Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02843-4Evidence suggests that regular calls can keep kids learning when schooling is disrupted — plus, why a familiar world map may be about to change.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02843-4

Evidence suggests that regular calls can keep kids learning when schooling is disrupted — plus, why a familiar world map may be about to change.

PLA2G2D in tumour-draining lymph nodes regulates anti-tumour immunity

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10954-1A specific population of macrophages that express high levels of the enzyme PLA2G2D in tumour-draining lymph nodes is associated with poor prognosis in patients…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10954-1

A specific population of macrophages that express high levels of the enzyme PLA2G2D in tumour-draining lymph nodes is associated with poor prognosis in patients, and inhibiting PLA2G2D improves anti-tumour immunity in mouse models.

Use AI as a sparring partner, not an oracle

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02846-1As artificial-intelligence tools become crucial collaborators in science, universities must teach students to challenge such systems and assess their ability to…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02846-1

As artificial-intelligence tools become crucial collaborators in science, universities must teach students to challenge such systems and assess their ability to do so.

How AI is changing PhD programmes: join our free webinar

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02751-7Learn how artificial intelligence can hone your research skills as well as the potential pitfalls of relying too heavily on it.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02751-7

Learn how artificial intelligence can hone your research skills as well as the potential pitfalls of relying too heavily on it.

Within-family effect of ancestry on complex traits in a Mexican population

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11039-9This study uses a within-family design to identify significant ancestry differences in complex traits such as height and type 2 diabetes in a genetically divers…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11039-9

This study uses a within-family design to identify significant ancestry differences in complex traits such as height and type 2 diabetes in a genetically diverse population from Mexico City.

Breaking timescales with generative sampling of conformational transitions

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11025-1A generative committor-guided path-sampling framework reconstructs rare biomolecular transition pathways and reveals the underlying thermodynamics and kinetics …

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11025-1

A generative committor-guided path-sampling framework reconstructs rare biomolecular transition pathways and reveals the underlying thermodynamics and kinetics without using predefined collective variables or brute-force sampling, at an acceptable computational cost.

An operational perturbation proteomics-based virtual cell model

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11001-9Temporal protein-abundance measurements from systematically perturbed breast cancer cell lines were generated to develop ProteinTalks, a virtual cell model that…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11001-9

Temporal protein-abundance measurements from systematically perturbed breast cancer cell lines were generated to develop ProteinTalks, a virtual cell model that functions as an operational tool for diverse drug discovery tasks.

Neocortical long-range inhibition promotes cortical synchrony and sleep

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10876-yIn mice, a sparse population of sleep-active long-range inhibitory neurons in the neocortex promote widespread cortical synchronization and sleep, revealing a c…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10876-y

In mice, a sparse population of sleep-active long-range inhibitory neurons in the neocortex promote widespread cortical synchronization and sleep, revealing a cortical mechanism that contributes to the regulation of sleep.