Author: Nature

Early television set impresses Nature editors — but will it catch on?

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01813-0Nature reports a demonstration of a ‘televisor’, and the British Government makes a generous endowment, in our weekly dip into the magazine’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01813-0

Nature reports a demonstration of a ‘televisor’, and the British Government makes a generous endowment, in our weekly dip into the magazine’s archive.

Ozone erosion started decades before the ozone hole’s discovery

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02033-2Depletion of the ozone layer has been traced mainly to the widespread use of industrial chlorofluorocarbon chemicals, but there might have been an additional culprit.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02033-2

Depletion of the ozone layer has been traced mainly to the widespread use of industrial chlorofluorocarbon chemicals, but there might have been an additional culprit.

How long-term dietary cholesterol can slow down its own clearance by liver cells

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01899-6Cholesterol carried by low-density lipoprotein (LDL) drives heart disease and is cleared by liver cells expressing the receptor LDLR. A cell-signalling mechanism has…

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01899-6

Cholesterol carried by low-density lipoprotein (LDL) drives heart disease and is cleared by liver cells expressing the receptor LDLR. A cell-signalling mechanism has been discovered through which high cholesterol promotes the enzyme-mediated degradation of LDLR. Blocking this enzyme restores LDLR levels in liver cells, suggesting a new strategy for treating high cholesterol.

Long-sought chemical inhibitors of β-arrestin proteins

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01894-xProteins called β-arrestins regulate signalling through members of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily. Small molecules that bind directly to the β-arr…

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01894-x

Proteins called β-arrestins regulate signalling through members of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily. Small molecules that bind directly to the β-arrestins and inhibit their activities are the first chemical tools to probe their biology, opening avenues for transducer-targeted, pathway-specific GPCR therapeutics.

AI tool spots antibiotics that fight drug-resistant gonorrhoea

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01987-7The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae has evolved resistance to most antibiotics used to treat it, but a machine-learning screen reveals potential therapies.

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01987-7

The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae has evolved resistance to most antibiotics used to treat it, but a machine-learning screen reveals potential therapies.

Crude oil turns cheap porous membrane into a sieve to refine itself without heat

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01896-9An inexpensive, porous polymer membrane helps to separate raw crude oil, without heat or selective coating. Heavy hydrocarbons self-assemble inside the pores to crea…

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01896-9

An inexpensive, porous polymer membrane helps to separate raw crude oil, without heat or selective coating. Heavy hydrocarbons self-assemble inside the pores to create channels that are likely to be less than 2 nanometres wide, enriching the resulting permeate mix into light, ‘naphtha range’ hydrocarbons with 30% less energy cost and carbon dioxide emissions than conventional distillation.