Month: August 2026

Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02142-yResearchers will travel to Spain and Iceland to observe the solar eclipse on 12 August, hoping to answer questions about the solar corona.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02142-y

Researchers will travel to Spain and Iceland to observe the solar eclipse on 12 August, hoping to answer questions about the solar corona.

Daily briefing: What scientists can learn from a solar eclipse

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02519-zResearchers will have two minutes to gather data on the solar corona. Plus, people across cultures are all ticklish in the same way and how the El Niño could spell…

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02519-z

Researchers will have two minutes to gather data on the solar corona. Plus, people across cultures are all ticklish in the same way and how the El Niño could spell disaster for the Amazon rainforest.

Why scientists should lead the shift away from AI mega data centres

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02451-2Publicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI’s environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02451-2

Publicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI’s environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.

When the best decision is no decision: the rise of randomization in grant funding

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02082-7If reviewers can’t reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to bre…

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02082-7

If reviewers can’t reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to break the tie.