How research funding took me out of the lab and into leadership

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02184-2Landing two large grants caused Anna Sandak to take on a managerial role in her team and made her reflect on what it means to contribute to research.

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02184-2

Landing two large grants caused Anna Sandak to take on a managerial role in her team and made her reflect on what it means to contribute to research.

First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02945-zGene-targeting treatments could be used to treat other people with rare forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02945-z

Gene-targeting treatments could be used to treat other people with rare forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3

Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

How a team of AIs discovered a promising lung-cancer drug

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-yResearchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an ‘chief scientist’.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-y

Researchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an 'chief scientist'.

Author Correction: Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11134-xAuthor Correction: Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11134-x

Author Correction: Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

Take a risk or play it safe? Neuronal tug-of-war helps the brain decide

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02911-9Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain w…

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02911-9

Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain weighs up a tricky decision.