Iranian scientists in the United States face major upheaval

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03346-yPressures due to the continuing US–Iran conflict are mounting as early-career researchers endure frozen immigration status, employment limbo and families caught …

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03346-y

Pressures due to the continuing US–Iran conflict are mounting as early-career researchers endure frozen immigration status, employment limbo and families caught in the war.

Meet Neuropixels: how probes that track hundreds of brain cells at once are revolutionizing neuroscience

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03511-3From rodents to humans, tools that enable large-scale, single-cell neuronal recordings are exposing the inner workings of the brain.

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03511-3

From rodents to humans, tools that enable large-scale, single-cell neuronal recordings are exposing the inner workings of the brain.

Five overlooked steps to identify new epidemics, fast

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03509-xCurrent measures to track emerging epidemics have a key limitation: they don’t work if the disease causes unusual or unexpected symptoms.

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03509-x

Current measures to track emerging epidemics have a key limitation: they don’t work if the disease causes unusual or unexpected symptoms.

In Indonesia, PhD students blow the whistle on bad supervision

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02465-wThe nation plans to boost the number of doctoral candidates, but some early-career researchers warn of systemic challenges, including poor-quality supervision.

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02465-w

The nation plans to boost the number of doctoral candidates, but some early-career researchers warn of systemic challenges, including poor-quality supervision.

How researchers debunked ‘race science’: ‘a triumph of scientific self-correction’

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03507-zAn account of how nineteenth-century studies aiming to find a biological basis for human races were dismantled by good scientific practices — although their effe…

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03507-z

An account of how nineteenth-century studies aiming to find a biological basis for human races were dismantled by good scientific practices — although their effects are still felt today.