Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01832-x

Organisms called bathynomids boast a bacterial gene that helps them to regulate their metabolism in the cold depths.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01864-3

Submarine dives reveal complex deep-sea ecosystems living on whale remains — plus, a way to turn plant material into nylon.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10640-2

Structures of the AGO maturation complex reveal how chaperones and an RNA duplex drive assembly of the RNA-induced silencing complex.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10645-x

SIRT7 safeguards X-chromosome integrity and dosage balance with autosomes.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10546-z

Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insight into deep-ocean biodiversity and whale evolutionary history.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10629-x

Analyses of brain single-cell transcriptomes from human, mouse, lizard, lamprey and amphioxus reveal that duplicated genes (ohnologues) played a pivotal part in early vertebrate cell-type diversification.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10596-3

Efficient blue perovskite light-emitting diodes with an external quantum efficiency of 21.8% are achieved through in situ polymerization-driven nanocrystal confinement.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10631-3

Tumour network mapping of diffuse midline glioma (DMG) defines a conserved and prognostically important brain network in children with DMG, consistent with the hypothesis that DMGs exploit otherwise healthy brain circuits to promote tumour growth.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10636-y

Macroscopic quantum coherence arises in two-component exciton Bose–Einstein condensates within MoSe2/hBN/WSe2 electron–hole bilayers, exhibiting distinct spin–valley polarized phases, quantum phase transitions under magnetic fields and stable condensate behaviour up to approximately 1.8 K.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10634-0

Sleep and exercise can slow clonal haematopoiesis and limit mutant cell-driven atherosclerosis.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10646-w

A co-optimized AI hardware–software system using resistive-memory computing improves energy efficiency and parallelism for sparse signal reconstruction in imaging and three-dimensional vision applications.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10639-9

Phylogenomic reconstruction of the proteome of the last eukaryotic common ancestor sheds light on the origin of eukaryotes, indicating an important role of horizontal transfer of genes from diverse bacterial and viral donors.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10613-5

Molecular glue degraders of the RNA-binding protein HuR have therapeutic potential for BRAF-mutant cancers.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10632-2

Near-infrared fluorescent carbon nanotubes exhibit light-induced quantum friction in water, in which exciton interactions slow nanoscale motion and enable optical control of diffusion and fluid dynamics.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10580-x

A chemical and biological redox process that resembles processes in petrochemical refining is used to convert lignin from poplar into a single, valuable bioproduct, adipic acid, in high yields.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10538-z

The first data of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory deliver high-precision neutrino oscillation parameters, improving measurements and demonstrating readiness to determine neutrino mass ordering.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10588-3

Mitochondria interact directly with the nuclear pore complex via VDAC1–RANBP2 binding to sustain nuclear ATP levels.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10623-3

Whole-brain, cellular-resolution imaging reveals a hierarchical thalamus–brainstem attractor network that encodes recent history and shapes behavioural bias in zebrafish.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10628-y

Experimental demonstration of quantum error-correcting codes combined with error detection and post-selection applied to a trapped-ion quantum processor shows improvements in logical error rates ranging from 11× to 800× compared with several physical circuit baselines.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10611-7

A global annual migration-flow dataset (1990–2024) is produced using deep-learning models and diverse sources to estimate movements across 230 countries with improved temporal resolution, coverage and uncertainty estimates.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10630-4

Accelerated Arctic glacier disintegration and a more dynamic sea ice cover are increasing iceberg-delivered dropstones in the deep ocean, reshaping seafloor habitats and extending cryospheric impacts far beyond glaciers.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10555-y

A systematic review and analysis shows how user-centred design can be integrated into, and strengthen, co-production approaches for building user-driven climate adaptation products.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10633-1

Linafexor is a rapidly cleared FXR agonist designed to mimic natural bile acid signalling, achieving transient receptor activation with strong efficacy and reduced toxicity in preclinical and early clinical studies.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10661-x

Structures of the distinct binding poses of three agonistic peptide toxins—bullet-ant-derived toxin δ-paraponeritoxin-Pc1a, cone snail ι-conotoxin RXIA and the globular β-scorpion toxin Cn2—on the human Nav1.6–β1 channel complex illustrate a diversity in binding poses and mechanisms of action.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01586-6

An ingredient of nylon has been made in high yields from lignin — revealing a fresh strategy for turning this complex plant biopolymer into industrial chemicals.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01753-9

Bryozoans are marine invertebrates that live in colonies and have long been considered absent from the Cambrian explosion — a rapid evolutionary event that began around 538 million years ago. Newly discovered fossils from the Cambrian period reveal that the bryozoan phylum had already diversified by this time.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01796-y

Modelling with artificial-intelligence tools has filled gaps in migration data, revealing detailed global population movements from 1990 to 2023.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01587-5

Direct interactions between the cell’s powerhouses and nuclear pores might channel energy straight into the nucleus, fuelling cell division and differentiation.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01754-8

A protein signal remains silent under normal conditions but is activated under cold stress to protect developing pollen. This ‘on-demand’ resilience mechanism could enable the development of ‘climate smart’ crops that maintain high yields in good years and food security under climate stress.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01585-7

The first measurements from the JUNO experiment demonstrate unprecedented precision and promise exciting results.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01851-8

Physicists hope that the JUNO facility can determine which type of neutrino has the highest mass.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01588-4

Training a neural network to collate data from several sources provides a high-resolution view of how people are moving around the world.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01835-8

A ripple effect of climate change is providing habitat for corals, sponges and other Arctic animals.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01819-8

From sky to sea, and then back to the lab, here are the top images from Nature’s 2026 photo competition.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01581-x

In the Indian Ocean, a deep-sea area roughly 1,200 kilometres long and 7 kilometres deep was found to harbour an ecological landmark site of whale remains.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01701-7

Water-suspended carbon nanotubes move more slowly in green light, suggesting that excited electrons in the tubes couple to the water through ‘quantum friction’.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01797-x

In clinical trials, there are many times (and ways) a therapeutic can come up short.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01626-1

By combining chemistry and biology with AI modelling, Layla Hosseini-Gerami is finding and reviving therapeutics with ‘huge potential’.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01718-y

Family ties.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01814-z

The challenge for universities is not adopting artificial intelligence, but doing so in ways that the current generation of students can trust.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01824-x

As deforestation in the Amazon falls, fresh evidence shows that the rainforest can withstand global warming, but only if there is a worldwide effort to stop cutting it down.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01816-x

Peptide injections are the hottest trend in wellness. Researchers say enthusiasm for these unregulated drugs has got ahead of the science.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01662-x

Japan and South Korea are challenging Western peers in a shifting research landscape.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10763-6

Author Correction: De novo design of quasisymmetric two-component protein cages

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01826-9

Weakening of a major ocean-current system is causing temperatures to drop in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01737-9

A systematic assessment of health-related queries to a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence highlights shortfalls in health-care provision and the responsibilities of AI companies.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10748-5

A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01825-w

The shot reduced insulin use for people with type 1 diabetes and another autoimmune condition.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01823-y

New research supports the value of household-level waste separation. But policies must also carefully consider consumer behaviours to maximize the quality of material collected.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01810-3

Archaeological findings from Italy, and machines with a life of their own, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10769-0

Author Correction: PTC-bearing mRNA elicits a genetic compensation response via Upf3a and COMPASS components

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00799-z

Although undoubtably helpful in many ways, experimental assay kits risk undermining the fundamentals of science. How can we course correct?

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01690-7

Almost half of the scientists who responded said that they feel broadly negative towards artificial intelligence, but they think that some tools are better than others.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01815-y

Scientists with disparate expertise writing grants together can identify knowledge gaps and drive progress — but systems must change to incentivize them.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01836-7

A participant in a landmark clinical trial has been given a cellular-reprogramming treatment that aims to rejuvenate damaged cells in the eye.

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10745-8

Author Correction: A broadly protective antibody targeting gammaherpesvirus gB

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01848-3

AI technology must serve human cognitive development, not the other way around

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01846-5

Arson attacks at Ebola hospitals are a cry for regional development

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01849-2

Science must be seen as a viable profession for the many, not the few

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01847-4

Preventing cancer requires more than a list of carcinogens

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01822-z

A dazzling book explains our bodies’ dependence on sunlight for everything from sleep to skin and bone health.