- June 22, 2026
Cancer cells adopt unprecedented strategies to produce a molecule that protects them from iron-dependent death
Jiang, X., Stockwell, B. R. & Conrad, M. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 22, 266–282 (2021). Article PubMed Google Scholar
Stem cells banish severe autoimmune disease for 15 years
Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library A man and a woman with a rare and devastating autoimmune disease have been in
tax tech profits, not people
If artificial intelligence and automation begin to replace human labour at scale, the key economic question won’t be the speed
Humans outperform AI at this highly rigorous mathematics test
The top-performing artificial-intelligence model scored 6 out of 10 in the First Proof set of mathematical challenges.Credit: vitacopS/Getty Artificial intelligence
‘Hidden hero’ peptides guard crops against sudden cold
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 10 June 2026 A protein signal remains silent under normal conditions but is activated under cold stress to
See a helicopter destined for Mars and a spectacular flowery frame for the Milky Way — May’s best science images
Spot the differences. To celebrate its 36th birthday, the Hubble Space Telescope revisited a region of the Trifid Nebula, a ‘stellar
What’s behind China’s historically high counts of corresponding authors?
China’s previous evaluation system rewarded researchers who were listed as corresponding authors.Credit: Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Researchers in China were
Smartphone camera takes users’ pulse passively during device use
CLINICAL BRIEFINGS 01 June 2026 A machine-learning system has been developed that can monitor heart rate using facial video clips
Ebola can be stopped — but only if world leaders prioritize public health
You have full access to this article via your institution. A community health worker next to a coffin of someone
is Mythos the start of the restricted-AI era?
In April, the artificial-intelligence firm Anthropic announced it had made an AI model too dangerous to be released to the