This super-cold microscope could spur a quantum revolution

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02942-2The instrument, which operates near absolute zero for hours, will soon ship to a few labs. Researchers are thrilled.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02942-2

The instrument, which operates near absolute zero for hours, will soon ship to a few labs. Researchers are thrilled.

About to give your first lecture? Read this first

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02369-9Ten researchers and faculty members share what surprised them when they began teaching — and what they wish they had known before walking into the room.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02369-9

Ten researchers and faculty members share what surprised them when they began teaching — and what they wish they had known before walking into the room.

Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03014-1From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03014-1

From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception.

Nepal floods pose biggest test yet for UN climate loss and damage fund

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03000-7Countries should not have to wait months to receive relatively small grants for responding to the immediate impact of extreme weather.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03000-7

Countries should not have to wait months to receive relatively small grants for responding to the immediate impact of extreme weather.

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02941-3Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02941-3

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.

What happens in Vegas: one lecturer’s hunt for a projector

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02724-wMisadventures at a scientific meeting in Nevada, and ponderings on the idea that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena, in our weekly dip into Nat…

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02724-w

Misadventures at a scientific meeting in Nevada, and ponderings on the idea that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02920-8By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02920-8

By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.

Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02818-5A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02818-5

A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years.