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Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02282-1 Researchers say that transparent publishing practices could be associated with research quality, but more evidence is needed.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10923-8 Editorial Expression of Concern: Carcinoma-produced factors activate myeloid cells through TLR2 to stimulate metastasis

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10945-2 Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte interphase for solid-state batteries

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02179-z The field seems to be on the cusp of big advances, but a concerted effort is needed to realize its true potential.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02308-8 Eliminating polio is within reach — if countries see it as an essential public-health priority.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02367-x Discovery of almost 400 structures may help to redefine the true scale of the Aquiry civilization — plus, tiny fossils of the earliest fossil squid ancestor.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10931-8 Entangled dual-site migration via boracycle rearrangement

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02254-5 A lost world.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02340-8 Fearless molecular biologist who revealed the workings of antibodies and memories.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02346-2 Values in science go beyond politics

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02359-x New discoveries at famous archeological site add to mystery of ancient human culture.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02183-3 A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02312-y Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02341-7 Rigorous trials suggest they reduce the risk of long-term disease after coronavirus infection.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02349-z Deserts face unprecedented flash flooding

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02304-y Textile made from fungal filaments can repair itself and is biodegradable.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02347-1 Use AI, but don’t mask it

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10845-5 The piezochiral effect, a new member of the family of strain-responsive functionalities alongside piezoelectricity and piezomagnetism, is introduced, enabling control of chirality through mechanical strain, with future applications in photonics, spintronics, biosensing and quantum information.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02104-4 How crimps form in the coats of sheep, and the history of the word ‘ionosphere’, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10852-6 Systematic analysis of prokaryotic STAND NTPases — relatives of animal and plant immune receptors — uncovers diverse antiviral sensors that detect most of the core structural and replicative proteins of bacteriophages.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02333-7 Infernos ravaged continental expanses of ferns during mass extinction of land and sea animals.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10791-2 In senescent cells, mitochondria-derived acetyl-CoA promotes histone acetylation and increases chromatin accessibility at inflammatory gene loci. Inhibition of SLC25A1 attenuates these effects, underscoring the therapeutic potential of targeting mitochondrial metabolism and its epigenetic crosstalk to delay age-related functional decline.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02181-5 The smallest building blocks are enabling next-generation solutions.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02348-0 Conversational AI: align commercial incentives with public interests

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10848-2 A simple organic catalyst enables direct alternating copolymerization of CO2 with bicycloalkanes to produce high-performance polyesters that can be selectively depolymerized and recycled in a closed-loop lifecycle.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03966-w Mosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their range.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01935-5 Researchers are alarmed that the procedure, which has not been rigorously studied, is being advertised by clinics around the world.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10862-4 Operando optical microscopy shows avalanche-like lithium deintercalation (intercalation) processes as the dilute stages of graphite are emptied (filled), showing how local disorder governs phase-transition dynamics and ion transport in lithium-ion battery electrodes.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02182-4 Nanoparticle technologies hold promise for delivering gene therapies to children with few treatment options.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02315-9 A staging system based on how big a role AI has in patient care can help to identify who is responsible in cases in which care fails.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10881-1 A nanopore-based ‘chop and measure’ method sequences peptides at single-amino-acid resolution by using enzymatic digestion to progressively shorten the N terminus one residue at a time, together with repetitive N-terminus re-reading.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02278-x The University of Oxford has already vaccinated its first clinical-trial participant. The study’s lead scientist Teresa Lambe tells Nature how they were able to move so fast.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02287-w The discovery of a transmissible melanoma in a freshwater catfish raises questions about the disease’s origin, mode of transmission and broader impact on the species.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10839-3 Perpendicular switching of the polarization state in the layered ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12 is demonstrated by means of trilinear coupling, allowing manipulation of the in-plane polarization component with an out-of-plane electric field.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02125-z The development of two medical AI assistants highlights an unnerving challenge: as the technology races ahead, what is the best way to evaluate what works?

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10850-8 New data on homebuying loan records around the Second World War in the USA, linked to race and immigration status, show that Black borrowers were disproportionally excluded from mortgage programmes.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02180-6 Scientists are harnessing its ability to fold, switch and reorganize itself to create a new generation of cellular technologies.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02311-z Ultra-weak ‘biophotons’ might be used to diagnose disease, or could even represent a new signalling mechanism in cells.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10766-3 A silicon spin-qubit device comprising a shuttling bus for transporting qubits is used to achieve parity checks up to weight four, highlighting the feasibility and benefits of incorporating shuttling into semiconductor quantum processors.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02286-x Naked mole rats live in colonies characterized by having a single breeding queen. It emerges that a queen-associated chemical helps to maintain this reproductive hierarchy.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02351-5 The towering formations appearing over severe wildfires in France and Oregon loft smoke so high they have global consequences.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10834-8 Pathways to previously undescribed polyenes, including unusual enzymes that introduce more sugars onto polyene scaffolds, are discovered, and their accessibility through clean and efficient fermentation and potential for safe use as antifungal treatments is described.

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02300-2 The idea of AI sentience is drawing more focus to consciousness science. But some researchers aren’t sure that’s a good thing.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10754-7 A silicon quantum processing unit executes high-fidelity multiqubit circuits, with all time-varying control signals generated by a digitally programmed cryogenic complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor controller and delivered to the low-noise, exchange-only qubit device through a high-density superconducting ribbon cable.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10841-9 Complete sequencing of more than 2,000 centromeres from diverse humans reveals structures and elevated mutation rates that shape the evolution of these critically important regions.

Nature, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10930-9 Pyridoxal photoenzymes for asymmetric radical–radical cross-couplings

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10849-1 GOOSE enables the design and testing of thousands of disordered protein region sequences to reveal distinct sequence-to-function relationships.

Nature, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10929-2 Phase-homogeneous mixed halide perovskites for stable tandem photovoltaics

Nature, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02355-1 A sand battery can keep Pornainen, Finland, toasty for up to a week in winter. Plus, UK physics facilities face a funding threat and examine MAHA health claims under the microscope.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10856-2 Cryo-electron tomography uncovers the structure of a conserved hexameric ‘portal complex’ that spans the core wall in vaccinia virus, and shows how it is associated with viral functions such as assembly, mRNA release and genome uncoating.