Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought
Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3 Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the […]
OpenAI maths bombshell sparks debate about who gets credit in age of AI
Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02910-w Controversy around OpenAI’s claim to have solved the Navier–Stokes […]
[REPORTS] Seismological Constraints on Core Composition from Fe-O-S Liquid Immiscibility
Seismic data indicate that Earth's liquid iron outer core contains a percentage of oxygen or sulfur by weight that is inadequate for producing detectable immiscible layers.
Authors: George Helffrich, Satoshi Kaneshima
[REPORTS] Global Identification of Human Transcribed Sequences with Genome Tiling Arrays
A comprehensive search for transcribed sequences from both strands of the entire human genome has identified known genes and thousands of potential new ones.
Authors: Paul Bertone, Viktor Stolc, Thomas E. Royce, Joel S. Rozowsky, Alexander E. Urban, Xiaowei Zhu, John L. Rinn, Waraporn Tongprasit, Manoj Samanta, Sherman Weissman, Mark Gerstein, Michael Snyder
[REPORTS] Use of Logic Relationships to Decipher Protein Network Organization
Comparison of the co-occurrence of proteins among 67 sequenced genomes allows the construction of metabolic networks of interacting protein species.
Authors: Peter M. Bowers, Shawn J. Cokus, David Eisenberg, Todd O. Yeates
Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02914-6 Researchers detect more than 1,000 overlooked microproteins in human […]
AI companies must work with the research community to protect attribution
Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02886-7 An era-defining mathematics claim raises questions over how AI […]
These bizarre, much-coveted microbes are revealing the origins of complex life
Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02849-y Researchers are racing to culture a menagerie of exotic […]
Inflection points and transitions in Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11110-5 Inflection points and transitions in Alzheimer’s disease
Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation by Salicylic Acid Receptors
Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11123-0 Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation by Salicylic Acid Receptors