Memory stays strong in old age when this brain enzyme is active

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03303-9Data from mouse brains and 13 human brains show a link between levels of a lipid-degrading enzyme and cognitive resilience.

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03303-9

Data from mouse brains and 13 human brains show a link between levels of a lipid-degrading enzyme and cognitive resilience.

Briefing Chat: An invisible tattoo that appears under UV light – and then disappears

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03341-3Nature staff discuss a new ink that could be useful for medical tattooing — plus, an insight into why small dogs live longer than big ones.

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03341-3

Nature staff discuss a new ink that could be useful for medical tattooing — plus, an insight into why small dogs live longer than big ones.

IceCube just won a Nobel prize. Protect astroparticle physics projects with the same potential

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03308-4Building the Nobel-prizewinning neutrino experiment was a big risk. To continue its success, scientists — and funders — need to stay bold.

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03308-4

Building the Nobel-prizewinning neutrino experiment was a big risk. To continue its success, scientists — and funders — need to stay bold.

Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03195-9The mitoproteomes of five parasites and a plant hold medical potential — and reignite the question of just when the mitochondrion evolved.

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03195-9

The mitoproteomes of five parasites and a plant hold medical potential — and reignite the question of just when the mitochondrion evolved.

How scientists domesticated a killer bacterium

Genome analysis shows how decades of lab cultivation turned C. botulinum, the canned-food killer, into a potent tool for medicine and the beauty industry

Genome analysis shows how decades of lab cultivation turned C. botulinum, the canned-food killer, into a potent tool for medicine and the beauty industry