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.

Observation of conformal field theory spectra in a quantum simulator

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10904-xMeasurements on an array of optically trapped neutral atoms at a quantum phase transition provide a direct observation of the universal excitation spectrum predict…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10904-x

Measurements on an array of optically trapped neutral atoms at a quantum phase transition provide a direct observation of the universal excitation spectrum predicted by conformal field theory.

Functional role of skull lymphoid structures in CNS immunosurveillance

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10951-4Functional lymphoid structures within the skull bone marrow enable central nervous system immunosurveillance and shape immune responses to brain disease.

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10951-4

Functional lymphoid structures within the skull bone marrow enable central nervous system immunosurveillance and shape immune responses to brain disease.

Increasing CO<sub>2</sub> levels fertilize C<sub>4</sub> grass production

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10935-4By combining a meta-analysis of CO2 enrichment experiments with three decades of southern African savanna observations, an increase in biomass production by C4 gra…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10935-4

By combining a meta-analysis of CO2 enrichment experiments with three decades of southern African savanna observations, an increase in biomass production by C4 grasses under rising CO2 levels in water-limited environments is revealed.