These AI agents design your perfect robot-powered lab — and run it for you

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03587-xA team of artificial-intelligence agents simulates a laboratory of robots and instruments to ensure that the physical workspace functions smoothly and then direc…

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03587-x

A team of artificial-intelligence agents simulates a laboratory of robots and instruments to ensure that the physical workspace functions smoothly and then directs that workspace’s operations.

Briefing Chat: Meet the snakes that cartwheel away from trouble

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03632-9Nature staff discuss an acrobatic reptile defence strategy — plus, evidence of fossilized dinosaur blood cells.

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03632-9

Nature staff discuss an acrobatic reptile defence strategy — plus, evidence of fossilized dinosaur blood cells.

‘Mathematics is more than a mechanical process’ — why I think the field will survive OpenAI’s disruption

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03622-xArtificial intelligence could take the field into new territory, but researchers must create the rules and institutions that keep humans at its centre.

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03622-x

Artificial intelligence could take the field into new territory, but researchers must create the rules and institutions that keep humans at its centre.