James Bond, not Bond James: why scientific publishing must respect name order

Databases and submission systems are often inflexible. Can’t publishers do more on author names?

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Exclusive: the science papers that patents cite the most

Nature reveals the studies that are mentioned most often in patent filings — and why.

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A charged cage for excitons

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02240-yNanoporous monolayer metal enables 0D quantum confinement of charged quasiparticles in a monolayer semiconductor.

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Electrostatic quantum nanocorral for composite charged excitons

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02222-0An electrostatic excitonic corral in nanoporous-metal-defined monolayer WSe2 achieves quantum confinement of charged excitons, generating discrete energy levels and tunable transitions between localized and extended states.

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What physics papers don’t tell you - Nature Physics

Conventional physics publications systematically omit the failed experiments and informal collaborations that contribute to physicists’ knowledge. We propose an inverse seminar format to narrow the ga...

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Molecules under controlled collapse

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02234-wA novel platform based on standard semiconductor processing combined with a deterministic collapse strategy can lead to pristine and self-aligned interfaces with molecules.

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Intrinsic plasmon canalization in the biaxial van der Waals crystal MoOCl2

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02243-9Near the Drude zero crossing where one in-plane permittivity component changes sign, the biaxial crystal MoOCl2 supports intrinsic diffraction-free canalized plasmon polaritons at wavelengths that are controlled by flake thickness.

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Self-assembled contacts for high-yield molecular devices

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02227-9A soft contact approach enables scalable, damage-free integration of molecular materials into electronic devices using only conventional semiconductor manufacturing processes.

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Intracellular ‘gobstoppers’ enable programmed cargo release

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02231-zLiving cells are engineered as microscale factories that grow programmable protein crystals with concentric layers, each capable of carrying distinct nanoscale cargo and dissolving sequentially to enable precisely timed, multi-stage payload release.

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Coherent room-temperature dipole synchronization in plasmonic nanocavities

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02242-wDipoles in self-assembled gold nanogaps synchronize at room temperature, generating spatially coherent light without laser-like narrowing.

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Underdog ‘spin qubits’ leap forward in race to a useful quantum computer

Four independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower error rates.

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Strain-isolated microneedles for ambulatory hormonal and metabolic monitoring

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02247-5A wearable microneedle platform integrating ultrasharp, skin-penetrating tips, mechanical decoupling and electrochemical biosensing enables continuous, minimally invasive molecular profiling in freely moving animals, thereby advancing real-time, personalized health monitoring.

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Design with women in mind - Nature Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineers are poised to meet urgent unmet needs in women’s health. We share our excitement about research in women’s health and our plans to champion such advances in our pages.

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Upconverting nanoparticles enable bioimaging with sub-ångström precision

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02253-7Visualization of protein organization with ångström localization precision is limited by rapid photobleaching of conventional fluorophores. We compositionally engineered upconverting nanoparticles to blink spontaneously and indefinitely, enabling two-colour bio-imaging with sub-ångström localization precision using a single near-infrared excitation source.

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Integrated blue ZnSe/ZnS quantum dot lasers on a silicon nitride platform

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02237-7A CMOS-compatible fabrication methodology is developed to incorporate blue-emitting colloidal quantum dots within a silicon nitride (SiNx) platform to create integrated blue lasers.

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Spontaneous and indefinite blinking in upconverting nanoparticles for ångström-precision multicolour super-resolution imaging

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02233-xCompositionally engineered, spontaneously blinking upconverting nanoparticles enable multicolour super-resolution imaging with a single excitation source and achieve localization precision down to 0.62 Å for single-molecule imaging on cell membranes.

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Hidden spin-valley locking stabilizes nanosecond spin polarization in 2D perovskites

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02238-6Inversion-symmetric 2D hybrid perovskite semiconductors exhibit optically excited spin lifetimes of 0.7–4.7 ns at room temperature due to intrinsic local symmetry breaking and spin-valley formation.

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New approach methodologies to reduce reliance on animal toxicity testing

Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s44222-026-00480-0New approach methodologies are transforming safety science towards more human-relevant, mechanistic models. Bioengineers are central to this shift, but their impact depends on delivering systems that are relevant, robust, scalable and bridge the research-to-regulation gap.

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Celebrating Nature’s covers — past, present and future

Nature’s iconic front page uses inspiration, creativity and ingenuity to unite science and technology with art and design.

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Unbreakable battery positive electrodes - Nature Nanotechnology

Positive electrode active materials nanocoated with shape-memory polymers show improved electrochemical and mechanical stability during battery operation.

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Dynamic delocalization of stress in brittle battery positive electrode active materials by shape-memory polymer nanocoating - Nature Nanotechnology

Nanocoating of brittle positive electrode active materials with an ionically conductive polymer enables efficient operation of non-aqueous lithium metal coin cells at specific currents up to 2 A g−1.

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Unbreakable battery positive electrodes

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-02088-8Positive electrode active materials nanocoated with shape-memory polymers show improved electrochemical and mechanical stability during battery operation.

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Magnetic brightening and nanoscale imaging of spin-polarized helical edge modes in ZrTe5

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02193-2Infrared nanoscopy resolves helical edge states in ZrTe5, revealing magnetic-field-induced high-frequency transport channels.

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Dynamic delocalization of stress in brittle battery positive electrode active materials by shape-memory polymer nanocoating

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02224-yNanocoating of brittle positive electrode active materials with an ionically conductive polymer enables efficient operation of non-aqueous lithium metal coin cells at specific currents up to 2 A g−1.

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Immunostimulatory lipogel implant enhances cancer immunotherapy

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02194-1A lipogel tailored with a differential and sustained release of combinatorial drugs can elicit tumour immunogenicity to counteract stemness-associated immunosuppression and augment immune-checkpoint-inhibitor-based immunotherapy.

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Scalable transfer for industrial 2D-CMOS manufacturing

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02217-xFoundry-compatible transfer of two-dimensional materials is central to angstrom-era complementary FET logic, where atomically thin channels must be moved from growth wafers to target stacks without contamination, strain or interfacial damage. Scalable delamination, bonding and wafer-level metrology are needed to bridge lab-scale device performance with 300-mm CMOS manufacturing.

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Catalytic profiling of extracellular vesicles maps altered cancer metabolism

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02230-0By spatially and energetically aligning redox centres, metabolite-responsive nanohybrids quantify dynamic bioenergetic signatures of extracellular vesicles and map metabolic changes in the tumour microenvironment.

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