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Privacy in the age of computers and a Nature reader questions eyewitness accounts of boomerangs in our weekly dip into the archive.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03989-3 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03989-3 + 2025-12-30 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03989-3 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03989-3 + + + + <![CDATA[Safe as houses]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04026-z + + Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04026-z

Constructive feedback.]]> + + Dawn Vogel + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04026-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04026-z + 2025-12-30 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04026-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04026-z + + + + <![CDATA[Science in 2050: the future breakthroughs that will shape our world — and beyond]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04100-6 + + Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04100-6

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the mid-century mark.]]> + + David Adam + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04100-6 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04100-6 + 2025-12-30 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04100-6 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04100-6 + + + + <![CDATA[Mummies give up their secrets — but not their mystery]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04103-3 + + Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04103-3

A challenging exhibition asks why we are so fascinated with the preserved bodies of our ancestors, and how we should treat them.]]> + + Laura Spinney + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04103-3 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04103-3 + 2025-12-30 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04103-3 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04103-3 + + + + <![CDATA[Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04099-w + + Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04099-w

Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit.]]> + + Jennifer A. Byrne + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04099-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-30; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04099-w + 2025-12-30 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04099-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04099-w + + + + <![CDATA[Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04147-5 + + Nature, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04147-5

Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs can help blunt cravings for nicotine, alcohol and opioids.]]> + + Elie DolginBenjamin Thompson + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04147-5 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-29; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04147-5 + 2025-12-29 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04147-5 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04147-5 + + + + <![CDATA[Probing pollutants: how I use penguin faeces to measure contaminants in Antarctica]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04105-1 + + Nature, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04105-1

Buse Tuğba Zaman is developing a way to track tiny amounts of contaminants — and fulfilled a dream to visit Earth’s most remote continent.]]> + + Rachael Pells + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04105-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-29; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04105-1 + 2025-12-29 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04105-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04105-1 + + + + <![CDATA[Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04104-2 + + Nature, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04104-2

Encouraging academics to act as advisers to outside organizations is the most effective way to serve society’s needs.]]> + + Louise J. SlaterWeston B. StruweChristopher R. VogelEmma WalkerRegent Lee + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04104-2 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-29; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04104-2 + 2025-12-29 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04104-2 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04104-2 + + + + <![CDATA[Let 2026 be the year the world comes together for AI safety]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04106-0 + + Nature, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04106-0

AI technologies need to be safe and transparent. There are few, if any, benefits from being outside efforts to achieve this.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04106-0 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-29; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04106-0 + 2025-12-29 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04106-0 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04106-0 + + + + <![CDATA[Nine books to help shape your science career in 2026]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04101-5 + + Nature, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04101-5

If you’ve hatched a New Year plan to move abroad, improve your presentations or chase happiness as a 20-something researcher, you’ll find advice aplenty in these books.]]> + + Anne Gulland + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04101-5 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-29; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04101-5 + 2025-12-29 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04101-5 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04101-5 + + + + <![CDATA[The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03756-4 + + Nature, Published online: 24 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4

The team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.]]> + + Benjamin ThompsonNick Petrić HoweElizabeth GibneyDan FoxShamini Bundell + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-24; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4 + 2025-12-24 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03756-4 + + + + <![CDATA[Author Correction: Rolling back human pluripotent stem cells to an eight-cell embryo-like stage]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10044-8 + + Nature, Published online: 23 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10044-8

Author Correction: Rolling back human pluripotent stem cells to an eight-cell embryo-like stage]]> + + Md. Abdul MazidCarl WardZhiwei LuoChuanyu LiuYunpan LiYiwei LaiLiang WuJinxiu LiWenqi JiaYu JiangHao LiuLixin FuYueli YangDavid P. IbañezJunjian LaiXiaoyu WeiJuan AnPengcheng GuoYue YuanQiuting DengYang WangYing LiuFei GaoJunwen WangShahriar ZamanBaoming QinGuangming WuPatrick H. MaxwellXun XuLongqi LiuWenjuan LiMiguel A. Esteban + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10044-8 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-23; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10044-8 + 2025-12-23 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10044-8 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10044-8 + + + + <![CDATA[Seeding opportunities for Black atmospheric scientists ]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04068-3 + + Nature, Published online: 23 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04068-3

Vernon Morris inspires change in the geoscience community by calling on colleagues to commit to anti-racism in their scientific endeavours.]]> + + Rachel Crowell + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04068-3 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-23; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04068-3 + 2025-12-23 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04068-3 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04068-3 + + + + <![CDATA[NAC controls nascent chain fate through tunnel sensing and chaperone action]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10058-2 + + Nature, Published online: 22 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10058-2

NAC controls nascent chain fate through tunnel sensing and chaperone action]]> + + Jae Ho LeeLaurenz RablMartin GamerdingerVaishali GoyalKatrin Michaela KhakzarNatalia Moreira BarbosaJuliana AbramovichFabian Morales-PolancoAnn-Kathrin KöhlerEkaterina SamatovaMarina V. RodninaElke DeuerlingJudith Frydman + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10058-2 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10058-2 + 2025-12-22 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10058-2 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10058-2 + + + + <![CDATA[Non-equilibrium snapshots of ligand efficacy at the μ-opioid receptor]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10056-4 + + Nature, Published online: 22 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10056-4

Non-equilibrium snapshots of ligand efficacy at the μ-opioid receptor]]> + + Michael J. RobertsonArnab ModakMakaía M. Papasergi-ScottMiaohui HuMaria Claudia PerotoBalazs R. VargaSusruta MajumdarRavi KalathurScott C. BlanchardGeorgios Skiniotis + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10056-4 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-22; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10056-4 + 2025-12-22 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10056-4 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10056-4 + + + + <![CDATA[Daily briefing: Explore 2025 with Leif Penguinson]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04120-2 + + Nature, Published online: 22 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04120-2

Can you spot the penguin in every game this year?]]> + + Flora GrahamJacob Smith + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04120-2 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-22; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04120-2 + 2025-12-22 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04120-2 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04120-2 + + + + <![CDATA[Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of a natural RNA nanocage]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10022-0 + + Nature, Published online: 19 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10022-0

Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of a natural RNA nanocage]]> + + Xiaobin LingDmitrij GolovenkoJianhua GanJinbiao MaAndrei A. KorostelevWenwen Fang + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10022-0 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-19; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10022-0 + 2025-12-19 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10022-0 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10022-0 + + + + <![CDATA[<i>Nature's</i> News & Views roundup of 2025]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04065-6 + + Nature, Published online: 19 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04065-6

From astrophysics to genetics, climate change to materials science — the News & Views team talk about some of their science highlights of 2025.]]> + Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025]]> + Benjamin ThompsonAndrew MitchinsonHolly Smith + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04065-6 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04065-6 + 2025-12-19 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04065-6 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04065-6 + + + + <![CDATA[Oddly cool super-hot planet has an atmosphere it shouldn’t]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04118-w + + Nature, Published online: 19 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04118-w

It’s a mystery why TOI-561 b’s blanket of gases hasn’t boiled off.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04118-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04118-w + 2025-12-19 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04118-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04118-w + + + + <![CDATA[Are we living in a parallel universe? The strange physics of <i>Stranger Things</i>]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04088-z + + Nature, Published online: 19 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04088-z

Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers.]]> + Stranger Things]]> + Jenna Ahart + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04088-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04088-z + 2025-12-19 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04088-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04088-z + + + + <![CDATA[‘A serious problem’: peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04032-1 + + Nature, Published online: 19 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04032-1

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.]]> + + Dalmeet Singh Chawla + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04032-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04032-1 + 2025-12-19 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04032-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04032-1 + + + + <![CDATA[AI and quantum science take centre stage under Trump — but with little new proposed funding]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04108-y + + Nature, Published online: 19 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04108-y

The US administration is banking on public–private partnerships and an expanded workforce to deliver progress, but critics say that this strategy could be offset by other US policies.]]> + + Jenna Ahart + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04108-y + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-19; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04108-y + 2025-12-19 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04108-y + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04108-y + + + + <![CDATA[Publisher Correction: Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09982-0 + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09982-0

Publisher Correction: Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy]]> + + Xi-Yang CuiZhu LiZiren KongYu LiuHao MengZihao WenChanglun WangJunyi ChenMengxin XuYiyan LiJingyue GaoWenjia ZhuZhixin HaoLi HuoShaoyan LiuZhi YangZhibo Liu + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09982-0 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09982-0 + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09982-0 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09982-0 + + + + <![CDATA[Living water and whispering rocks: Books in brief]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04139-5 + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04139-5

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.]]> + + Andrew Robinson + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04139-5 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04139-5 + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04139-5 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04139-5 + + + + <![CDATA[Hot spot: plants use infrared signals to say they’re ready to reproduce]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04078-1 + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04078-1

Some cycads warm up their reproductive organs to attract specially equipped pollinating beetles in the dark.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04078-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04078-1 + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04078-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04078-1 + + + + <![CDATA[US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04107-z + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04107-z

The COVID-19 pandemic, Ebola, mpox and AIDS all show the importance of strengthening Africa-wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.]]> + + Paul Adepoju + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04107-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04107-z + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04107-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04107-z + + + + <![CDATA[Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03673-6 + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03673-6

The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.]]> + + Miryam Naddaf + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03673-6 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03673-6 + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03673-6 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03673-6 + + + + <![CDATA[Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04060-x + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04060-x

With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.]]> + + Gerald Schweiger + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04060-x + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04060-x + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04060-x + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04060-x + + + + <![CDATA[Dogma-defying signalling through G proteins could lead to better pain relief]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03810-1 + + Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03810-1

Unexpected behaviours in G proteins could be exploited to design next-generation opioid drugs that provide stronger, longer-lasting pain relief.]]> + + Andrew B. Tobin + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03810-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-18; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03810-1 + 2025-12-18 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03810-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03810-1 + + + + <![CDATA[Mazdutide versus dulaglutide in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10031-z + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10031-z

Mazdutide versus dulaglutide in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes]]> + + Lixin GuoBo ZhangXia XueXin ZhangHanqing CaiHongwei JiangLili ZhangPing JinXiaojing WangZhifeng ChengSuhe ZhangJianlin GengYushan GuoHanbo HuQingyang MaLi LiHaiwei DuHan Han-ZhangFengtai XueHuan DengLei QianWenying Yang + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10031-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10031-z + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10031-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10031-z + + + + <![CDATA[Mazdutide versus placebo in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10026-w + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10026-w

Mazdutide versus placebo in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes]]> + + Dalong ZhuJiajun ZhaoHanqing CaiXuan ChuShuangling XiuChengwei SongZhifeng ChengHongyi CaoHongwei JiangLili ZhangHaifang WangBimin ShiYanbing LiMing LiuBo FengFengtai XueHuan DengHaoyu LiLi LiYue LiQingyang MaLei Qian + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10026-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10026-w + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10026-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10026-w + + + + <![CDATA[Author Correction: Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces control atherosclerosis]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10043-9 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10043-9

Author Correction: Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces control atherosclerosis]]> + + Sarajo K. MohantaLi PengYuanfang LiShu LuTing SunLorenzo CarnevaleMarialuisa PerrottaZhe MaBenjamin FörsteraKaren StanicChuankai ZhangXi ZhangPiotr SzczepaniakMariaelvy BianchiniBorhan R. SaeedRaimondo CarnevaleDesheng HuRyszard NosalskiFabio PallanteMichael BeerDonato SantovitoAli ErtürkThomas C. MettenleiterBarbara G. KluppRemco T. A. MegensSabine SteffensJaroslav PelisekHans-Henning EcksteinRobert KleemannLivia HabenichtZiad MallatJean-Baptiste MichelJürgen BernhagenMartin DichgansGiuseppe D’AgostinoTomasz J. GuzikPeder S. OlofssonChangjun YinChristian WeberGiuseppe LemboDaniela CarnevaleAndreas J. R. Habenicht + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10043-9 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10043-9 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-10043-9 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10043-9 + + + + <![CDATA[How the Romans built their empire of concrete]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04080-7 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04080-7

A unique archaeological site at Pompeii, Italy, reveals the secrets of peculiarly durable Roman building materials.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04080-7 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04080-7 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04080-7 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04080-7 + + + + <![CDATA[Biobanks reveal genetic complexity in human evolution]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04079-0 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04079-0

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04079-0 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04079-0 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04079-0 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04079-0 + + + + <![CDATA[Is bird flu the next pandemic? The science so far]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03777-z + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03777-z

Key mutations and animal spread could raise the risk to humans.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03777-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03777-z + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03777-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03777-z + + + + <![CDATA[Transient hepatic reconstitution of trophic factors enhances aged immunity]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09873-4 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09873-4

Using lipid nanoparticle delivery of mRNAs to the liver in aged mice, T cell function and declining immune cues can be restored.]]> + + Mirco J. FriedrichJulie PhamJiakun TianHongyu ChenJiahao HuangNiklas KehlSophia LiuBlake LashFei ChenXiao WangRhiannon K. MacraeFeng Zhang + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09873-4 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09873-4 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09873-4 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09873-4 + + + + <![CDATA[Gene-specific selective sweeps are pervasive across human gut microbiomes]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09798-y + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09798-y

Development and application of the integrated linkage disequilibrium score (iLDS) reveals both selective pressures impacting the human gut microbiome and the mechanisms by which gut bacteria adapt to meet them.]]> + + Richard WolffNandita R. Garud + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09798-y + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09798-y + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09798-y + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09798-y + + + + <![CDATA[GTP release-selective agonists prolong opioid analgesic efficacy]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09880-5 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09880-5

Mu opioid receptor agonists with a preference for the non-GTP-bound state of the G protein promote GTP release, thereby potentiating antinociceptive effects of drugs such as morphine and fentanyl without also increasing their respiratory or cardiac effects.]]> + + Edward L. StahlMatthew A. SwansonVuong Q. DangMichael D. CameronNicole M. KennedyThomas D. BannisterLaura M. Bohn + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09880-5 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09880-5 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09880-5 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09880-5 + + + + <![CDATA[Programmable 200 GOPS Hopfield-inspired photonic Ising machine]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09838-7 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09838-7

An architecture inspired by Hopfield networks based on a programmable, stable, room-temperature optoelectronic oscillator-based photonics Ising machine is introduced that can be used to efficiently address optimization and combinatorics problems.]]> + + Nayem Al-KayedCharles St-ArnaultHugh MorisonA. AadhiChaoran HuangAlexander N. TaitDavid V. PlantBhavin J. Shastri + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09838-7 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09838-7 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09838-7 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09838-7 + + + + <![CDATA[An integrated view of the structure and function of the human 4D nucleome]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09890-3 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09890-3

The 4D Nucleome Project demonstrates the use of genomic assays and computational methods to measure genome folding and then predict genomic structure from DNA sequence, facilitating the discovery of potential effects of genetic variants, including variants associated with disease, on genome structure and function.]]> + + Job DekkerBetul Akgol OksuzYang ZhangYe WangMiriam K. MinskShuzhen KuangLiyan YangJohan H. GibcusNils KrietensteinOliver J. RandoJie XuDerek H. JanssensSteven HenikoffAlexander KukalevWillemin AndréaWarren Winick-NgRieke KempferAna PomboMiao YuPradeep KumarLiguo ZhangAndrew S. BelmontTakayo SasakiTom van SchaikLaura BruecknerDaan Peric-HupkesBas van SteenselPing WangHaoxi ChaiMinji KimYijun RuanRan ZhangSofia A. QuinodozPrashant BhatMitchell GuttmanWenxin ZhaoShu ChienYuan LiuSergey V. VenevDariusz PlewczynskiIbai Irastorza AzcarateDominik SzabóChristoph J. ThiemeTeresa SzczepińskaMateusz ChilińskiKaustav SenguptaMattia ConteAndrea EspositoAlex AbrahamRuochi ZhangYuchuan WangXingzhao WenQiuyang WuYang YangJie LiuLorenzo BoninsegnaAsli YildirimYuxiang ZhanAndrea Maria ChiarielloSimona BiancoLindsay LeeMing HuYun LiR. Jordan BarnettAshley L. CookDaniel J. EmersonClaire MarchalPeiyao ZhaoPeter J. ParkBurak H. AlverAndrew J. SchroederRahi NavelkarClara BakkerWilliam RonchettiShannon EhmsenAlexander D. VeitNils GehlenborgTing WangDaofeng LiXiaotao WangMario NicodemiBing RenSheng ZhongJennifer E. Phillips-CreminsDavid M. GilbertKatherine S. PollardFrank AlberJian MaWilliam S. NobleFeng Yue + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09890-3 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09890-3 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09890-3 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09890-3 + + + + <![CDATA[Palaeometabolomes yield biological and ecological profiles at early human sites]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09843-w + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09843-w

Metabolic and proteomic profiles derived from fossilized skeletal remains of animals enable inferences regarding physiological health and disease as well as diet to provide reconstructions of ancient soil, vegetation and palaeoclimate characteristics.]]> + + Timothy G. BromageChristiane DenysChristopher Lawrence De JesusHediye Erdjument-BromageOttmar KullmerOliver SandrockFriedemann SchrenkMarc D. McKeeNatalie ReznikovGail M. AshleyBin HuSher B. PoudelAntoine SouronDaniel J. BussEran IttahJülide KubatSasan RabiehShoshana YakarThomas A. Neubert + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09843-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09843-w + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09843-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09843-w + + + + <![CDATA[Astrocyte CCN1 stabilizes neural circuits in the adult brain]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09770-w + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09770-w

Neural circuits in adult mouse visual cortex are stabilized by astrocytes, which secrete CCN1, resulting in reduced plasticity and increased maturation of multiple cell types.]]> + + Laura SanchoMatthew M. BoisvertTrinity EddyJillybeth BurgadoMinerva ContrerasLara Labarta-BajoEllen WangLisa TatsumiNicola J. Allen + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09770-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09770-w + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09770-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09770-w + + + + <![CDATA[An 11-qubit atom processor in silicon]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09827-w + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09827-w

An 11-qubit atom processor comprising two precision-placed nuclear spin registers of phosphorus in silicon is shown to achieve state-of-the-art Bell-state fidelities of up to 99.5%.]]> + + Hermann EdlbauerJunliang WangA. M. Saffat-Ee HuqIan ThorvaldsonMichael T. JonesSaiful Haque MishaWilliam J. PappasChristian M. MoehleYu-Ling HsuehHenric BornemannSamuel K. GormanYousun ChungJoris G. KeizerLudwik KranzMichelle Y. Simmons + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09827-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09827-w + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09827-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09827-w + + + + <![CDATA[The global hydrogen budget]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09806-1 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09806-1

Trends in global H2 sources and sinks are analysed from 1990 to 2020, and a comprehensive budget for the decade 2010–2020 is presented.]]> + + Zutao OuyangRobert B. JacksonMarielle SaunoisJosep G. CanadellYuanhong ZhaoCatherine MorfopoulosPaul B. KrummelPrabir K. PatraGlen P. PetersFraser DennisonThomas GasserAlexander T. ArchibaldVivek AroraGabriel BaudoinNaveen ChandraPhilippe CiaisSteven J. DavisSarah FeronFangzhou GuoDidier HauglustaineChristopher D. JonesMatthew W. JonesEtsushi KatoDaniel KennedyJürgen KnauerSebastian LienertDanica LombardozziJoe R. MeltonJulia E.M.S. NabelMichael O’SullivanGabrielle PétronBenjamin PoulterJoeri RogeljDavid Sandoval CallePete SmithParvadha SuntharalingamHanqin TianChenghao WangAndy Wiltshire + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09806-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09806-1 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09806-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09806-1 + + + + <![CDATA[Visualizing interaction-driven restructuring of quantum Hall edge states]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09858-3 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09858-3

Scanning tunnelling microscopy is used to image pristine electrostatically defined quantum Hall edge states in graphene with high spatial resolution and demonstrate their interaction-driven restructuring.]]> + + Jiachen YuHaotan HanKristina G. WolinskiRuihua FanAmir S. MohammadiTianle WangTaige WangLiam CohenKenji WatanabeTakashi TaniguchiAndrea F. YoungMichael P. ZaletelAli Yazdani + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09858-3 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09858-3 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09858-3 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09858-3 + + + + <![CDATA[Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the community]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09841-y + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09841-y

The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological changes is reported based on blood-based biomarkers in a Norwegian population-based cohort.]]> + + Dag AarslandAnita Lenora SundeDiego A. Tovar-RiosAntoine LeuzyTormod FladbyHenrik ZetterbergKaj BlennowKübra TanGiovanni De SantisYara YakoubBurak ArslanHanna HuberIlaria PolaLana GrötschelGuglielmo Di MolfettaHåvard K. SkjellegrindGeir SelbaekNicholas J. Ashton + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09841-y + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09841-y + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09841-y + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09841-y + + + + <![CDATA[Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09818-x + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09818-x

Reanalysis of radiometric data from Cassini indicates that Titan does not contain a subsurface ocean, as strong tidal dissipation observed in its gravity field is not consistent with the presence of a liquid layer.]]> + + Flavio PetriccaSteven D. VanceMarzia ParisiDustin BuccinoGael CascioliJulie Castillo-RogezBrynna G. DowneyFrancis NimmoGabriel TobieBaptiste JournauxAndrea MagnaniniUla JonesMark PanningAmirhossein BagheriAntonio GenovaJonathan I. Lunine + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09818-x + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09818-x + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09818-x + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09818-x + + + + <![CDATA[Human assembloids recapitulate periportal liver tissue in vitro]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09884-1 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09884-1

Hepatocyte organoids derived directly from human tissue enable long-term hepatocyte expansion and can be combined with portal mesenchyme and cholangiocyte organoids to form a donor-specific periportal liver assembloid system.]]> + + Lei YuanSagarika DawkaYohan KimAnke LiebertFabian RostRobert Arnes-BenitoFranziska BaenkeChristina GötzDavid Long Hin TsangAndrea SchuhmannAnna ShevchenkoRoberta Rezende de CastroSeunghee KimAleksandra SljukicAnna M. DowbajAndrej ShevchenkoDaniel SeehoferDongho ChoiGeorg DammDaniel E. StangeMeritxell Huch + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09884-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09884-1 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09884-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09884-1 + + + + <![CDATA[Spatiotemporal cellular map of the developing human reproductive tract]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09875-2 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09875-2

A detailed spatiotemporal roadmap of the human female and male reproductive tracts during key periods of sexual differentiation provides new cellular and molecular insights into how early axial gradients lead to specific cell lineages and tissue structures.]]> + + Valentina LorenziCecilia Icoresi-MazzeoCharlotte CassieNadav YayonElias R. Ruiz-MoralesCarmen Sancho-SerraRyan ColliganFrederick C. K. WongMagda MarečkováElizabeth TuckKenny RobertsTong LiMarc-Antoine JacquesJames AshcroftXiaoling HeBerta CrespoBatuhan CakirSimon MurrayYong GuAlexander V. PredeusMartin PreteIva KelavaRoger BarkerLuz Garcia-AlonsoJohn C. MarioniRoser Vento-Tormo + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09875-2 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09875-2 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09875-2 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09875-2 + + + + <![CDATA[Lesion-remote astrocytes govern microglia-mediated white matter repair]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09887-y + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09887-y

After spinal cord injury, lesion-remote astrocytes acquire heterogeneous, spatially restricted reactivity states that shape neuroinflammation, neural repair and neurological recovery.]]> + + Sarah McCallumKeshav B. SureshTimothy S. IslamManish K. TripathiAnn W. SaustadOksana ShelestAditya PatilDavid LeeBrandon KwonKatherine LeitholfInga YenokianSophia E. ShakaConnor H. BeveridgePalak ManchandraCaitlin E. RandolphGordon P. MearesRanjan DuttaJasmine PlummerVinicius F. CalsavaraRiki KawaguchiSimon R. V. KnottGaurav ChopraJoshua E. Burda + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09887-y + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09887-y + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09887-y + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09887-y + + + + <![CDATA[Laser spectroscopy and CP-violation sensitivity of actinium monofluoride]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09814-1 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09814-1

Gas-phase actinium monofluoride (AcF) has been produced and spectroscopically studied at the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion beam facility; the results highlight the potential of 227AcF for exceptionally sensitive searches of CP violation.]]> + + M. Athanasakis-KaklamanakisM. AuA. KyuberisC. ZülchK. GaulH. WibowoL. SkripnikovL. LalanneJ. R. ReillyÁ. KoszorúsS. BaraJ. BallofR. BergerC. BernerdA. BorschevskyA. A. BreierK. ChrysalidisT. E. CocoliosR. P. de GrooteA. DorneJ. DobaczewskiC. M. Fajardo ZambranoK. T. FlanaganS. FranchooJ. D. JohnsonR. F. Garcia RuizD. HanstorpS. KujanpääY. C. LiuK. M. LynchA. McGloneN. S. MosyaginG. NeyensM. NicholsL. NiesF. PastranaS. RotheW. RyssensB. van den BorneJ. WessolekS. G. WilkinsX. F. Yang + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09814-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09814-1 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09814-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09814-1 + + + + <![CDATA[3D nanolithography with metalens arrays and spatially adaptive illumination]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09842-x + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09842-x

A three-dimensional (3D) nanofabrication platform based on metalens-generated focal spot arrays is introduced to parallelize two-photon lithography beyond centimetre-scale write field areas, revealing the potential of 3D nanolithography towards wafer-scale production.]]> + + Songyun GuChenkai MaoAnna Guell IzardSarvesh SadanaDongping Terrel-PerezMagi Mettry-YassaWonjin ChoiWenjie ZhouHujie YanZiran ZhouTravis MasseyAlex AbelsonYou ZhouSijia HuangChiara DaraioThejaswi Umanath TumkurJonathan A. FanXiaoxing Xia + doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09842-x + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09842-x + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/s41586-025-09842-x + https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09842-x + + + + <![CDATA[The hidden cost of video-call glitches]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03820-z + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03820-z

Video-call glitches might seem harmless, but they can reduce people’s chances of getting hired, closing a business deal or following a doctor’s recommendation. Human brains expect video calls to feel like in-person conversations. When glitches break that illusion, it feels unsettling and strange, harming judgements of trustworthiness, likeability and credibility.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03820-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03820-z + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03820-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03820-z + + + + <![CDATA[Stopping the next flu pandemic]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03613-4 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03613-4

Avian influenza is devastating poultry operations, spreading in dairy cattle and infecting farm workers. Why isn’t the United States doing more to stop it?]]> + + Cassandra Willyard + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03613-4 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03613-4 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03613-4 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03613-4 + + + + <![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beholder]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04024-1 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04024-1

The colour of regret.]]> + + Nathalie Béchon + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04024-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04024-1 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04024-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04024-1 + + + + <![CDATA[Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03505-7 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03505-7

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.]]> + + Katie Kavanagh + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03505-7 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03505-7 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03505-7 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03505-7 + + + + <![CDATA[I’ve earned my PhD — what now?]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03489-4 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03489-4

A chemist faces a classic early-career dilemma: what should they do next, and how do they start?]]> + + Miles Lizak + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03489-4 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03489-4 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03489-4 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03489-4 + + + + <![CDATA[Mechanism for water formation on rocky exoplanets demonstrated in the lab]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04015-2 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04015-2

Experiments have revealed that the interaction between a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and a molten planet leads to high levels of water production. Through this process, planets could be enriched with water during their formation, altering their chemistry, evolution and, possibly, habitability.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04015-2 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04015-2 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04015-2 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04015-2 + + + + <![CDATA[Virology’s most wanted: the influenza virus]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03607-2 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03607-2

The death toll and economic damage associated with flu highlight its role as one of the most harmful viruses in history.]]> + + Bianca Nogrady + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03607-2 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03607-2 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03607-2 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03607-2 + + + + <![CDATA[MIT fusion-lab head shot dead: a horror ‘impossible to believe’]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04135-9 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04135-9

Plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was helping to develop clean-energy fusion devices.]]> + + Rachel FieldhouseMohana BasuElizabeth Gibney + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04135-9 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04135-9 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04135-9 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04135-9 + + + + <![CDATA[Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03598-0 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03598-0

Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.]]> + + Ashish Jha + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03598-0 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03598-0 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03598-0 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03598-0 + + + + <![CDATA[Could tracking animals’ health help to avert the next pandemic?]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03602-7 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03602-7

Avian influenza is sweeping the globe and infecting dozens of species. Advocates of an approach called One Health are calling for broad surveillance of wildlife, livestock and pets.]]> + + Sarah DeWeerdt + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03602-7 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03602-7 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03602-7 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03602-7 + + + + <![CDATA[How common is Alzheimer’s? Blood-test study holds surprises]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04133-x + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04133-x

A survey of Alzheimer’s disease prevalence in Norway confirms earlier estimates and might show how education level relates to risk.]]> + + Asher Mullard + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04133-x + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04133-x + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04133-x + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04133-x + + + + <![CDATA[Take the News & Views end-of-year quiz: vampire fungus, migratory moths and a 160-year-old mystery]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04119-9 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04119-9

Try these 12 questions to test your knowledge of News & Views and Research Briefing articles published in 2025.]]> + + Mary Abraham + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04119-9 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04119-9 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04119-9 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04119-9 + + + + <![CDATA[The <i>Nature Podcast</i> festive spectacular 2025]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04140-y + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04140-y

Memorable science-themed gifts, games, seasonal songs, and Nature’s 10.]]> + Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025]]> + Benjamin ThompsonNick Petrić Howe + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04140-y + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04140-y + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04140-y + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04140-y + + + + <![CDATA[The quest to hatch a bird-flu vaccine]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03612-5 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03612-5

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention — and political obstacles to research could hamper progress.]]> + + Charles Schmidt + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03612-5 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03612-5 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03612-5 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03612-5 + + + + <![CDATA[A modular quantum processor made using phosphorus atoms in silicon]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04044-x + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04044-x

A high-performance silicon-based quantum processor has been developed in which the spins of nine phosphorus nuclei — divided into two groups, or registers — and two shared electrons act as quantum bits (qubits). The modular design of this 11-qubit processor opens the door to a scalable approach to building large, reliable quantum-computing processors.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04044-x + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04044-x + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04044-x + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04044-x + + + + <![CDATA[A universal flu vaccine has proved challenging — could it finally be possible?]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03608-1 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03608-1

Scientists are deploying an array of technologies that are making a vaccine against all varieties of influenza seem more achievable.]]> + + Neil Savage + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03608-1 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03608-1 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03608-1 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03608-1 + + + + <![CDATA[Systematic maps reveal how human chromosomes are organized]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03808-9 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03808-9

Our genomes are highly structured, which facilitates gene regulation. An ambitious project has catalogued the organization of DNA in the nuclei of human cells.]]> + + Elzo de Wit + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03808-9 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03808-9 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03808-9 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03808-9 + + + + <![CDATA[Restoring youth to old immune cells: mRNA therapy turns back the clock]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04082-5 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04082-5

Testing in mice suggests that rejuvenating T cells could make vaccines and some cancer therapies more effective.]]> + + Heidi Ledford + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04082-5 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04082-5 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04082-5 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04082-5 + + + + <![CDATA[Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04134-w + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04134-w

Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.]]> + + Alexandra Witze + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04134-w + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04134-w + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-04134-w + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04134-w + + + + <![CDATA[Annual flu vaccines are far from ideal — this is why]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03599-z + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03599-z

Flu-jab efficacy is often unimpressive. Improvements could come through nasal delivery.]]> + + Troy Sutton + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03599-z + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03599-z + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03599-z + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03599-z + + + + <![CDATA[Immunological sin: how a person’s earliest flu infections dictate life-long immunity]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03606-3 + + Nature, Published online: 17 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03606-3

Researchers are striving to understand the impact a phenomenon known as original antigenic sin has on immunity to the virus.]]> + + Amanda B. Keener + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03606-3 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-17; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03606-3 + 2025-12-17 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03606-3 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03606-3 + + + + <![CDATA[Safety regulations for cloning and a compass that finds true north]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03740-y + + Nature, Published online: 16 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03740-y

Scientists discuss concerns that genetic manipulation could lead to disease outbreaks, and Nature is gifted an unusual scientific instrument, in our weekly dip into the archive.]]> + + + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03740-y + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-16; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03740-y + 2025-12-16 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03740-y + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03740-y + + + + <![CDATA[Science’s role in my <i>Great British Sewing Bee</i> success]]> + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03536-0 + + Nature, Published online: 16 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03536-0

A research background and a passion for sewing inspired by her father helped Yasmin Proctor-Kent to reach the finals of the 2025 television competition.]]> + Great British Sewing Bee success]]> + Yasmin Proctor-Kent + doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03536-0 + Nature, Published online: 2025-12-16; | doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03536-0 + 2025-12-16 + Nature + 10.1038/d41586-025-03536-0 + https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03536-0 + + +