Month: August 2026

Neural basis of compositional control

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10896-8Behaviour of human participants in a prey-pursuit task reflects dynamic blending of goal-specific control policies, with hippocampus estimating latent states, ante…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10896-8

Behaviour of human participants in a prey-pursuit task reflects dynamic blending of goal-specific control policies, with hippocampus estimating latent states, anterior cingulate cortex orchestrating policy switches and orbitofrontal cortex supplying value-based contextualization rather than driving continuous policy updating.

Glucose-responsive probiotics for glycaemic modulation in mice and monkeys

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10909-6Engineered probiotics equipped with a synthetic glucose-responsive circuit transiently colonize the gut and secrete therapeutic factors when glucose levels increas…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10909-6

Engineered probiotics equipped with a synthetic glucose-responsive circuit transiently colonize the gut and secrete therapeutic factors when glucose levels increase, enabling safe, oral, sense-and-respond control of diabetes in mouse and primate models.

Species intraspecific variation drives tropical forest drought resistance

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10870-4Substantial intraspecific variation, together with species turnover, drives coordinated shifts in drought resistance such as increased embolism resistance and wide…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10870-4

Substantial intraspecific variation, together with species turnover, drives coordinated shifts in drought resistance such as increased embolism resistance and wider stomatal safety margins in drier forests.

In vivo genome-wide CRISPR screens of human T cells in solid tumours

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10906-9An in vivo model that is able to recover human T cells from solid tumours can identify targets to help improve CAR T cell antitumour activity.

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10906-9

An in vivo model that is able to recover human T cells from solid tumours can identify targets to help improve CAR T cell antitumour activity.

Heterogeneous climatic controls on tropical-forest biomass

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10880-2An analysis of the relationships between aboveground biomass and various climatic factors in three major regions of tropical forest shows that understanding the co…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10880-2

An analysis of the relationships between aboveground biomass and various climatic factors in three major regions of tropical forest shows that understanding the complex interactions between climate, topography and soils is crucial to predict how climate change will affect carbon storage capacity.

Towards an equitable future of global photovoltaic waste recycling

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10905-wGlobal photovoltaic waste will reach 297–402 million tonnes by 2060, and regionally adapted recycling strategies and international cooperation will be needed to pr…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10905-w

Global photovoltaic waste will reach 297–402 million tonnes by 2060, and regionally adapted recycling strategies and international cooperation will be needed to provide equitable and scalable PV waste circularity.

A gas-enshrouded and gas-reddened black hole at cosmic dawn

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10846-4Observations of an unusual cosmic-dawn source illuminate how early supermassive black holes may have grown rapidly in a gas-enshrouded state; such enshrouded black…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10846-4

Observations of an unusual cosmic-dawn source illuminate how early supermassive black holes may have grown rapidly in a gas-enshrouded state; such enshrouded black holes may lie at the heart of the 'little red dots'.