Author: Kaia Glickman

These AI agents design your perfect robot-powered lab — and run it for you

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03587-xA team of artificial-intelligence agents simulates a laboratory of robots and instruments to ensure that the physical workspace functions smoothly and then direc…

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03587-x

A team of artificial-intelligence agents simulates a laboratory of robots and instruments to ensure that the physical workspace functions smoothly and then directs that workspace’s operations.

Elizabeth Holmes film enthralls — but her legacy haunts science

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03383-7You Can See Everything brings blood-testing start-ups back into the public eye. They persevere in Theranos’s shadow.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03383-7

You Can See Everything brings blood-testing start-ups back into the public eye. They persevere in Theranos’s shadow.

Sign of the times: AI lingo muscles into esteemed dictionary

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03044-9‘Agentic’, ‘prompt engineering’ and other technical terms are among the 1,400 entries added to Merriam-Webster’s online catalogue.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03044-9

‘Agentic’, ‘prompt engineering’ and other technical terms are among the 1,400 entries added to Merriam-Webster’s online catalogue.

AI system helps lab devices ‘talk’ with each other — streamlining research

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02990-8Platform allows disparate machines to communicate and to be controlled by an artificial-intelligence agent.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02990-8

Platform allows disparate machines to communicate and to be controlled by an artificial-intelligence agent.

AI tool turns any paper into an ‘agent’ that can collaborate and answer complex queries

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02899-2The Paper2Agent system makes it easier for researchers to reproduce papers and understand work in unfamiliar fields, authors say.

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02899-2

The Paper2Agent system makes it easier for researchers to reproduce papers and understand work in unfamiliar fields, authors say.

Will Meta’s deal make social media safe for kids? Researchers are dubious

Nature, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02733-9Nature talks to specialists about the changes coming to Facebook and Instagram, and whether there’s evidence they will help.

Nature, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02733-9

Nature talks to specialists about the changes coming to Facebook and Instagram, and whether there’s evidence they will help.

‘Robot Olympics’ reveal humanoids’ rapid progress — but hurdles remain

Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02713-zHumanoid robots broke records at sporting events such as sprints, but struggled at practical tasks such as hammering nails.

Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02713-z

Humanoid robots broke records at sporting events such as sprints, but struggled at practical tasks such as hammering nails.

Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02551-zThe figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02551-z

The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed