Bumblebees don’t mind a little plastic in their honeypots

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02988-2Insects show off their adaptability by incorporating unfamiliar construction materials to build honey-storage vessels.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02988-2

Insects show off their adaptability by incorporating unfamiliar construction materials to build honey-storage vessels.

AI system helps lab devices ‘talk’ with each other — streamlining research

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02990-8Platform allows disparate machines to communicate and to be controlled by an artificial-intelligence agent.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02990-8

Platform allows disparate machines to communicate and to be controlled by an artificial-intelligence agent.

AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03024-zAn OpenAI agent accessed secure data on an Australian health-care website, but the incident wasn’t reported for months.

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03024-z

An OpenAI agent accessed secure data on an Australian health-care website, but the incident wasn’t reported for months.

Surprising protein links dietary restriction to increased lifespan in flies

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02774-0A fruit-fly protein thought only to store amino acids in fact responds to nutritional deficiency in both development and adulthood, resulting in lifespan extens…

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02774-0

A fruit-fly protein thought only to store amino acids in fact responds to nutritional deficiency in both development and adulthood, resulting in lifespan extension.

Single-cell atlas of transcriptomic vulnerability across brain disorders

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09573-zA population-scale single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex provides a perspective of the transcriptomic landscape in neurod…

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09573-z

A population-scale single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex provides a perspective of the transcriptomic landscape in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, and offers potential targets for therapeutic intervention.

Genome project opens the next chapter for studying bat evolution

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02637-8A landmark collection of bat genomes reveals fresh clues about the evolution of one of the world’s most unusual groups of mammals.

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02637-8

A landmark collection of bat genomes reveals fresh clues about the evolution of one of the world’s most unusual groups of mammals.

The lipidomic architecture of the mouse brain

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11050-0A spatial lipidomic atlas of the mouse brain reveals more than 500 biochemical territories that mirror cell types and connectivity, capture oligodendrocyte hete…

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11050-0

A spatial lipidomic atlas of the mouse brain reveals more than 500 biochemical territories that mirror cell types and connectivity, capture oligodendrocyte heterogeneity and ventricular zonation, and are remodelled during pregnancy.