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El Niño goes viral — and scientists learn what makes people care about the climate
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02763-3
Evoking emotions is more likely to prompt people to engage with climate efforts than are data alone.Posted on 11 September 2026 | 2:00 am
NSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House priorities
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02892-9
The major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach will further squeeze cash for core sciences.Posted on 11 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Briefing Chat: The Bunsen burner myth that turns out to be just hot air
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02893-8
Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of 9 billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization might be based on tradition alone.Posted on 11 September 2026 | 2:00 am
People trust scientists seen to be 'on their side', UK study find
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02883-w
Politics and personal values influence people’s confidence in scientists, finds new reportPosted on 11 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Successful early-career scientists rely on network of mentors
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02827-4
Large networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups.Posted on 11 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Osteoporosis affects millions: could modified cells rebuild their bones?
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02828-3
Small trial hints at regenerative potential of bone-seeking marrow cells.Posted on 11 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Rivers deliver unexpectedly high loads of microplastics to the sea
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02866-x
Intense rains coupled with poor waste management cause big spikes in pollution.Posted on 10 September 2026 | 2:00 am
The neurons that can put a brake on a nervous-system cancer
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02834-5
Drugs that imitate the effect of GABAergic neurons slow the growth of tumours called gliomas in mice.Posted on 10 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Author Correction: The molecular basis of force selectivity by PIEZO2
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11079-1
Author Correction: The molecular basis of force selectivity by PIEZO2Posted on 10 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Distant sensors announced a fearsome tsunami’s birth
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02809-6
Seismic data pinpoint the collapse of an underwater volcano, and reveal how the eruption triggered a destructive tsunami.Posted on 10 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Daily briefing: Text-message tutoring keeps kids learning when schools close
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02888-5
Twenty-minute phone calls from tutors improved children’s maths learning during emergency school closures. Plus, Denisovans made excellent deer hunters and Beatles puns are here, there and everywhere in scientific literature.Posted on 10 September 2026 | 2:00 am
AI researchers reckon with the $1.5 million ‘academia tax’
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02026-1
Academics explain that their research freedom beats the increased salary they would get in the corporate sector, but emerging hybrid models might allow them to get the best of both worlds.Posted on 10 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Popular open-science platform to stop hosting data and code amid funding concerns
Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02598-y
Changes to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.Posted on 9 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Electric charge makes drops of water more destructive
Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02705-z
In many real-world settings, water droplets can become slightly charged as they slide across solid surfaces. This charge has been found to enable water droplets to damage protective coatings more easily than uncharged droplets do, and to cause the underlying metal to corrode.Posted on 9 September 2026 | 2:00 am
Pick up the phone! Phone calls with tutors keep kids learning when schools shut down
Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02825-6
The low-cost intervention was trialled in five countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.Posted on 9 September 2026 | 2:00 am