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Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02298-8A torsion-pendulum gravitational-force sensor with an optical microcavity readout leverages coupled photon–phonon effects to enhance sensitivity to the tiny gravitational pull from a millimetre-sized source mass.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02280-4Four-inch rhombohedral-stacked boron nitride wafers are reproducibly synthesized through a step-templated interfacial epitaxy strategy, exhibiting high-density, fast-speed and non-volatile memory performances.

A torsion-pendulum gravitational-force sensor with an optical microcavity readout leverages coupled photon–phonon effects to enhance sensitivity to the tiny gravitational pull from a millimetre-sized ...

Four-inch rhombohedral-stacked boron nitride wafers are reproducibly synthesized through a step-templated interfacial epitaxy strategy, exhibiting high-density, fast-speed and non-volatile memory perf...

Magnetic-resonance-responsive sensors comprising zinc ferrite nanoparticles embedded in hydrogel microparticles enable mapping of tissue stress, revealing that acute stress surges, rather than cumulat...

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02284-0MRI-responsive hydrogel microparticles embedded with zinc ferrite nanoparticles enable deep-tissue mapping of dynamic tumour compression, revealing that transient stress surges, rather than cumulative mechanical load, lead to the epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour remodelling.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02282-2Magnetic-resonance-responsive sensors comprising zinc ferrite nanoparticles embedded in hydrogel microparticles enable mapping of tissue stress, revealing that acute stress surges, rather than cumulative mechanical load, drive epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour remodelling.

Nature - The device is a step towards redefining the second using a new generation of ultra-accurate timepieces.

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

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A boron phase prepared under pressure can be stretched.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02274-2Two-dimensional materials offer low resistivity, strong thermal management and back-end-of-line compatibility, making them promising for advanced interconnects, backside power delivery and boosting efficiency in next-generation semiconductor chips.

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Monolithic 3D integration of oxide semiconductor devices on a 200-mm wafer is demonstrated, enabling vertically interconnected logic and memory and supporting the design of an energy-efficient AI acce...

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02276-0Monolithic 3D integration of oxide semiconductor devices on a 200-mm wafer is demonstrated, enabling vertically interconnected logic and memory and supporting the design of an energy-efficient AI accelerator.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02278-yThermally assisted intaglio transfer printing and interfacial ligand engineering turn quantum dots into stretchable, ultrabright and high-definition displays.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02272-4Innovative ligand engineering and thermally assisted intaglio transfer printing enhance charge injection and pixel resolution in stretchable quantum-dot light-emitting diodes, achieving high efficiencies and luminance while maintaining mechanical integrity under deformation.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02254-6This work demonstrates a parallelized four-qubit entangling gate on a room-temperature spin register, and it operates ten times faster than sequences of two-qubit gates with reduced errors.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02281-3This study demonstrates on-chip all-optical switching by integrating magnetic memory elements with photonic circuits, establishing a route towards fully integrated magneto-photonic systems for ultrafast and energy-efficient information technologies.

Changes to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.

The company says it has cracked the physics of fluids using AI, solving one of the toughest puzzles in mathematics.

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This Review discusses photonic platforms that have already shown programmability, high integration density, and stability, and that can support large-scale AI models, edge computing, and logic and sci...

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02264-4This Review discusses photonic platforms that have already shown programmability, high integration density, and stability, and that can support large-scale AI models, edge computing, and logic and scientific computing.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02275-1Structured light–matter interaction at the single-photon level is demonstrated in a coupled quantum-dot–micropillar system, enabling cavity-enhanced single-photon emission with spin-locked orbital angular momentum and tunable spin–orbit entanglement.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02262-6Charge-switching S-lipids generate S-lipid nanoparticles that are neutral or negative at physiological pH but become cationic in acidic endosomes, enabling nucleic acid delivery with reduced inflammation compared with conventional LNPs.

Structured light–matter interaction at the single-photon level is demonstrated in a coupled quantum-dot–micropillar system, enabling cavity-enhanced single-photon emission with spin-locked orbital ang...

Charge-switching S-lipids generate S-lipid nanoparticles that are neutral or negative at physiological pH but become cationic in acidic endosomes, enabling nucleic acid delivery with reduced inflammat...

Single copper atoms on boron nanosheets dynamically and reversibly switch to clusters, enabling the direct conversion of methane to acetic acid with 97% selectivity and high activity without the requi...

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02271-5Single copper atoms on boron nanosheets dynamically and reversibly switch to clusters, enabling the direct conversion of methane to acetic acid with 97% selectivity and high activity without the requirement for carbon monoxide.

Impurities in a quantum exciton condensate create bound electronic states, as visualized in Ta2Pd3Te5, that are analogous to spin impurities in superconductors, enabling microscopic control of exciton...

Engineering and applied science papers too often stop at what succeeds. We ask authors to push their assumptions, methods, models, or devices until they falter, and to report where and why t...

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02267-1Impurities in a quantum exciton condensate create bound electronic states, as visualized in Ta2Pd3Te5, that are analogous to spin impurities in superconductors, enabling microscopic control of excitonic quantum matter.

Interband-engineered quantum wells integrated with a resonant metasurface yield giant near-infrared-to-visible optical nonlinearities.

An oral biocompatible alginate–chitin micro–nanofibre framework captures ingested microplastics through pH-responsive electrostatic adsorption and physical entrapment, accelerating excretion, restorin...

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02268-0Interband-engineered quantum wells integrated with a resonant metasurface yield giant near-infrared-to-visible optical nonlinearities.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02266-2An oral biocompatible alginate–chitin micro–nanofibre framework captures ingested microplastics through pH-responsive electrostatic adsorption and physical entrapment, accelerating excretion, restoring the intestinal barrier and microbiome in mice.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02269-zConverting continuous spin textures into discrete hidden valleys via local symmetry breaking unlocks long-lived, room-temperature spin control in two-dimensional perovskites.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02273-3An engineered bionanopore enables single-molecule tracking of catecholamine biosynthesis from phenylalanine to adrenaline, revealing time-resolved pathway dynamics and showing how impaired dehalogenase activity disrupts neurotransmitter production.

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02255-5Single-layer 1T-RuO2 with an edge-sharing structure enables efficient electron transport and delivers ultralow overpotential, high activity and long-term stability for acidic water electrolysis in a proton-exchange membrane water electrolyser.

An engineered bionanopore enables single-molecule tracking of catecholamine biosynthesis from phenylalanine to adrenaline, revealing time-resolved pathway dynamics and showing how impaired dehalogenas...

Single-layer 1T-RuO2 with an edge-sharing structure enables efficient electron transport and delivers ultralow overpotential, high activity and long-term stability for acidic water electrolysis in a p...

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02236-0Conferences are built by community members who plan the scientific programme, professional development activities, and social events. Shira Joudan describes how helping to organize a meeting can be a rewarding activity that can shape your scientific community — and how to get involved.

An engineered peptide self-assembles into α-helical octameric flexible nanopores with tunable diameters and conductances, enabling conformationally programmable biomolecular sensing.