Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10795-yA process-rich global biogeochemical model is used to determine the trade-offs between carbon dioxide removal efficiency and ecosystem impacts in ten ocean ocean biomes following ocean iron fertilization.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10835-7Using canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10842-8Probabilistic sequence encoding from language model embeddings within a generative AI framework enables protein miniaturization, modification and augmentation while maintaining native architecture and functional integrity.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10861-5New Mongolian fossil evidence shows zhelestids were not placental-like herbivore relatives, but a dental variant within Zalambdalestoidea, with distinctive molars alongside zalambdalestid skull and limb traits.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10814-yIn Drosophila, cell fate switching in adult intestinal stem cells is determined through an epigenetic mechanism in which these cells count divisions, switching from producing enterocytes to producing an enteroendocrine mother cell every ninth division.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10840-wClimate and econometric modelling reveal that human-induced climate change is shifting the burden of childhood malaria in Africa.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02124-0Two demonstrations of silicon-based quantum processors tackle the engineering challenges of building scalable quantum computers.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02310-0Quantum computing exists because governments funded risky bets. Capitalism can carry it the rest of the way — if quantum scientists are supported.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02282-1Researchers say that transparent publishing practices could be associated with research quality, but more evidence is needed.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02183-3A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02308-8Eliminating polio is within reach — if countries see it as an essential public-health priority.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02254-5A lost world.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02127-xCoupling between horizontal and vertical electric polarization enables an unconventional ferroelectric material to be controlled using standard device geometry.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02341-7Rigorous trials suggest they reduce the risk of long-term disease after coronavirus infection.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02181-5The smallest building blocks are enabling next-generation solutions.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02400-zTiny bird figurines hint at the sophistication of Europe’s earliest Homo sapiens. Plus, open peer-review reports are less likely to be retracted and a mission to fly over dangerous ‘fire clouds’.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02325-7Ants and bees are known to use spatial memories to navigate to fixed locations, such as a nest. Virtual-reality experiments in which Drosophila fruit flies follow fictive odour plumes now show that these insects use components of a similar memory-guided navigational toolkit to track the edge of a plume towards its source.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02335-5The model can modify existing proteins using a probability approach.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02128-wIn the fly gut, stem cells keep the balance of cell types by undergoing eight rounds of cell division to form absorptive cells, then one round to form secretory cells.
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03966-wMosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their range.