Sign of the times: AI lingo muscles into esteemed dictionary

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03044-9‘Agentic’, ‘prompt engineering’ and other technical terms are among the 1,400 entries added to Merriam-Webster’s online catalogue.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03044-9

‘Agentic’, ‘prompt engineering’ and other technical terms are among the 1,400 entries added to Merriam-Webster’s online catalogue.

Retraction Note: Ribosomal frameshifting in the <i>CCR5</i> mRNA is regulated by miRNAs and the NMD pathway

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11149-4Retraction Note: Ribosomal frameshifting in the CCR5 mRNA is regulated by miRNAs and the NMD pathway

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11149-4

Retraction Note: Ribosomal frameshifting in the CCR5 mRNA is regulated by miRNAs and the NMD pathway

This award-winning microscopy image used AI — igniting controversy in a prestigious competition

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03086-zResearchers say that using artificial-intelligence tools to visualize scientific images can become problematic when models misrepresent the underlying data.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03086-z

Researchers say that using artificial-intelligence tools to visualize scientific images can become problematic when models misrepresent the underlying data.

AI ‘speech clock’ assesses how fast you’re ageing from your voice

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03106-yThe pitch and emotional content of your speech are important predictors of accelerated ageing, researchers find.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03106-y

The pitch and emotional content of your speech are important predictors of accelerated ageing, researchers find.

Population-scale immune multiome atlas reveals regulatory disease mechanisms

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11078-2Population-scale simultaneous profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression across immune cells reveals regulatory architectures that connect genetic…

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11078-2

Population-scale simultaneous profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression across immune cells reveals regulatory architectures that connect genetic variants to disease.