Month: July 2026

Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10514-7Transmission spectroscopy of the planet WD 1856 b, orbiting a white dwarf, with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the presence of hydrocarbons and aerosols in i…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10514-7

Transmission spectroscopy of the planet WD 1856 b, orbiting a white dwarf, with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the presence of hydrocarbons and aerosols in its atmosphere, providing insight into its mass and heating history.

Liver fat steers the outcome of advanced colorectal cancer

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01747-7In about 50% of people with colorectal cancer, tumour cells spread to distant organs. The ability of these metastases to grow into the liver tissue shapes prognosis….

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01747-7

In about 50% of people with colorectal cancer, tumour cells spread to distant organs. The ability of these metastases to grow into the liver tissue shapes prognosis. It emerges that liver fat promotes a form of liver metastasis with a poor prognosis, suggesting that individual-specific traits can inform risk stratification and treatment.

Heat-triggered phospholipid flipping stabilizes plasma membrane fluidity

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10726-xIn rice, the P4-ATPase complex OsALA5–OsALIS2 rapidly stabilizes membrane fluidity in response to high temperature by flipping saturated phosphatidylcholines to the …

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10726-x

In rice, the P4-ATPase complex OsALA5–OsALIS2 rapidly stabilizes membrane fluidity in response to high temperature by flipping saturated phosphatidylcholines to the cytosolic leaflet of the plasma membrane.

Listening in on the human brain cells that produce speech

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02004-7By combining recordings from single neurons with artificial-intelligence techniques, specific brain cells have been identified that could enable humans to generate l…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02004-7

By combining recordings from single neurons with artificial-intelligence techniques, specific brain cells have been identified that could enable humans to generate language. These cells, which are distributed broadly across the human brain, encode specific aspects of meaning and grammar and reflect how words are assembled into phrases and sentences.

Dual tumour–myeloid targeting of glioblastoma with GPNMB CAR-T cells

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10641-1Integrated multi-omic profiling of glioblastoma reveals GPNMB as a shared antigen in tumour cells and the surrounding microenvironment, and GPNMB-targeted chimeric a…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10641-1

Integrated multi-omic profiling of glioblastoma reveals GPNMB as a shared antigen in tumour cells and the surrounding microenvironment, and GPNMB-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells demonstrate therapeutic activity in vitro and in animal models.

Connecting single-cell transcriptomes to projectomes in the mouse visual cortex

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10424-8In the mouse visual cortex, multimodal cell-type definitions, gene expression patterns and cell location predict long-range projection targets of excitatory neurons,…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10424-8

In the mouse visual cortex, multimodal cell-type definitions, gene expression patterns and cell location predict long-range projection targets of excitatory neurons, linking transcriptomic identity with morphological, electrophysiological and circuit-level properties.

Casdatifan shows durable response linked to HIF-2α biology in kidney cancer

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10718-xMonotherapy with the HIF-2α inhibitor casdatifan achieves meaningful, durable responses linked to HIF-2α biology with manageable safety in the treatment of individua…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10718-x

Monotherapy with the HIF-2α inhibitor casdatifan achieves meaningful, durable responses linked to HIF-2α biology with manageable safety in the treatment of individuals with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Steatosis shapes prognosis-defining liver metastasis heterogeneity in CRC

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10686-2Liver steatosis increases formation of replacement liver metastases by increasing MYC stability through acetylation, which increases proline synthesis and collagen p…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10686-2

Liver steatosis increases formation of replacement liver metastases by increasing MYC stability through acetylation, which increases proline synthesis and collagen production.

Dendrite initiation and deflection in biaxially stressed solid electrolytes

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10734-xBy deflecting dendrite propagation, in-plane biaxial compression provided direct evidence that dendrite initiation occurs within the interior of garnet solid electro…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10734-x

By deflecting dendrite propagation, in-plane biaxial compression provided direct evidence that dendrite initiation occurs within the interior of garnet solid electrolytes during long-term cycling.

Hadean bridgmanite in the source of a present-day ocean island

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10719-wNew high-precision neodymium isotope data measured on recently erupted lavas from the submarine Fani Maoré volcano in the Comoros archipelago allow the identificatio…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10719-w

New high-precision neodymium isotope data measured on recently erupted lavas from the submarine Fani Maoré volcano in the Comoros archipelago allow the identification of heterogeneities dating back to Earth’s earliest history.