Month: July 2026

Mapping drivers of life expectancy change in Asia from 1990 to 2023

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10739-6Using the Global Burden of Disease Study data across Asian countries and territories, life expectancy trends and the effects of cause-specific mortality and risk fac…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10739-6

Using the Global Burden of Disease Study data across Asian countries and territories, life expectancy trends and the effects of cause-specific mortality and risk factors on changes in these trends are analysed.

A vector-based strategy for olfactory navigation in <i>Drosophila</i>

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7Using a virtual reality system, experiments in Drosophila show that flies use memory mechanisms to navigate along the boundary of an odour plume and track the source…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10827-7

Using a virtual reality system, experiments in Drosophila show that flies use memory mechanisms to navigate along the boundary of an odour plume and track the source of a smell.

Semiconducting and magnetic lanthanide MXenes from intercalated halides

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2A bottom-up synthesis strategy creates lanthanide MXenes (Ln2CT2) that combine semiconducting behaviour with ferromagnetism, offering a promising new class of two-di…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2

A bottom-up synthesis strategy creates lanthanide MXenes (Ln2CT2) that combine semiconducting behaviour with ferromagnetism, offering a promising new class of two-dimensional materials for spintronic applications.

Tertiary lymphoid structures harbour stem-like tumour-specific T cells

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-wRenal cell carcinoma tumours containing tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are enriched for exhausted CD8+ T cells, including tumour-specific clonotypes with stem-l…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10808-w

Renal cell carcinoma tumours containing tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are enriched for exhausted CD8+ T cells, including tumour-specific clonotypes with stem-like progenitor features and reduced terminal exhaustion.

Exceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10809-9A well-preserved fossil snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil shows early ecological and brain shape disparity in the group.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10809-9

A well-preserved fossil snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil shows early ecological and brain shape disparity in the group.

Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10751-wRadial velocity measurements provide evidence for a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting the brown dwarf companion CD-35 2722 B, a promising detection of an exomoon-li…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10751-w

Radial velocity measurements provide evidence for a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting the brown dwarf companion CD-35 2722 B, a promising detection of an exomoon-like object.

Insulator-free topological photonic multi-lane highways

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9An insulator-free topological waveguide architecture comprising four inequivalent photonic valley half-semimetals arranged in a parallel, cyclic configuration and st…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9

An insulator-free topological waveguide architecture comprising four inequivalent photonic valley half-semimetals arranged in a parallel, cyclic configuration and stacked very close to one another demonstrates robust, multi-lane, unidirectional light transport with 100% spatial efficiency.

Three tips to avoid AI image mistakes in science

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02233-wArtificial-intelligence tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid …

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02233-w

Artificial-intelligence tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid problems.

Structural basis of the RNA-editing cascade in trypanosome mitochondria

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10831-xCryo-electron microscopy sheds light on the architecture of the Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial editosome and reveals how this assembly mediates mRNA editing throug…

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10831-x

Cryo-electron microscopy sheds light on the architecture of the Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial editosome and reveals how this assembly mediates mRNA editing through the insertion and deletion of uridine nucleotides.