Infrared image detectors grown directly on read-out chips

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03420-5A film of lead sulfide — an infrared-sensitive semiconductor — has been grown directly on a circuit that can read out the material’s electrical signal through an…

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03420-5

A film of lead sulfide — an infrared-sensitive semiconductor — has been grown directly on a circuit that can read out the material’s electrical signal through an approach called monolithic in situ integration. This brings material growth and electronic integration together into a single step. The resulting image sensor shows high sensitivity for infrared wavelengths.

X-ray stopwatch can measure durations of just attoseconds

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2The duration of short ångström-wavelength X-ray pulses, which lasted merely 170 attoseconds, has finally been measured accurately. The optical system designed fo…

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03423-2

The duration of short ångström-wavelength X-ray pulses, which lasted merely 170 attoseconds, has finally been measured accurately. The optical system designed for precision pulse duration metrology can be used as a ‘stopwatch’ to measure the rapid motion of electrons inside atoms and molecules, too.

Faint exoplanets detected using computational approach to remove glare from stars

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03295-6An image-processing framework for detecting exoplanets directly has been developed. The technique overcomes the telescope-stability barrier that has limited prev…

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03295-6

An image-processing framework for detecting exoplanets directly has been developed. The technique overcomes the telescope-stability barrier that has limited previous methods, reveals fainter exoplanets than other approaches can detect and could make imaging exo-Earths easier for future observatories.

Parkinson’s: beyond the brain

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1Parkinson’s disease might develop in the gut before reaching the brain, and the environment could have a crucial role in triggering the disease.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1

Parkinson’s disease might develop in the gut before reaching the brain, and the environment could have a crucial role in triggering the disease.