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Graduating without a thesis: meet the people getting ‘practical’ PhDs in China
Nature, Published online: 09 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01242-zNature spoke to three students from China’s first cohort of PhD candidates who are allowed to graduate with products …
Found: the toxic killer that caused an ocean catastrophe
Nature, Published online: 09 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02112-4Scientists identify an alga species as the culprit behind the deaths of more than one million marine animals.
Pair of ‘super-puff’ planets are lighter than candyfloss
Nature, Published online: 09 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02114-2Two gas giants circling the same star are among the least dense planets ever found.
Daily briefing: Mountain bongos still roam the forest
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02146-8A breeding herd of critically endangered antelope offer hope for the species' future. Plus, the mysterious objects that washed …
Nuclear weapons lurking in space could be tracked down by satellites
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01944-4A nuclear weapon orbiting Earth would emit neutrons through its interactions with the planet’s space radiation environment, and these …
Sea-floor spreading captured by undersea observatory
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01943-5A sea-floor monitoring experiment observed oceanic crust being created between two tectonic plates — the first in situ measurement …
Judicious use of LLMs could speed up progress in the social sciences
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01875-0Large language models could advance experiments in the social sciences, but fundamental questions remain about how they should be …
Breast cancer driver genes found by screening chromosome aberrations<i> in vivo</i>
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02014-5Cancer genomes are unstable, often experiencing gains or losses of whole chromosomes or chromosome arms — changes known as …
Ocean floor witnessed splitting apart for the first time — releasing lava
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02139-7Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows.
Volcanoes and wildfires contributed to increased stratospheric humidification
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02011-8Observations from satellites and climate-model simulations show that moderate volcanic eruptions and extreme wildfires have humidified the stratosphere since …
Nobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in China
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02143-xOmar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent.
Regenerating people–nature relationships to counter biocultural erosion in the Amazon
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01874-1Rebuilding the reciprocal care-oriented relationships between Amazonian Indigenous peoples and nature could address the predicted effects of climate change …
The forest of knowledge under global change
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10741-yThe biocultural heritage of the Amazon, its plant species, plant services and cultures are at risk from climate change.
An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6The ARP2/3 complex works together with actomyosin in an oscillatory program at the soma to govern neuronal polarization.
Intergenerational mobility fosters innovation in Europe
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10736-9The EUROPE-IGM-ATLAS reveals spatiotemporal trends that characterize the changing geography of opportunity in Europe and its relationship with regional …
Diet–microbiome synergy underlies obesity-associated immunotherapy efficacy
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10750-xDiet shapes obesity-associated therapeutic responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors through gut microbial metabolism and host anti-tumour immunity, demonstrated in …
Chromatin landscape and epigenetic heterogeneity of acute myeloid leukaemia
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10703-4An ATAC-seq-based approach is used to classify acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) into 16 epigenomic subgroups, and provides insight into …
LARES-2 satellite measures frame-dragging effect around the Earth
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10715-0Using LARES-2, LAGEOS and GRACE satellites, researchers measured Earth’s frame-dragging with unprecedented precision, strongly confirming general relativity, constraining alternative …
Universal cell embedding provides a foundation model for cell biology
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10689-zThe universal cell embedding foundation model learns to capture the organization and variation of cells by training on 36 …
Aneuploidy selects for the acquisition of driver genes in breast cancer
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10752-9Screening of chromosome arm-level aneuploidies uncovers that these alterations select for specific basal-like breast cancer driver genes, including PLGRKT, …
Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10783-2By observing the neutrons induced by spallation from protons in the inner Van Allen radiation belts using widely available …
Air-permeable hydrogels through viscoelastic phase separation of aerogels
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10712-3Viscoelastic phase separation is used to fabricate non-collapsible, air-rich networks in high-water-content hydrogels containing silica aerogel beads, allowing air …
Reconfigurable mmWave microchips co-integrating hBN switches on GaN
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10761-8Radio-frequency switches made from two-dimensional layered hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) were co-integrated on gallium nitride (GaN) microchips to build …
Computational approaches and the future of urban crime research
Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10622-4This Review examines the opportunities and challenges introduced by new datasets and computational techniques in urban crime research, and …
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