Three preprints expand the list of high-confidence autism-linked genes and reveal how variants in these genes contribute to genetic susceptibility.

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The University of Arizona is taking action against several of its fraternities after more misconduct allegations were made.

Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

OMB’s latest proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” would place political ideologues over scientific experts in federal research funding decisions. Say goodbye to cancer treatme...

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A 3D optogenetics method can mimic natural rhythms of neural activity, rendering previously unanswerable questions amenable to inquiry — including questions about autism.

The lawsuit, filed on Sept.16, alleges that NIH, the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, is unconstitutionally censoring scientific research in relation to requiring a list of keywor...

Nature Biomedical Engineering, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41551-026-01806-4Multi-organ-on-a-chip systems aim to improve the prediction of human drug responses by replicating organ interactions in vitro. This Review discusses advances in niche-preserving engineering, scalable manufacturing and multimodal readouts needed to make these systems reliable tools.

In a randomized study in 57 healthy-weight adults, researchers compared nutritionally matched ultraprocessed and non-ultraprocessed meals and found that ultraprocessed foods elicited greater insulin a...

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system and is an interdisciplinary biological science that extends across multiple fields, including, chemistry, computer science, engineering, ling...

The whole-brain map—the first of its kind in a vertebrate—identifies five distinct neuron groups.

Read more about our three different awards for independent investigators that we offer to advance Parkinson's research and care.

Since Alzheimer’s disease researcher José Luna-Muñoz assumed leadership of the facility—Latin America’s oldest—in 2011, he has been acquiring additional tissue types and is working to expand donor…

Researchers in the field are right to focus on biosafety, ethics and the involvement of patient groups and the public.

A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

Bratt-Leal et al. report the preclinical data supporting initiation of a clinical trial investigating autologous dopaminergic neuron precursor cell therapy for moderate to advanced Parkinson’s disease patients. Whole-genome sequencing and RNA-seq analysis underpin a quality control program to ensure safety and efficacy.

Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

Bhattarai, Yilmaz and colleagues identify astrocyte-derived fibronectin as a key driver of blood–brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease, linking APOE ε4 and amyloid pathology to vascular dam...

An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.

Nature Reviews Neurology, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41582-026-01268-xSomatic mosaicism is now recognized as widespread in the human brain and a potential contributor to neurological disease across the lifespan. This Review outlines how developmental timing, clonal structure and cell-type pressures shape variant effects and summarizes advances and limitations in detection methods.

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