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The baffling science of SSRIs: how do they really work?
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02570-wThe world’s most popular antidepressant drugs are under fire. But are they really harder to quit than heroin?
Vaporization trick enables ‘tandem’ solar cells to be made at lower temperatures
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02469-6A clever approach for evaporating a compound used to make perovskite semiconductors tackles a vexing challenge in scaling up …
Are pro-nuclear politics a threat to public safety?
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02509-1Oversight agencies suddenly face pressure to rapidly assess a range of relatively untested reactor designs.
Savannah grass growth in dry conditions is boosted by increased CO<sub>2</sub> levels
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02480-xAnalysis of 70 experiments and 32 years of field observations shows that increasing the amount of carbon dioxide enhances …
This pulsating muscle graft mimics benefits of exercise
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02664-5Mice with the surgical implant developed more muscle mass, strength and bone density.
The 46 companies scrambling to commercialize fusion for energy
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02513-5Whether the billions of dollars of investment will lead to an inexhaustible source of clean electrical power is not …
Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02676-1The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.
Smaller reactors bring nuclear power closer to fulfilling its promise
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02506-4Shadowed by past disasters, nuclear engineers are developing different types of reactor, fuel, coolant and material that could help …
A practical recycling strategy for making thiophosphate molecules with enzymes
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02482-9An enzymatic platform for constructing the thiophosphate molecular motif without relying on large amounts of expensive reagents has been …
Can nuclear reactors hit the road?
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02510-8Fission facilities that fit in a truck could provide portable power where it’s needed — but some people question …
Plasma-jet movie is astronomy’s summer blockbuster
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02522-4Just 116 images exist of the active galaxy 3C 345 — but an AI-driven algorithm has created a highly …
Spontaneously charged water drops induce corrosion
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10941-6Experiments have shown that spontaneously charged water drops can damage coatings on metal surfaces, leading to corrosion of the …
Infrared absorption spectroscopy of a single polyatomic molecular ion
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10915-8Non-destructive single-molecule absorption spectroscopy is achieved by detecting photon recoil from a trapped molecular ion, enabling single-photon-sensitive measurements of …
Long-read sequencing reveals pre-meiotic gene conversion in sperm
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10901-0Single-molecule long-read sequencing of human sperm reveals variation in recombination across donors and that a substantial fraction of non-crossover …
Granule cells reorient cortical trajectories to separate contexts
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10946-1Simultaneous imaging of premotor cortex and cerebellar granule cells in mice learning two skills in parallel shows that trajectories …
Primate-specific regulation of the human glycosphingolipid gatekeeper UGCG
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10927-4Cryogenic electron microscopy structures of full-length human UGCG, the gatekeeper that dictates the scale and composition of glycosphingolipid diversity, …
Endocannabinoids facilitate reward engagement through retrograde gain control
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10967-wA key role for retrograde neuromodulatory signalling in motivated behaviour is shown through dynamic endocannabinoid release within a thalamostriatal …
Video reconstruction of variable VLBI observations with neural fields
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10988-5The kine neural reconstruction algorithm produces high-resolution, time-continuous very long baseline interferometry videos, enabling direct measurement of instantaneous plasma …
Aberrant excitatory neuronal ERBB4 promotes Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10964-zNeuroinflammation alone may be dispensable for early synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
Critical zone processes limit alkalinity export from natural basaltic systems
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10936-3Observations from natural volcanic watersheds demonstrate attenuation of alkalinity fluxes along the complete reactive pathways from soil to river …
A binding-to-release strategy for targeted anticancer drug delivery
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10971-0A binding-to-release drug conjugate strategy enables targeted payload release without cellular internalization, improving tumour specificity, efficacy and expanding therapeutic …
Synergistic degradation of fucoidans in the ocean
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10980-zEfficient degradation of fucoidans depends on complementary bacterial guilds that cooperatively break backbone and side-chain sugars, revealing a conserved, …
Tidal tomography reveals a thermal anomaly beneath Mars’s crustal dichotomy
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10893-xAnalysis of tracking data from Mars orbiters reveals time-variable gravity field behaviour reflecting the structure underlying the Martian crustal …
3D bulk-resolved <i>g</i>-wave altermagnetic order parameter in CrSb
Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10902-zQuantum oscillation measurements map the g-wave altermagnetic order parameter in CrSb, establishing it as a prototypical unconventional magnet with …
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