More than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companies

Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02635-wScience sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies.

Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02635-w

Science sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies.

Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02574-6The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02574-6

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

Controversial White House plan to overhaul US science funding faces Senate opposition

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02436-1Proposal to put political appointees in charge of research grants could be temporarily halted if lawmakers’ efforts are successful.

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02436-1

Proposal to put political appointees in charge of research grants could be temporarily halted if lawmakers’ efforts are successful.

Underdog ‘spin qubits’ leap forward in race to a useful quantum computer

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02357-zFour independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower error rates.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02357-z

Four independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower error rates.

Smuggling charges against NIH virologists trigger political uproar

Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01995-7Other researchers say that non-infectious viral samples in luggage posed no risk, but might have violated import rules.

Nature, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01995-7

Other researchers say that non-infectious viral samples in luggage posed no risk, but might have violated import rules.

US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China

Nature, Published online: 16 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02226-9Republicans and Democrats worry about research theft and exploitation — but don’t agree on how to solve the problem.

Nature, Published online: 16 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02226-9

Republicans and Democrats worry about research theft and exploitation — but don’t agree on how to solve the problem.

NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02135-xA proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02135-x

A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.