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Six highlights from Parkinson’s disease research
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03172-2Targeting a new network, addressing gait issues and other advances from recent studies.
Fruit, flies and getting frisky: how food odours trigger sexual arousal
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03271-0Males of a Drosophila species that thrives on a particular fruit need the smell of food to begin courtship. …
See a tardigrade shed its skin — October’s best science images
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03563-5The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
Progress accelerates in Parkinson’s treatments
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03165-1Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a disease that affects millions of people worldwide.
Clearing the way for a transformative stem-cell treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03167-zMost Parkinson’s therapies aim to reduce the motor-control symptoms that the disease triggers. But stem-cell transplants in the brain …
Daily briefing: See a tardigrade shed its skin
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03593-zEnjoy the month’s best science images. Plus, an outbreak of anthrax in African hippos and the places where biodiversity …
How the brain protects itself from Parkinson’s disease
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3Brains are resilient. Harnessing their self-protective mechanisms might help to prevent or slow the progression of this neurodegenerative condition.
AI agents enter the ‘wet lab’
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03270-1An AI system coordinates laboratory instruments to conduct multi-step molecular-biology experiments with limited human intervention.
Rise of Germanic and Celtic languages is written in ancient DNA
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3Thousands of genome sequences identify human migrations that might have spread early forms of these tongues around Europe.
How a once-controversial idea is advancing understanding of Parkinson’s disease
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03169-xThe disease is thought to be divided into two subtypes, depending on where it originates in the body — …
‘Historic change’: what the 2026 US mid-term election results mean for science
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03579-xResearchers hope that US lawmakers will push back against the Trump administration’s science policies — but there are limits …
Is social media changing children’s brains? Here’s what the science says
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1Some countries are introducing sweeping social-media bans for young people, but the impact of screen time is still under …
X-ray stopwatch can measure durations of just attoseconds
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2The duration of short ångström-wavelength X-ray pulses, which lasted merely 170 attoseconds, has finally been measured accurately. The optical …
The oracle of the second quadrant
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03369-5It all adds up.
AI agents run this automated biology lab that sequences DNA and more
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03552-8Self-driving lab in China requires only a simple prompt to encode messages in DNA and read them out.
First-of-its-kind planetary wreckage holds clues to our Solar System’s fate
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7Astronomers spot an unprecedented double disk of debris around a dead star.
Toothbrush zaps bacteria with electricity made when bristles move
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03586-yInnovative polymer could give the manual toothbrush its first radical redesign in more than 1,000 years.
Why not to wait even a few minutes before fleeing a tsunami
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03539-5Simulation shows that hesitating can be the difference between making it to safety and not.
Parkinson’s: beyond the brain
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1Parkinson’s disease might develop in the gut before reaching the brain, and the environment could have a crucial role …
Carbon radical generation by irreversible metal-to-ligand charge transfer
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11368-9Carbon radical generation by irreversible metal-to-ligand charge transfer
Ancient DNA charts spread of Celtic and Germanic languages
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03582-2Genomes from thousands of ancient individuals show how migrations helped shape Celtic and Germanic languages — plus, how the …
A guide to Nature Index tables
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0Information on the methodology used in the ranking for the 2026 Nature Spotlight: Neuroscience.
Spider snooze stages
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03487-0How similar are vertebrate and invertebrate sleeping behaviours? An analysis of spiders offers insights about how sleep evolved.
When humans disappear, biodiversity takes a surprising turn
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03505-1For decades, conservation has worried about the risks of too many people. In some places, depopulation is the real …
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