Shamini Bundell – My Reading Site

Briefing Chat: The Bunsen burner myth that turns out to be just hot air

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02893-8Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of 9 billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization might be based on…

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02893-8

Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of 9 billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization might be based on tradition alone.

The exoskeletons are coming (to a store near you)

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-yTechnology to help people walk, run and jump is moving rapidly from labs to hiking trails.

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-y

Technology to help people walk, run and jump is moving rapidly from labs to hiking trails.

Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole rats offer tantalizing hints

Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02488-3Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.

Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02488-3

Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.

The simple chemical that lets queen naked mole-rats ‘rule’

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02186-0The mechanism behind these strange mammals’ extreme social structure has been a long-standing puzzle.

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02186-0

The mechanism behind these strange mammals' extreme social structure has been a long-standing puzzle.