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Received — 27 May 2026 ⏭ Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

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.

Forest carbon protocols underestimate climate-driven carbon loss risks

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10571-y

The buffer pool designed to compensate for unintended carbon losses from the largest forest climate mitigation programme in the United States is too small when considering the impact of future climate change scenarios.

mRNA vaccines engage unconventional pathways in CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell priming

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10353-6

mRNA–lipid-nanoparticle vaccines do not require type 1 conventional dendritic (cDC1) cells or the WDFY4-dependent cross-presentation pathway for CD8+ T cell priming but, instead, engage both cDC1 and cDC2 cells redundantly.

Prospective evaluation of genomics-guided off-label treatment

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10405-x

Evaluation by the Drug Rediscovery Protocol of off-label use of 37 approved cancer drugs on 1,610 patients showed modest activities overall, although subgroups of responders suggest that off-label drug use could be beneficial in tandem with more stringent biomarker selection.

Emergence of oncofetal plasticity is ubiquitous in early colorectal cancers

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10344-7

Metastasis-associated oncofetal cell states emerge at the earliest stages of colorectal cancer and spatial profiling shows stereotypic patterning of fibroblast subtypes resembling normal tissue architecture, resulting in distinct regional microenvironments that dictate the timing and positioning of oncofetal plasticity.
Received — 13 April 2026 ⏭ Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity

Nature, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10349-2

Across 17 forest plots (2.7 million trees, 5,400 species), competition dominated overall, but facilitation was relatively stronger near the equator and declined towards higher latitudes, partly linked to temperature, legumes, mycorrhizal associations and canopy nursing effect.

DNA damage drives antigen diversification in <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>

Nature, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10337-6

An in vitro toolkit for studying VSG diversification defines key molecular requirements underlying the formation of mosaic VSGs, providing an experimental framework for the exploration of antigen diversification in Trypanosoma brucei and in other pathogenic microorganisms.

Single-cell spatiotemporal dissection of the human maternal–fetal interface

Nature, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10316-x

A single-cell multiomic atlas of the human maternal–fetal interface across pregnancy reveals cell types, states and spatial niches, developmental tissue architectures and transcriptional programmes, and identifies cell types with roles in pre-eclampsia, spontaneous preterm birth and miscarriage.

High-precision measurement of the W boson mass with the CMS experiment

Nature, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10168-5

The CMS experiment at CERN reports one of the highest-precision measurements of the W boson mass, finding it in line with standard model predictions and at odds with recent anomalous measurements.
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