Author: Chris Simms

What does a PhD pay? Data reveal huge gaps across Europe

Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03181-1Earnings come in a combination of scholarships and salaries and vary widely between countries, an analysis by international federation Eurodoc reveals.

Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03181-1

Earnings come in a combination of scholarships and salaries and vary widely between countries, an analysis by international federation Eurodoc reveals.

Old hearts age backwards: transplanted organs adjust to host’s biological age

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03043-wTracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03043-w

Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02920-8By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02920-8

By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.