Nature, Published online: 26 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00867-4
Data gathered during a 1,200-kilometre polar trek show where PFAS levels are the highest.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10355-4
Retraction Note: Multisensory learning binds neurons into a cross-modal memory engram
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00976-0
Evidence suggests oxygen levels may not have been limiting factor — plus, CRISPR gives cancer-fighting immune cells an upgrade.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00423-0
Evidence of a pivot towards other sources of funding and collaboration suggest it is looking for ways to maintain its rapid pace of change.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10112-7
Genome-wide analysis shows European dogs existed by 14,200 years ago, were already genetically distinct, received less Neolithic Southwest Asian admixture than humans did and contributed substantially to later European dogs.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10270-8
Single-nucleus chromatin and RNA sequencing identifies epigenetic chromatin domains that confer vulnerability to paediatric brain tumours such as ependymomas, providing insight into the development of such tumours despite ‘quiet’ genomes.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10278-0
NMDAR expression is sufficient to induce B cell recruitment and affinity maturation, resulting in receptor-modulating antibodies that connect anti-cancer immunity and autoimmunity.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10266-4
Insights into the mechanism by which phosphatidylserine functions as a non-classical inhibitory molecule during T cell exhaustion, and how phosphatidylserine-targeting antibodies enhance T cell responses are explored.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10219-x
fMRI data from individuals of a wide range of ages (from a few days to 100 years old) are used to map the key organizational axes of functional connectivity in the human cortex throughout the lifespan.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10221-3
Intelligent and miniaturized drug delivery devices leveraging advances in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, electronics and materials science enable treatments with increased precision and responsiveness, with applications in cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other diseases.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10306-z
A study in Drosophilareveals a mechanism of non-homeostatic hunger and its critical relevance for memory consolidation.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10273-5
SnRK1β1A in rice promotes susceptibility to multiple fungal diseases, and disrupting this infection-inducible gene confers broad-spectrum resistance without compromising growth or yield under normal field conditions.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10292-2
An integrated lithium niobate–semiconductor platform generates topological soliton frequency combs on-chip, enabling turn-key, dispersion-agnostic comb sources without high-Q resonators or complex stabilization.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10276-2
Data from cryogenic electron microscopy combined with hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry inform a mechanism for cold-evoked activation of the TRPM8 channel, providing a structural and energetic framework to explain cold sensitivity.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10231-1
Starburst galaxies are seen to host galaxy-scale winds, which are super-fast and could be powered entirely by the thermal pressure of gas heated by supernovae.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10264-6
Androgen activity in the male embryonic hindbrain prolongs hindbrain differentiation in male individuals and drives sex differences in the incidence and prognosis of posterior fossa type A (PFA) ependymoma, an aggressive childhood brain tumour.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10288-y
Analyses of biobank data show that human variation such as age, sex and genetics, particularly at the major histocompatibility complex locus, is associated with viral abundance and supports a causal link between abundance of Epstein–Barr virus and Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10267-3
Face cells in the macaque inferotemporal cortex are initially able to detect faces and then rapidly switch to a face-specific neural code to discriminate between different face identities.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10255-7
Cas9 structures explain topology sensing and off-target activation.
Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x
Analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes from archaeological canid remains found across Europe and Anatolia shows that a genetically homogeneous dog population was already widely distributed across the region by 15,000 years ago.
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