Month: June 2026

A 1970s patent that changed the course of commercial biotechnology

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01812-1The scientific community awaits a patent for recombinant DNA technology, and experimentation with an anaesthetic from puffballs, in our weekly dip into Nature’s arch…

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01812-1

The scientific community awaits a patent for recombinant DNA technology, and experimentation with an anaesthetic from puffballs, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

How should I respond to race-based exclusion in my lab?

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01130-6A researcher in Europe feels left out of their team and held to different standards from their colleagues. How can they challenge exclusion without risking their pos…

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01130-6

A researcher in Europe feels left out of their team and held to different standards from their colleagues. How can they challenge exclusion without risking their position?

Europe as science superpower: what it will take to rival the US and China

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01955-1Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01955-1

Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.

Europe must seize the moment to lead on free and open science

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01953-3An under-appreciated research powerhouse, Europe has a responsibility to champion democratic science that is accessible to all the world’s research talent.

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01953-3

An under-appreciated research powerhouse, Europe has a responsibility to champion democratic science that is accessible to all the world’s research talent.

Daily briefing: NASA to launch satellite-rescue mission

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02029-yThe space agency will lift the orbit of a falling satellite by around 200 kilometres. Plus, Europe’s efforts to take on the US and China as a science superpower and …

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02029-y

The space agency will lift the orbit of a falling satellite by around 200 kilometres. Plus, Europe’s efforts to take on the US and China as a science superpower and the narcissism of bosses who want to nix remote working.

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.