Electric charge makes drops of water more destructive

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02705-zIn many real-world settings, water droplets can become slightly charged as they slide across solid surfaces. This charge has been found to enable water droplets…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02705-z

In many real-world settings, water droplets can become slightly charged as they slide across solid surfaces. This charge has been found to enable water droplets to damage protective coatings more easily than uncharged droplets do, and to cause the underlying metal to corrode.

DeepMind’s new genome ‘atlas’ charts effects of all nine billion human gene mutations

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02835-4AI model AlphaGenome forecasts the consequences of altering every single DNA letter in the human genome.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02835-4

AI model AlphaGenome forecasts the consequences of altering every single DNA letter in the human genome.

Popular open-science platform to stop hosting data and code amid funding concerns

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02598-yChanges to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02598-y

Changes to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.

These six advances could change how drugs are delivered

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02654-7Medication triggered by your circadian clock, self-assembling delivery systems based on DNA and other highlights from studies and trials.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02654-7

Medication triggered by your circadian clock, self-assembling delivery systems based on DNA and other highlights from studies and trials.

Daily briefing: OpenAI claims a huge maths breakthrough

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02867-wThe AI giant claims to have solved one of maths’ trickiest problems, but questions swirl over should get the credit. Plus, an atlas of every single DNA letter m…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02867-w

The AI giant claims to have solved one of maths’ trickiest problems, but questions swirl over should get the credit. Plus, an atlas of every single DNA letter mutation in humans and why more bioengineered microorganisms aren’t making it out of the lab.