Can green technologies deliver energy security in an unstable world?

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03409-0As global energy markets grapple with a period of sustained political volatility, researchers are digging deep for solutions.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03409-0

As global energy markets grapple with a period of sustained political volatility, researchers are digging deep for solutions.

AI’s energy paradox: will the AI boom strain energy systems or be the source of solutions?

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03412-5Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes is leading a community of interdisciplinary specialists exploring how to make the energy use of artificial intelligence net-positive.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03412-5

Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes is leading a community of interdisciplinary specialists exploring how to make the energy use of artificial intelligence net-positive.

Hideki Shirakawa obituary: chemist who showed that plastics can conduct electricity

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03633-8Nobel prizewinner’s accidental discovery led to new forms of materials, light-emitting diodes and solar cells.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03633-8

Nobel prizewinner’s accidental discovery led to new forms of materials, light-emitting diodes and solar cells.

Biotech innovations are an opportunity to limit climate change

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03621-yAgricultural biotechnology once found itself in opposition to environmental science. Now it could reduce the impact of food systems on global warming and biodive…

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03621-y

Agricultural biotechnology once found itself in opposition to environmental science. Now it could reduce the impact of food systems on global warming and biodiversity loss.

Author or just ‘acknowledged’? How women are not gaining full credit for research

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03448-7An analysis of who is more likely to get authorship than acknowledgement highlights the influence of a researcher’s gender and status.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03448-7

An analysis of who is more likely to get authorship than acknowledgement highlights the influence of a researcher’s gender and status.

Metascience should be a source of evidence, not a means of control

Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03620-zThe field has captured the interest of politicians. There are positives — but governments must not misuse the data.

Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03620-z

The field has captured the interest of politicians. There are positives — but governments must not misuse the data.