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Received — 10 September 2026 ⏭ Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

Breaking timescales with generative sampling of conformational transitions

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11025-1

A generative committor-guided path-sampling framework reconstructs rare biomolecular transition pathways and reveals the underlying thermodynamics and kinetics without using predefined collective variables or brute-force sampling, at an acceptable computational cost.

Neocortical long-range inhibition promotes cortical synchrony and sleep

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10876-y

In mice, a sparse population of sleep-active long-range inhibitory neurons in the neocortex promote widespread cortical synchronization and sleep, revealing a cortical mechanism that contributes to the regulation of sleep.

Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10997-4

Evidence from Bianfu Cave shows specialized hunting, expedient stone-tool production and extensive bone use of Denisovans, providing new insights into their ecology, behaviour and cultural legacy in eastern Asia.

Proximity-guided graph learning reveals tumour-associated proximity antigens

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11003-7

A proximity-mapping atlas defines tumour-associated proximity antigens, revealing disease-associated membrane spatial communities, and identifies EGFR–CDCP1 as a co-target pair that enhances tumour killing by multispecific therapeutics.
Received — 27 May 2026 ⏭ Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

Cusp-singularity-enhanced Coriolis effect for sensitive chip-scale gyroscopes

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10565-w

By using singularity physics to enable cubic-root scaling of frequency and phase modulations induced by the Coriolis effect to enhance the performance of chip-scale Coriolis vibratory gyroscopes, substantial improvements in signal-to-noise ratio and precision are demonstrated.

De novo design of quasisymmetric two-component protein cages

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10464-0

Researchers designed two-component proteins forming quasisymmetric cages via geometric frustration, enabling tunable virus-like assemblies for cargo delivery, cellular uptake and studying intracellular diffusion and protein localization.

Neural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10297-x

A drawing-like task designed to study compositional generalization identifies a specific neural population in the ventral premotor cortex in primates that encodes action symbols.

Linear RAG scanning mediates editing of Igκ variable region repertoires

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10362-5

Studies explaining the secondary Igk recombination mechanism are described and Cer/Sis deletion and/or displacement is implicated as a developmental switch converting the rearrangement mechanisms from two-loop-based diffusional primary Igk into one-loop-based linear scanning secondary mechanisms.

A spatial atlas of the healthy human liver from live donors

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10377-y

A human spatial atlas of gene expression in liver based on live donors shows marked porto–central zonation of hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells, and transcriptomic changes in early steatosis.
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