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Wafer-scale epitaxy growth of high-mobility p-type boron carbon nitride
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11047-9
A dual-precursor chemical system is used to achieve wafer-scale epitaxy growth of boron carbon nitride, a high-performance p-type semiconductor, for potential integration in efficient 2D materials for electronics.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Who’s the loudest of them all? The bare-throated bellbird vies for the prize
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03038-7
The bellbird’s extra-large gape helps it to achieve pneumatic-drill-level volume.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Histone readers MLLT1 and MLLT3 concentrate AID to confer locus specificity
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11087-1
By being restricted to target regions by MLLT1–MLLT3 occupancy, activation-induced deaminase activity is able to avoid most off-target mutagenesis during B cell somatic hypermutation.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Is exposomics the key to making personalized medicine a reality?
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02958-8
Scientists say tailored disease treatments require a comprehensive assessment of a person’s lifelong environmental exposures.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11062-w
Butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics work in tandem to create powerful visual illusions that confuse predators, potentially representing one of the most successful visual defence strategies in moving animals.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
The super El Niño is cooking coral reefs — can lullabies and probiotics save them?
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02965-9
Researchers are trying everything they can to help coral reefs to survive severe heat stress from climate change, including playing sounds underwater.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Osteoclasts intercept meningeal lymphatic paths for dural metastasis
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11082-6
Osteoclast-derived angiopoietin-2 in the dura mater impairs lymphatic vessel function and weakens anti-tumour immunity against dural metastases, which offers new therapeutic approaches to restore meningeal lymphatic function through selective osteoclast targeting.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
This award-winning microscopy image used AI — igniting controversy in a prestigious competition
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03086-z
Researchers say that using artificial-intelligence tools to visualize scientific images can become problematic when models misrepresent the underlying data.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
γδ T cell receptor dependencies define a unique immunosurveillance modality
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11076-4
Tissue-resident γδ T cells mount rapid, innate-like stress responses that require γδ T cell receptor signalling, revealing lineage-specific receptor dependence that underpins their conserved roles in immunosurveillance and informs therapeutic deployment.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
2D semiconductor aims to turbocharge development of high-performance electronics
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02777-x
An ultrathin semiconductor that conducts electricity using positively charged ‘holes’ might clear the way for next-generation electronic devices.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
A two-hit mechanism triggers autoimmune hair loss
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11098-y
Immune dysregulation and physiological neural activation converge to trigger autoimmune alopecia.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Elena, Aris, Marcus: AI-generated ‘ghosts’ are polluting the scientific literature
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02991-7
The overuse of certain names has revealed the scale of fake experts on academic publishing platforms, say researchers.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
An amygdala to anterior hypothalamic circuit gates stress sensitivity
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11075-5
The anterior hypothalamic nucleus regulates negative valence in the brain, highlighting a new pathway that controls sensitivity to stressful events and signposting approaches to identify new circuit interactions relevant to mental health.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Tuberculosis treatment has advanced — now we need to stop drug resistance dragging us backwards
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02963-x
The next major advancement in TB might not be a new drug, but a better understanding of how and why resistance to medicines emerges.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Human genetics implicates a BACH2–NRF2 axis in fetal haemoglobin activation
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11113-2
BACH2 restrains activation of the fetal-haemoglobin-encoding γ-globin genes, while loss of BACH2 enhances NRF2 chromatin occupancy and promotes the formation of activation foci at the γ-globin genes.Posted on 30 September 2026 | 2:00 am