Tracing the origins of de novo coronary collateral formation in cardiac repair | Science
Coronary collateral arteries have been proposed to form de novo through artery reassembly, a process in which arterial endothelial cells (ECs) migrate away from preexisting arteries and reassemble into new arteries. Using genetic tools that trace ...
TGW1a locus simultaneously shortens growth duration and boosts grain yield in rice | Science
Reconciling the trade-off between short growth duration and high grain yield is essential for enhancing annual rice yields. We found that qTGW1a, encoding a flowering locus T-like protein, controls heading and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) underpinning ...
Touch and pain shape what brain imaging sees | Science
Sensory inputs influence different blood vessel networks, affecting the precision of brain scans
Beyond carbon in renewable energy policy | Science
China’s policy-driven solar expansion shows why climate policy appraisal should look at biodiversity impacts
Dryland restoration needs shared evidence | Science
On 15 August 2026, China’s Ecological and Environmental Code entered into force, consolidating more than 30 environmental laws into a unified framework of more than 1240 articles (1). At the time of this publication, the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) is ongoing in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2). This rare convergence offers an opportunity to extend China’s ecological governance beyond national borders through evidence-based dryland restoration cooperation.
Who checks what AI can do? | Science
The most important findings about frontier artificial intelligence (AI) are also the hardest to verify. Much of the information needed to understand its capabilities and risks—including results from evaluations of prerelease models and containment ...
Biodiversity monitoring misses behavior | Science
HomeScienceVol. 393, No. 6813Biodiversity monitoring misses behaviorBack To Vol. 393, No. 6813 Full accessLetter Share on Biodiversity monitoring misses behaviorPeter Mikula, Daniel T. Blumstein, and Piotr TryjanowskiAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience20 Aug 2026Vol 393, Issue 6813p. 767DOI: 10.1126/science.aej9284 PREVIOUS ARTICLELearning to love the machinePreviousNEXT ARTICLEDryland restoration…
Genomes of Poaceae relatives reveal key metabolic innovations preceding the evolution of grasses | Science
The grass family (Poaceae) has immense economic and ecological importance and exhibits distinctive metabolic traits, including dual starch and lignin biosynthetic pathways. We sequenced the genomes of Pharus, Joinvillea, Ecdeiocolea, and Typha species to ...
Learning to love the machine | Science
Big Tech’s crusade to get kids coding is more self-interested than it first appears, argues a journalist
Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02551-z The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates […]