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10148-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10148-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10140-3 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10140-3Publisher Correction: Polyamine-dependent metabolic shielding regulates alternative splicing]]> Amaia Zabala-LetonaMikel Pujana-VaquerizoBelen Martinez-LaosaMaria Ponce-RodriguezSaioa Garcia-LongarteIsabel MendizabalAna GimenoMalgorzata RogalskaJoycelyn TanDiana CabreraSebastiaan van LiempdPilar Ximenez-EmbunSergio EspinosaMaider Fagoaga-EuguiFrancesca PeccatiMaciej ZakrzewskiIanire AstobizaMikel Arana-CastañaresSarah CherkaouiMaria SendinoInés Martín-BarrosAmaia ErcillaLaura Bozal-BasterraOnintza CarlevarisAmaia Arruabarrena-AristorenaEncarnación Pérez-AndrésTelmo Santamaría-ZamoranoJuan A. Ferrer-BonsomsFernando CarazoMaciej CieślaCesar LobatoJoan SeoaneNatalia Martín-MartínRosa BarrioJames D. SutherlandAna M. AransayJuan Manuel Falcón-PérezBarbara Martínez-PastorAngel RubioFrancisco J. BlancoMichael D. HogartyRaphael J. MorscherEdurne BerraRemigiusz A. SerwaJesús Jiménez-BarberoGonzalo Jiménez-OsésAlejo EfeyanLydia FinleyJose M. LizcanoJavier MuñozJuan ValcarcelArkaitz Carracedo doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10140-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10140-3 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-026-10140-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10140-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00227-2 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00227-2Quantum superposition gets supersized — plus, US science after a year of Trump.]]> Nick Petrić HoweBenjamin Thompson doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00227-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00227-2 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00227-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00227-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00093-y Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00093-yThe more we learn, the less we seem to understand this condition.]]> Brian Owens doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00093-y Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00093-y 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00093-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00093-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09826-x Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09826-xWith its attribution to Paranthropus, a 2.6-million-year-old partial mandible expands the range of the genus into the Afar region of Ethiopia and adds to our understanding of hominin evolution in eastern Africa.]]> Zeresenay AlemsegedFred SpoorDenné ReedW. Andrew BarrDenis GeraadsRené BobeJonathan G. Wynn doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09826-x Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09826-x 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09826-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09826-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10006-0 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10006-0Sidewinder enables high-fidelity DNA assembly by separating the information that guides assembly from the final assembled sequence.]]> Noah Evan RobinsonWeilin ZhangRajesh GhoshBryan GerberHanqiao ZhangCharles SanfiorenzoSixiang WangDino Di CarloKaihang Wang doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10006-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10006-0 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10006-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10006-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10013-1 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10013-1An extreme barocaloric effect in NH4SCN aqueous solutions is enabled by pressure-induced dissolution and precipitation, but without using a separate heat-transfer liquid.]]> Kun ZhangYifang LiuYing GaoZhe ZhangHaoyu WangWanwu LiXiaoyan FanJiayu DingZiqi GuanShogo KawaguchiZhaoxu DuJiaqing ZhangLei SuYiming LiRunjian JiangYifan LiYating JiaYanxu WangJianchao LinJinlong ZhuPeng TongSuxin QianKuo LiZhidong ZhangBing Li doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10013-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10013-1 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10013-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10013-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09876-1 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09876-1One-shot tissue dynamics reconstruction can infer changes in tissue composition over time, from single-time-point spatial proteomics of human cancers.]]> Jonathan SomerShie MannorUri Alon doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09876-1 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09876-1 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09876-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09876-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09883-2 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09883-2The symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism are reviewed, and compared with traditional ferromagnetism and Néel antiferromagnetism, and magnetic phases with symmetry-protected compensated non-collinear spin orders.]]> Tomas JungwirthJairo SinovaRafael M. FernandesQihang LiuHikaru WatanabeShuichi MurakamiSatoru NakatsujiLibor Šmejkal doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09883-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09883-2 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09883-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09883-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09996-8 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09996-8Pyramidal neuron-driven mechanisms actively promote the survival and terminal differentiation of their associated interneuron subtypes.]]> Sherry Jingjing WuMin DaiShang-Po YangCai McCannYanjie QiuVipin KumarGiovanni J. MarreroJeremiah TsyporinShuhan HuangDavid ShinJeffrey A. StogsdillDaniela J. Di BellaQing XuBin ChenSamouil L. FarhiEvan Z. MacoskoFei ChenGord Fishell doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09996-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09996-8 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09996-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09996-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09968-yA hand stencil painted on a cave wall on a small island off the coast of Sulawesi more than 67,800 years ago suggests a very early occupation of Wallacea.]]> Adhi Agus OktavianaRenaud Joannes-BoyauBudianto HakimBasran BurhanRatno SardiShinatria AdhityatamaAndrea JalandoniHamrullahIwan SumantriM. TangRustan LebeIswadiImran IlyasAbdullah AbbasAndi JusdiDewangga Eka MahardianFadhlan S. IntanSofwan NoerwidiMarlon N. R. RirimasseIrfan MahmudAkin DuliLaode M. AksaM. NurNasrullah AzizSri WigatiIksamFaizM. SabriFardi Ali SyahdarErianiN. A. HidayatullahSuryatmanLaode DarmaNurminLaode ZulmanS. H. SindaraAndi Muhammad SaifulPindi SetiawanAdam BrummMaxime Aubert doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09968-y Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09968-y 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09968-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09970-4 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09970-4First-principles molecular dynamics driven by density functional theory is used to show that silicate and hydrogen are completely miscible over a wide range of plausible core–envelope pressure–temperature conditions.]]> Travis GilmoreLars Stixrude doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09970-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09970-4 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09970-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09970-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09966-0 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09966-0Early vertebrates, particularly myllokunmingids, possessed four camera-type eyes (a pair of lateral eyes and pineal and parapineal organs), which indicates that these structures functioned in image formation, in support of the hypothesis that the four camera-type eyes represent an ancestral vertebrate trait.]]> Xiangtong LeiSihang ZhangPeiyun CongJakob VintherSarah GabbottFan WeiXing Xu doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09966-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09966-0 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09966-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09966-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09994-w Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09994-wAn allosteric site on the E3 ligase adapter cereblon can be targeted to modulate the efficacy of cereblon in targeted protein degradation applications.]]> Vanessa N. DipponZeba RizviAnthony E. ChoudhryChun-wa ChungIbrahim F. AlkurayaWenqing XuXavier B. TaoAnthony J. JurewiczJessica L. SchneckWenqian ChenNicole M. CurnuttFarah KabirKwok-Ho ChanMarkus A. QueisserCaterina MusettiHan DaiGabriel C. LanderAndrew B. BenowitzChristina M. Woo doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09994-w Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09994-w 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09994-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09994-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10009-x Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10009-xNoradrenergic circuits support and balance aggressive behavioural states in predatory nematodes, distinguish predatory from non-predatory nematode species and are associated with the evolution of complex behavioural traits.]]> Güniz Göze ErenLeonard BögerMarianne RocaFumie HiramatsuJun LiuLuis AlvarezDesiree L. GoettingLewis A. CockramNurit ZornZiduan HanMisako OkumuraMonika ScholzJames W. Lightfoot doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10009-x Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10009-x 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10009-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10009-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10063-5 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10063-5Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations show that the crystal–melt interfacial energies of MgSiO3 bridgmanite increase substantially with pressure, potentially forming unusually large bridgmanite crystals and suggesting a new physical mechanism driving magma ocean segregation.]]> Jie DengJunwei HuYidi ShiJina LeeHaiyang NiuLars Stixrude doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10063-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10063-5 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10063-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10063-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09987-9 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09987-9Newly developed mouse models that enable cell-specific analyses of proteostasis dynamics across the lifespan of the mice reveal key aspects of neuronal proteostasis with ageing.]]> Ian H. GuldnerViktoria P. WagnerPatricia Moran-LosadaSophia M. ShiSophia W. GolubJohannes F. HevlerKelly ChenBarbara T. MeeseAli GhoochaniErnst PulidoHamilton Se-Hwee OhYann Le GuenNannan LuPui Shuen WongNing-Sum ToDylan GarceauZimin GuoJian LuoCarolyn R. BertozziEmma LundbergMonther Abu-RemailehMichael SasnerAndreas KellerAndrew C. YangTom H. CheungTony Wyss-Coray doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09987-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09987-9 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09987-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09987-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09978-w Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09978-wWhile the photoreceptor outer segments in the bird outer retina have access to oxygen, the inner retina operates under chronic anoxia, supported by anaerobic glycolysis in the retinal neurons.]]> Christian DamsgaardMia Viuf SkøttCatherine J. A. WilliamsHans MalteCamilla Kruse KidmoseMorten BuskKarin DedekAndreas H. KonradsenAnne Sofie Stengel RasmussenJesper Skovhus ThomsenAnna V. G. T. MikkelsenKatrine S. JohannsenMikkel VendelboNiels Peter RevsbechCoen P. H. ElemansHenrik MouritsenJoanna KaluckaLin LinNina Kerting IversenTobias WangHenrik LauridsenJens Randel Nyengaard doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09978-w Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09978-w 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09978-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09978-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09985-x Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09985-xThe high-plasticity cell state (HPCS) is a critical hub that enables reciprocal transitions between cancer cell states, and targeting the HPCS may suppress cancer progression and eradicate treatment resistance.]]> Jason E. ChanChun-Hao PanJonathan RubGary GuzmanKlavdija KrauseEmma BrownZeda ZhangHannah StyersGriffin HartmannZhuxuan LiXueqian ZhuangScott W. LoweDoron BetelYan YanTuomas Tammela doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09985-x Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09985-x 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09985-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09985-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09912-0 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09912-0Aadvanced computer simulations of three-dimensional turbulence reveal that the ab initio generation of large-scale magnetic fields is driven by shear-flow-induced jets; an analytical model is derived which reproduces the essential features of the flow- and field-generation mechanisms.]]> B. TripathiA. E. FraserP. W. TerryE. G. ZweibelM. J. PueschelR. Fan doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09912-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09912-0 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09912-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09912-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09964-2 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09964-2Analysis of data from pre-implantation genetic testing sheds light on the genetic basis of meiotic-origin aneuploidy, the leading cause of human pregnancy loss, identifying common genetic variants associated with maternal meiotic errors.]]> Sara A. CariosciaArjun BiddandaMargaret R. StarostikXiaona TangEva R. HoffmannZachary P. DemkoRajiv C. McCoy doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09964-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09964-2 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09964-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09964-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09997-7 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09997-7Systematic screening of transcription factors reveals conserved mechanisms governing cortical radial glia lineage progression across primates and provides a framework for functional dissection of gene regulatory networks in human cortical neurogenesis.]]> Jingwen W. DingChang N. KimMegan S. OstrowskiYashodara AbeykoonBryan J. PavlovicJenelle L. WallaceNathan K. SchaeferTomasz J. NowakowskiAlex A. Pollen doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09997-7 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09997-7 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09997-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09997-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09971-3 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09971-3A recently developed class of magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins are engineered to alter the properties of their response to magnetic fields and radio frequencies, enabling multimodal sensing of biological systems.]]> Gabriel AbrahamsAna ŠtuhecVincent SprengRobin HenryIdris KempfJessica JamesKirill SechkarScott StaceyVicente Trelles-FernandezLewis M. AntillChristiane R. TimmelJack J. MillerMaria IngaramoAndrew G. YorkJean-Philippe TetienneHarrison Steel doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09971-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09971-3 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09971-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09971-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09990-0 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09990-0The distinct architecture of the Escherichia coli membrane transporter LetA mediates lipid trafficking across the bacterial envelope in partnership with the tunnel-like complex LetB.]]> Cristina C. SantarossaYupeng LiSara YousefHale S. HasdemirCarlos C. RodriguezMax A. B. HaaseMinkyung BaekNicolas CoudrayJohn G. PavekKimber N. FockeAnnika L. SilverbergCarmelita BautistaJohannes T.-H. YehMichael T. MartyDavid BakerEmad TajkhorshidDamian C. EkiertGira Bhabha doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09990-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09990-0 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09990-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09990-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09917-9 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09917-9Quantum interference of sodium nanoparticles, which can each contain more than 7,000 atoms at masses greater than 170,000 Da, is demonstrated.]]> Sebastian PedalinoBruno E. Ramírez-GalindoRichard FerstlKlaus HornbergerMarkus ArndtStefan Gerlich doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09917-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09917-9 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09917-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09917-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10012-2 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10012-2During the Last Glacial Maximum, the deep Northwest Atlantic was only about 2 °C colder than today, suggesting sustained production of relatively warm North Atlantic Deep Water during the Last Glacial Maximum.]]> Jack H. WhartonEmilia KozikowskaLloyd D. KeigwinThomas M. MarchittoMark A. MaslinMartin ZieglerDavid J. R. Thornalley doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10012-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10012-2 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10012-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10012-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09983-z Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09983-zA metagenomic survey of babies attending the first year of nursery detected extensive baby-to-baby microbial strain transmission, pointing to social interactions in infancy as crucial drivers of infant microbiome development.]]> Liviana RicciVitor HeidrichMichal PunčochářFederica ArmaniniMatteo CicianiAmir NabinejadFarnaz FazaeliElisa PiperniCharlotte ServaisFederica PintoMireia Valles-ColomerFrancesco AsnicarNicola Segata doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09983-z Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09983-z 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09983-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09983-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09974-0 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09974-0Fibre integrated circuits created by first preparing circuitry on extremely thin and flexible substrates and then mechanically rolling them up demonstrate microdevice density reaching 100,000 transistors per centimetre and excellent stability under harsh service conditions.]]> Zhen WangKe ChenXiang ShiQinhao DuYulu AiPengzhou LiLi YongXiao SunNing WangXuemeng HuChen LuChengqiang TangLiyuan WangYuanyuan ZhengYichi ZhangHongyu GuoZhaofangzhou PuXiaokun WangYanan ZhangHaibo JiangYue LiuZhihang TangLingsen YouJue DengRenchao CheYue GaoSonglin ZhangBingjie WangXuemei SunJiajun QinYa HuangLi ShenJunbo GeXiaoyang ZengLin ChenPeining ChenHuisheng Peng doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09974-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09974-0 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09974-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09974-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09988-8 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09988-8CD44 expressed by fibroblastic reticular cells in secondary lymphoid organs regulates trafficking of dendritic cells, and thus has an essential role in the priming of T cells and the adaptive immune response.]]> Xavier Y. X. SngValentina VoigtIona S. SchusterPeter FlemingFelix A. DeussMohammed H. AbuwarwarSerani L. H. van DommelenGeorgia E. G. NeateRiley M. ArnoldHarry L. HorsnellSheridan DalyBagher GolzarroshanAntiopi VareliasStewart D. LymanAnthony A. ScalzoGeoffrey R. HillScott N. MuellerMatthew E. WikstromRichard BerryJamie RossjohnAnne L. FletcherChristopher E. AndoniouMariapia A. Degli-Esposti doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09988-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09988-8 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09988-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09988-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10000-6 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10000-6Genome-wide association studies incorporating data for populations of African ancestry provide an expanded view of the genetic basis of schizophrenia, which has previously been studied mainly in European and East Asian cohorts.]]> Tim B. BigdeliChris ChatzinakosJaroslav BendlPeter B. BarrSanan VenkateshBryan R. GormanTereza ClarenceGiulio GenoveseConrad O. IyegbeRoseann E. PetersonSergios-Orestis KolokotronisDavid BursteinJacquelyn L. MeyersYuli LiSundar NatarajanMichael O. FrancisNallakkandi RajeevanKei-Hoi CheungLynn E. DeLisiThomas R. KostenHongyu ZhaoEric AchtyesPeter F. BuckleyDolores MalaspinaDouglas LehrerMark H. RapaportDavid L. BraffMichele T. PatoAyman H. FanousCarlos N. PatoGrant D. HuangSumitra MuralidharJ. Michael GazianoSaiju PyarajanKiran GirdharDonghoon LeeGabriel E. HoffmanMihaela AslanJohn F. FullardGeorgios VoloudakisPhilip D. HarveyPanos Roussos doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10000-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10000-6 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10000-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10000-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09939-3 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09939-3The detection of forsterite and enstatite emissions in EC 53 during accretion bursts marks one of the first pieces of direct evidence of in situ silicate crystallization in young stars.]]> Jeong-Eun LeeChul-Hwan KimJaeyeong KimSeokho LeeYoung-Jun KimSeonjae LeeGiseon BaekJoel D. GreenGregory J. HerczegDoug JohnstoneKlaus M. PontoppidanYuri AikawaYao-Lun YangLogan FrancisMihwa JinHyerin Jang doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09939-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09939-3 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09939-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09939-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10003-3 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10003-3Transcription factor osr2 is identified as a specific marker and regulator of mural lymphatic endothelial cell (muLEC) differentiation and maintenance, and muLECs and border-associated macrophages share functional analogies but are not homologous, providing an example of convergent evolution.]]> Andrea U. GaudiMichelle MeierOguzhan F. BaltaciSayali ChowdharyFrank J. TulenkoStefanie DudczigSebastian-Alexander StamatisScott PatersonHujun YuMaria Cristina Rondon GaleanoElizabeth MasonLee B. MilesRobert J. Bryson-RichardsonAndrew J. PaskJana VukovicAnne K. LagendijkKelly A. SmithJan KaslinMichael RM HarrisonPeter D. CurrieNeil I. BowerBenjamin M. Hogan doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10003-3 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10003-3 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-10003-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10003-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09998-6 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09998-6A global atmospheric microplastics dataset is compiled, and comparison with size-aligned microplastic models in the literature indicate that fewer microplastic particles are emitted into the atmosphere than previously thought.]]> Ioanna EvangelouSilvia BucciAndreas Stohl doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09998-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09998-6 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09998-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09998-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09972-2 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09972-2In mice, DHPS supports the maturation, maintenance and function of tissue-resident macrophages via the polyamine–hypusine axis, with implications for macrophage-targeting therapies.]]> Gustavo E. CarrizoPianpian LinSeung Hyun LeeKevin ShenderovCamille BlériotMinsun ChaLena SchimmelpfennigZhen ShenNikki van Teijlingen BakkerKatarzyna M. GrzesBeth KellyNiloufar SafiniaKate L. ScholeYaarub MusaGerhard MittlerYoh ZenEdward J. PearceFlorent GinhouxDavid E. SaninDaniel J. PulestonErika L. Pearce doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09972-2 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09972-2 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/s41586-025-09972-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09972-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00094-x Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00094-xDopamine signals have long been a target for ADHD treatments. Now, researchers are learning how the neurotransmitter influences the condition.]]> Jyoti Madhusoodanan doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00094-x Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00094-x 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00094-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00094-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04097-y Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04097-yAn experiment has broken the size record for an object exhibiting matter-wave interference — fuelling the debate about possible size constraints.]]> Tim Kovachy doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04097-y Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04097-y 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-025-04097-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04097-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00099-6 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00099-6Key studies and trials examine genetic mutations, the impact on life expectancy, cognitive impairments and other aspects of this condition.]]> Simon Makin doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00099-6 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00099-6 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00099-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00099-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00054-5 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00054-5Nature Index ‘Research Leaders’ survey also finds that scientists in North America and Europe are much more likely to say they intend to leave research.]]> Anna McKie doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00054-5 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00054-5 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00054-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00054-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04095-0 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04095-0Neurons in the bird eye’s inner retina lack a blood supply. Finding how these neurons function without oxygen reveals a role for an enigmatic eye structure.]]> Michael BerenbrinkJenni M. Prokkola doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04095-0 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04095-0 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-025-04095-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04095-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00177-9 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00177-9Record-breaking experiment shows that a cluster of thousands of atoms can act like a wave as well as a particle.]]> Elizabeth Gibney doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00177-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00177-9 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00177-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00177-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00097-8 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00097-8A common pain reliever taken in pregnancy might raise the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to research in the past decade. But proof of cause and effect remains elusive.]]> Carolyn Brown doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00097-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00097-8 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00097-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00097-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03727-9 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03727-9Fossils reveal that at least four types of hominin, including Paranthropus, were present in northern Ethiopia between 3 million and 2.4 million years ago.]]> Carol V. Ward doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03727-9 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03727-9 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-025-03727-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03727-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00095-w Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00095-wResearchers are developing drugs to broaden the options on available therapies.]]> Nicola Jones doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00095-w Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00095-w 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00095-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00095-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03605-4 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03605-4Second thoughts.]]> Sara E. Pour doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03605-4 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03605-4 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-025-03605-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03605-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00178-8 Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00178-8Socializing at a young age helps to develop greater diversity in children’s microbiota, according to an analysis of baby-to-baby transmission of gut bacteria.]]> Chris Simms doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00178-8 Nature, Published online: 2026-01-21; | doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00178-8 2026-01-21 Nature 10.1038/d41586-026-00178-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00178-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04096-z Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04096-zEyes on a face’s front or side enable a brain to perceive images. Fossil evidence suggests that two light-sensitive organs on top of ancient vertebrate heads generated images, too.]]> Michael S. 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