Frontier-technology markets are too narrow — here’s how to widen them

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open as possible, or they will face risks of technological lock-in down the line.

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8

Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open as possible, or they will face risks of technological lock-in down the line.

Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02571-9A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02571-9

A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.

Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-zInjection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-z

Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.

Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-xNature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-x

Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.

Daily briefing: Personalized mRNA vaccine shows promise for cancer

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02638-7Good news from a trial of a vaccine against melanoma. Plus, the US NSF is set to issue its lowest number of new grants in 40 years, and the living layer that prote…

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02638-7

Good news from a trial of a vaccine against melanoma. Plus, the US NSF is set to issue its lowest number of new grants in 40 years, and the living layer that protects and produces desert soils.

Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead build ‘pro-worker’ AI

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02566-6Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02566-6

Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.