Month: August 2026

Pervasive phosphorylation by phage T7 kinase disarms bacterial defences

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10934-5The T7 bacteriophage deactivates bacterial defence systems through T7K phosphorylation of nearly all host and phage proteins during infection.

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10934-5

The T7 bacteriophage deactivates bacterial defence systems through T7K phosphorylation of nearly all host and phage proteins during infection.

Asymmetric prefrontal representations for leader–follower dynamics

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10900-1Mice spontaneously form leader and follower roles during cooperation, and the medial prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value m…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10900-1

Mice spontaneously form leader and follower roles during cooperation, and the medial prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position.

Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A*

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10894-wThe discovery of the fast-orbiting star S301 near Sagittarius A* offers a promising new probe of the central black hole spin of the Milky Way through relativistic …

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10894-w

The discovery of the fast-orbiting star S301 near Sagittarius A* offers a promising new probe of the central black hole spin of the Milky Way through relativistic orbit measurements.

Family genetic designs in MoBa provide insights into health and functioning

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10926-5The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study demonstrates how family-based genomic data can disentangle direct genetic effects from confounding, improving s…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10926-5

The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study demonstrates how family-based genomic data can disentangle direct genetic effects from confounding, improving studies of health and human development.

An Icelandic pangenome reference

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10924-7Newly developed methods enable construction of Icelandic haplotypes and mapping of population-scale short reads to a pangenome by reducing reference bias and impro…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10924-7

Newly developed methods enable construction of Icelandic haplotypes and mapping of population-scale short reads to a pangenome by reducing reference bias and improving discovery in low-mappability regions, revealing many novel variants, including pathogenic alleles.

A global atmospheric methane record from a tropical ice core

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10938-1A 2,000-year Peruvian ice core record of atmospheric CH4 concentrations contains the first historical global CH4 record from the low latitudes, and implementation …

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10938-1

A 2,000-year Peruvian ice core record of atmospheric CH4 concentrations contains the first historical global CH4 record from the low latitudes, and implementation of a four-box model indicates higher equatorial CH4 strength than previous estimates from polar-only records.

The HydroGym reinforcement learning platform for fluid dynamics

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10917-6HydroGym offers over 60 standardized reinforcement-learning flow-control environments and demonstrates zero-shot transfer to a 3D wing, cutting local skin friction…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10917-6

HydroGym offers over 60 standardized reinforcement-learning flow-control environments and demonstrates zero-shot transfer to a 3D wing, cutting local skin friction by 38% and exploration costs by four orders of magnitude.

A black hole’s spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02607-0Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02607-0

Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.