Analyzing temperature data from 10,522 cities globally from 1950–2020, this study shows that urban extreme temperature variability diverges by development status, driven mainly by event intensity, and...

Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.

How early-career researchers can strengthen their track record, boost their research proposal and assess institutional fit.

A well-known fluid dynamical instability may hold the key to understanding shape changes and spatial organization in certain biological systems.

Cell biologists have long known that mechanical forces, such as tension and compression, influence tissue differentiation. Now, advanced methods are letting them observe and manipulate these forces in...

In natural and artificial systems, the act of searching is ubiquitous, but it's also complicated: Searchers may die off or disappear, and new searchers can join the hunt. But most rigorous investigati...

Climate change is expected to alter oceanic circulation, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at risk of collapse. This work shows that the stability of the AMOC is dependent on the rate of atmospheric CO2 change rather than having a fixed threshold.

Published in Nucleus (Vol. 17, No. 1, 2026)

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41578-026-00960-0Single-atom catalysts were initially developed to maximize metal utilization, but they have evolved into a powerful platform for interrogating the fundamental principles of catalysis. Recent studies reveal that their active sites continuously adapt through interactions with supports, defects and reactants. These findings challenge the conventional view of catalyst stability as structural persistence, redefining it as controlled adaptability and opening the way to catalysts that sense, switch and evolve with their reaction environment.

A group of PhD physics students from the University of Bath recently spent a day at the IOP Publishing office in Bristol, stepping briefly beyond the world of academia to explore what might come next. They arrived not just to listen, but to understand how others had made the transition from doctoral research into careers […] The post From academia to publishing: career journeys at IOP Publishing appeared first on IOP Publishing.

Neural maps reveal the specialized cells that produce speech.

Mechanical forces are central to biological function across scales, from whole organisms to individual molecules. At the cellular and subcellular levels, force generation, sensing, and…

Hierarchical fiber-to-textile design harvests drinking water from air for portable, on-the-move use.

Studying morphogen gradient-based tissue patterning in silico while accounting for biological variability remains challenging. Here, we present a MATLAB-based protocol for simulating steady-state morp...

Researchers use a quantum Bell test to generate certifiably random numbers, key ingredients for secure network communications.

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Recorded as part of the KITP Conference "Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics" from June 1, 2026 - June 4, 2026. Over the pa...

This study shows that human-driven changes in Northern Hemisphere westerly winds are reorganizing terrestrial gross primary productivity across major Northern Hemisphere ecosystems, with important imp...

Two different types of medium-thickness rhombohedral graphene are shown to exhibit multiple superconducting states. These states arise from wavefunctions that are localized mainly on their two outer l...

It is summarized how scRNA-seq enhances our understanding of host–fungal pathogen interactions by highlighting recent mechanistic insights, current knowledge gaps, and the future of single-cell techno...