Nature, Published online: 10 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02447-y Without strong standards and smart oversight, artificial intelligence risks eroding the foundations of higher education.
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02462-z Targeting shared proteins could help to control bacterial subtypes that current vaccines do not protect against.
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02488-3 Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.
Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02430-7 Two very different methods are used to estimate the human toll of heatwaves such as those now hitting parts of Asia and Europe.
Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02458-9 The device’s simple design could rival much more complex alternatives in biophysics research — and could even be used to search for dark matter.