Anthropic’s AI biolab finds ‘CRISPR-like’ DNA in viruses. What’s next?

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03039-6The detection effort enlisted roughly 950 AI agents that spent more than 21 hours combing through DNA sequence databases.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03039-6

The detection effort enlisted roughly 950 AI agents that spent more than 21 hours combing through DNA sequence databases.

Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-yNature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-y

Nature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.

Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02980-wA Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02980-w

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

OpenAI’s research chief talks of ‘cultural reset’ after wild few weeks

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03028-9Mark Chen discusses how the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident prompted a pivot to safety — and giving AI models a sense of ‘taste’.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03028-9

Mark Chen discusses how the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident prompted a pivot to safety — and giving AI models a sense of 'taste'.

Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03023-0Laboratories are still using dangerous and carbon-intensive liquids much more often than environmentally friendly ones, according to a 40-year survey of patents.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03023-0

Laboratories are still using dangerous and carbon-intensive liquids much more often than environmentally friendly ones, according to a 40-year survey of patents.

Nepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fast

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03016-zThe UN’s climate loss and damage fund needs to consider how to make decisions about finance fairly and quickly, without disadvantaging low-resource nations.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03016-z

The UN’s climate loss and damage fund needs to consider how to make decisions about finance fairly and quickly, without disadvantaging low-resource nations.