How a team of AIs discovered a promising lung-cancer drug

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-yResearchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an ‘chief scientist’.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-y

Researchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an 'chief scientist'.

Drug firms’ secret data supercharge AI protein models

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02882-xAn AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data.

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02882-x

An AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data.

DeepMind’s new genome ‘atlas’ charts effects of all nine billion human gene mutations

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02835-4AI model AlphaGenome forecasts the consequences of altering every single DNA letter in the human genome.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02835-4

AI model AlphaGenome forecasts the consequences of altering every single DNA letter in the human genome.

40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how ice age humans flourished

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02312-yNewly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02312-y

Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

Which ‘AI scientist’ suits your lab? A guide for the perplexed

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02091-6General purpose AI tools for science, such as Claude Science, promise to accelerate research. But which is right for you?

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02091-6

General purpose AI tools for science, such as Claude Science, promise to accelerate research. But which is right for you?

Making samples one billion times bigger lets simple microscopes pinpoint amino acids

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01842-9Stretching protein samples in all directions pulls molecules farther apart, allowing them to be visualized using only light microscopy.

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01842-9

Stretching protein samples in all directions pulls molecules farther apart, allowing them to be visualized using only light microscopy.