The exoskeletons are coming (to a store near you)
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-y Technology to help people walk, run and jump is […]
Frontier-technology markets are too narrow — here’s how to widen them
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8 Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open […]
Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record — and study nuclear weapons
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02620-3 Pacific Fusion is breaking ground next door to a […]
Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-z Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina […]
Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-x Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy […]
Earth-shaking thunder probes underground geology
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02596-0 Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a ‘thunderquake’ to […]
Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead build ‘pro-worker’ AI
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02566-6 Rather than racing to replace people, we should build […]
Sleuth identifies dozens of studies that used the wrong antibody
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02352-4 The case is the latest example of a scientific […]
AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people’s minds. What’s their secret?
ChatGPT and other AIs use a flood of facts, and the occasional lie, to persuade humans
Scientific spat erupts over claim that bones have key immune vessels
Discovery of lymphatic tubes suggested new possibilities for bone healing, but challenge has prompted dueling papers and publication delay in prominent journal